Do you need an appetizer for Thanksgiving? I found one for you. I have not made this yet but my sister arrives this weekend and we are going to try it. I think it would be perfect for any crowd. It looks like it might even steal the show. Bon Appetit!!!
- Preheat oven to 350° and line a small cooking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, artichoke hearts, spinach, mozzarella, parmesan, garlic and red pepper flakes. Season with salt and pepper and stir to combine. Form into one large ball.
- Roll crescent dough out on prepared baking sheet and place cheese ball in center. Wrap dough around cheese ball and seal. Flip over so that the clean side is up.
- Combine melted butter with parsley and garlic powder. Brush all over ball and bake until golden, about 25 minutes. Serve.
It’s crunch time!!! Thanksgiving is only a week away. I will be setting up my tables at the end of the week…..I love the idea of a Gold and Green Thanksgiving. It’s gives the day a cool farm to table vibe with just enough holiday glitz. Here are some of the photos I am using for my inspiration!!!!!
Today’s Book Club Monday choice is Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. This book has been describes as endearing, simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking must read. This story is soon to be made into a motion picture produced by Reece Witherspoon. Here is the story:
Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.
But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond’s big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one.
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You are going to LOVE tonight’s recipe. It is sooo good that I decided to post it one day earlier than my usual Thursday!!!! My family DIES for this. It tastes just like onion soup and so incredibly easy to make…and yes, just last weekend a good friend of mine called me the queen of easy recipes…..so if the shoe fits!!!!!!!!! ENJOY!!!!! BON APPETIT!!!!
- In a large skillet over medium heat, heat 2 tbsp olive oil. Add onions and season with salt, pepper, and thyme. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally until onions are caramelized and jammy, about 25 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Turn off heat and remove onion mixture. Wipe skillet clean.
- In a large bowl, season chicken with salt, pepper and oregano, then toss with flour. Heat remaining oil in the same skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken and cook until golden on all sides and mostly cooked through, about 8 minutes.
- Add beef broth and return cooked onions to skillet. Bring mixture to a boil, then then educe heat and simmer until chicken is cooked through and beef broth reduces slightly, about 10 more minutes.
- Add Gruyère and cover skillet with a lid. Cook until cheese is melty, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and garnish with parsley. Serve warm.