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The Ultimate Leftover Turkey and Cranberry Grilled Cheese (Easy Recipe!)

December 4, 2024

It’s day six after Thanksgiving, and I’m sure many of you are in the same boat: wondering what to do with all that leftover turkey. I’m at that point where I’m thinking, “I need a creative way to use these leftovers,” and “Are these leftovers still good?” Luckily, we planned our Thanksgiving menu perfectly and didn’t have mountains of leftovers. But what we did have, I’ve been transforming into the…

December 4, 2024 By Brian

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How We Make the Best Apple Pie

October 28, 2023

A previous version of this post for How We Make The Best Apple Pie was published in October 2012. We took new photos, reworded the written content, included our YouTube video, and adjusted the recipe. AKA we gave this post a major facelift. Apple Pie is one of my favorite desserts to make in autumn. The warm spices, soft and slightly crunchy baked apples, and a flaky pie crust is just…

October 28, 2023 By Brian

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Thanksgiving Baked Ziti

November 20, 2022

What makes this a Thanksgiving baked ziti? I make ziti for Thanksgiving. With a handful of vegetarians in my family, I need to find other mains for the plate that aren’t just vegetables. So we get Thanksgiving baked ziti. What I love most about mid-to-late November is bringing my family together and cooking for them. I enjoy putting together a family dinner. I show you that I love you when…

November 20, 2022 By Fatima

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Parmesan Mashed Potatoes: Cooking Through Cravings

November 16, 2022

I don’t make mashed potatoes often. I usually make them with a few select meals like parmesan chicken, Thanksgiving dinner, and as the star in these mashed potato bowls. When we bought Chrissy Teigen’s latest cookbook, these parmesan mashed potatoes were one of the first things we tried. We made these for the first time on Thanksgiving last year! Did we take these photos almost a year ago? Yes. This…

November 16, 2022 By Fatima

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Sheet Pan Cornbread

November 10, 2022

Brian bakes his cookies, and I bake cornbread. It is a staple side at our Thanksgiving. However, I don’t limit it to November. I bake cornbread all year. I make muffins and sheet pan cornbread. While I love making muffins, and those are easier for Liam to help make, I prefer a sheet. When I start my Thanksgiving shopping, four or six boxes of Jiffy mix are some of the…

November 10, 2022 By Fatima

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Spicy Honey Butter Glazed Carrots: Cooking Through Cravings

November 8, 2022

I had to introduce more vegetables to my Thanksgiving spread. We make brussel sprouts way too often, and I needed a vegetable that wasn’t spinach or kale. Carrots were my first thought, but they’re also our least favorite vegetable. So a flip through Cravings, led me to these spicy honey-butter glazed carrots. I did not make nearly as many carrots as the recipe. Like I said, cooked carrots are our least…

November 8, 2022 By Fatima

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Collard Greens

November 4, 2022

A few years ago I decided to make collard greens for Thanksgiving. It had been a while since we had greens at our family dinner, and I had never made them before. For my first experience, it was quite the process. Now, I prep and cook those collard greens in no time. There was one year I looked at the Thanksgiving spread and thought, “There is nothing green here. Just…

November 4, 2022 By Fatima

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Sweet Potato Pie

November 25, 2021

Reintroducing Fatima’s sweet potato pie. This post was first published December 11, 2012. Reposted with updated photos. Sweet potato pie is like music to my ears. Brian never had sweet potato pie so I needed to make him one. He’s had sweet potato fries, mashed sweet potatoes, but never a pie! Like much of my family dinner menu, this pie is a family tradition in my house. In the time…

November 25, 2021 By Fatima

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Apple Cider Doughnut Loaf Cake

November 22, 2021

This apple cider doughnut loaf cake hits all the right notes. It’s not too difficult to make, it’s warm and spicy, has just the right amount of sweetness, and every bite screams ‘HELLO AUTUMN!’ Liam helped me bake this one. When I asked him what he wanted to bake, he said, “Let’s make pumpkin pie.” So proud that pumpkin pie was his first choice. When I said we were going to…

November 22, 2021 By Brian

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The Thanksgiving Menu

November 19, 2021

Ready, set, cook! If you’re gathering with family next week and making a bunch of food, or cooking all your favorites for yourself, you’ve come to the right place. Fatima loves cooking for others and finds cleaning therapeutic, which makes the time off around Thanksgiving one of her favorite times of the year. If your family is like ours, you have carnivores, vegetarians, pescatarians, and/or vegans who might join us…

November 19, 2021 By Brian

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Roasted Salmon and Vegetables

November 15, 2021

Every once in a while, we just get sucked into one channel for a few weeks. A little over a year ago, we were watching Food Network all the time. The last time we did that was during my entire parental leave with Liam. One day, I was watching GZ make a really delicious-looking meal on the Food Network. GZ was making a one-pan roasted salmon and vegetable dinner. The…

November 15, 2021 By Brian

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Homemade Pumpkin Purée for Pumpkin Pie

November 4, 2020

Last year, I attempted to make my own pumpkin purée for pumpkin pie with a regular carving pumpkin. Big mistake, huge. It was stringy, and not at all what I was expecting. I didn’t realize you’re supposed to use certain types of pumpkins, like sugar pumpkins, to make purée. This year, however, was a success. Trying to find a sugar pumpkin was a little bit harder than I anticipated however,…

November 4, 2020 By Brian

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Butternut Squash with Roasted Garlic and Thyme.

November 24, 2019

On one of my parents’ visits, we made them Ina’s skillet roast chicken, rice and beans, and this butternut squash. To be honest, this was my first time roasting any squash. I like squash, but Fatima doesn’t, so we’ve just stayed away. However, we welcomed squash back in our lives so we could feed it to our son. At least, I’ll have someone to share my butternut squash with. When…

November 24, 2019 By Brian

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Chocolate Coconut Banana Bread: Cooking Through Cravings

November 15, 2018

It’s the banana bread that broke the internet. The banana bread that sent people into a frenzy when Chrissy Teigen crowd sourced very ripe bananas. The banana bread of all banana breads. But, what makes this chocolate coconut banana bread so amazing? The chocolate? The coconut? Yes and yes. Chocolate Coconut Banana Bread Lilies and Loafers has affiliate relationships, so we may get a small share of revenue from your…

November 15, 2018 By Brian

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Cornbread Muffins

November 14, 2018

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and we’ve been planning everything we want to make. Cornbread is on the top of the list. Since I was a little girl, I have always loved cornbread and every year it would be on the Thanksgiving table. My mom would make the best cornbread using the Jiffy mix and a few extra ingredients. She worked her magic and never tasted so good. Everyone…

November 14, 2018 By Fatima

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Homestyle Mac and Cheese with Parmesan Garlic Bread Crumbs

November 12, 2017

This post is sponsored by FreshDirect. We are participating in FreshDirect’s Fourth Annual #FDFriendsgiving! In exchange for this blog post and photos of our Homestyle Mac and Cheese for Instagram, we were given a FreshDirect $100 gift card. It’s hard to think about my childhood without my mom’s baked mac and cheese. Usually made on nights the babysitters (aka one of my cousins) would come over. She would prepare a pan and stick it in…

November 12, 2017 By Brian

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