Time to unbutton your pants, because Thanksgiving is here. Can we turn the scale back 10 pounds?
We know how incredibly overwhelming hosting a Fabulous Thanksgiving feast can be, so we’ve made your life easier:
Check out our Great American Thanksgiving Party on how to host your own bash, complete with some Thanksgiving tunes, and of course one heck of a menu that will be sure to make everyone thankful.
Roasted Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup with Cinnamon Sugar Croutons
Here at BMM HQ, we are having a fiesta in honor of National Guacamole Day. Here is our go-to guac recipe for you to enjoy:
2 large ripe avocados, pitted and peeled
2 large Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
1 tbsp fresh lime juice
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
Cut avocados in large chunks and mash in a medium bowl with a fork. Stir in tomatoes, lime juice, lemon juice, cumin, salt and cayenne pepper.
Enjoy this guacamole in our fave Bean and Chicken Tostada Cups!
This Wheat Berry Salad serves up the perfect balance of refreshing, healthy and hearty protein, herbs and veggies. A perfect blend of sweet (maple-roasted walnuts, dried cranberries) and tart (feta cheese), protein-packed wheat berries are tossed in a tangy vinaigrette with fresh mint and parsley. Now that’s a super salad!
The potato is a most versatile vegetable – it can be baked, boiled, fried, mashed, smashed and shredded – and yet, at the times, the tuber can suffer from being a buffet bore. Well, here’s one surprising spud, a brow-raiser, a potato bursting with pizzaz. Baked until tender, the russets are scooped out and mashed with leafy green kale, creamy fontina cheese, buttermilk and sour cream, then put in the oven again until golden. Still not shocked? These potatoes can be prepped in advance and thrown in the oven for the second baking just before guests arrive. How’s that for one exciting hot potato?
How do you jazz up your plain old pasta salad? Ditch it and start over with this delicious and easy one, a Garden Fresh Pasta Salad chock full of crunchy vegetables and tender pasta, all tossed in a zesty Italian dressing. In fact, this pasta salad is so delicious, we’ve been known to add chicken and make a meal of it!
How do you make your family beg for asparagus? Simply bake up these Parmesan-Crusted Asparagus, green stalks coated in a cheesy breadcrumb mixture and baked to a golden crisp. These addictive spears aren’t only a family favorite, they’re also the perfect company-is-coming side dish that can be assembled in advance and popped in the oven 15 minutes before dinnertime.
Kale is a superfood and this lemony kale salad with apples, dried cherries, currants and pine nuts is superb food. An amazingly refreshing and crunchy salad, kale is tossed in a lemon vinaigrette and served in an edible Parmesan bowl. Move aside romaine…there’s a new salad star at our tables.
“My salad days…when I was green in judgment.”
-Shakespeare
Want to bring springtime to the table? Whip up this easy, colourful and tasty coleslaw, a crunchy combo of apples, mango, cranberries and spiced pecans. Tossed up in a tangy vinaigrette, this sweet and tart salad is guaranteed to make the sun shine with every bite.
“I’m the coleslaw king of the world.”
-David Arquette in ‘Never Been Kissed’
Stuck for the perfect side dish? Can’t get your family to eat their vegetables? We’ve got a healthy and simple solution: fire up the barbecue. These balsamic and olive oil-marinated peppers, zucchini and portobello mushrooms are grilled to perfection and then stacked and served with a fresh rosemary sprig.
“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.”
-Doug Larson
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