My Family’s Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes & FREE Turkey from ButcherBox

My Family’s Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes & FREE Turkey from ButcherBox

It’s time for me to share my favorite Thanksgiving recipes with you. These are the recipes that appear on our Thanksgiving table year after year. I hope that you’ll invite one or two of them to your celebration this year.

ButcherBox: Building a Better Food System Together

ButcherBox: Building a Better Food System Together

We’re proud to be a #ButcherBoxPartner here at 1840 Farm. Their products are of the highest quality and bring 100% grass-fed beef, free-range organic chicken, crate-free raised pork, and wild-caught seafood right to your doorstep.

One Pan Creamy Orzo with Chicken and Spinach

One Pan Creamy Orzo with Chicken and Spinach

This one pan Creamy Orzo with Chicken and Spinach is simple enough for a busy weeknight and delicious enough for Sunday dinner.

Cheese Soufflé

Cheese Soufflé

I will readily admit to having a deep fondness for Jacques Pépin. I learned so much from watching him on my television when I was a teenager. I spent a lot of time watching him on PBS, taking notes on scraps of paper and marveling Read More

Pulled Pork and Potato Hash

Pulled Pork and Potato Hash

When we sit down at our farmhouse table to enjoy a meal featuring Crispy Pulled Pork or Beer and Brown Sugar Braised Pork, I can count on someone to ask if there will be enough pork to make hash for dinner the next evening. I Read More

Creamy Polenta

Creamy Polenta

If you’re looking for a recipe that is delicious, simple, economical, and versatile, you can’t do much better than homemade creamy polenta. It pairs with nearly anything and costs pennies to make.

Cast Iron Skillet Pork Chops

Cast Iron Skillet Pork Chops

For years, I tried to create a method for cooking a flavorful, juicy pork chop with mixed results. Then I tried the easiest method yet: letting my cast iron skillet do what it is best at. The results were amazing and I have been cooking Read More

Buttermilk Waffles

Buttermilk Waffles

Here at the farmhouse, waffles are as popular as pancakes. Yet I tend to make pancakes much more often. I don’t have a good reason for this. Sure, waffles require the use of a waffle iron, but heating up the waffle iron doesn’t take any Read More

Grilled Romaine Salad with Tuna, Pickled Grapes, and Quick Vinaigrette

Grilled Romaine Salad with Tuna, Pickled Grapes, and Quick Vinaigrette

During the heat of the summer, I actively look for meals that I can make for our family table that don’t involve me heating up the farmhouse.  The reality of living in a circa 1840 farmhouse is that there’s no central air conditioning to rely Read More

Crispy Pulled Pork with Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Spice Rub

Crispy Pulled Pork with Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Spice Rub

This recipe is a slightly different version of my Beer and Brown Sugar Braised Pork Roast.  While I love to braise that pork roast all afternoon on a chilly winter’s day, I try to avoid running the oven for hours during the summer.  The old Read More

Pork and Kimchi Wonton Soup

Pork and Kimchi Wonton Soup

Earlier this fall, I was invited by JSL Foods to enter the Twin Dragon Asian Wrapper Blogger Recipe Challenge. I love to create new recipes, so it didn’t take me long to join the challenge. Within a week, a package arrived at the farmhouse filled Read More

Pork and Cabbage Dumplings Pot Sticker Style

Pork and Cabbage Dumplings Pot Sticker Style

Dumplings are among my favorite foods.  I love the variety of fillings, the innumerable ways they can be served, and the beautiful appearance of them on my plate.  There’s something about those intricate folds on the edge of the wrapper that captivates my attention.  With Read More