Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart

Happy November!!

It's time to bring out the "Give Thanks Jar" that I created last year.  It's become our November tradition and it's a great way to celebrate a season of gratitude.

Hubs and I keep this jar on the kitchen table and each night we record one thing that we are thankful for the whole month of November.  On December 1st we'll pour a glass of wine and read through our thankful notes together.

Cheers to giving thanks with a grateful heart!

October Recipes 1 & 2

Hello November!!  Chillier air and shorter days are here!

Recipe 1:  Vegetable Soup with Barley

I was inspired to dig out the crock pot for this one.  This meal fed us for at least 3 meals and then some.  And by "and-then-some" I mean there are at least 4 more servings currently residing in our freezer for later use.  Hooray for leftovers!

Recipe 2:  Kaposztas Kocka aka Hungarian Noodles with Cabbage

Digging deep into family culture here.  I'm 1/4 Hungarian and wishing I knew more about the culture, food, language, etc.  There is a Hungarian restaurant that I have been to where they serve delicious noodles as a side dish to your meal.  I found this recipe in a cookbook at my moms house.  I probably didn't do the recipe any justice because I ended up chopping the cabbage instead of shredding it.

It tasted about as good as it looked....kind of "eh" tasting

Going to have to go out to eat to fix that craving!