Thanksgiving recipes !

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What is your favorite Thanksgiving side dish?



My all time favorite holiday side dish to any holiday meal is stuffing it's a must have every year I love all the spices added into the bread and tastes even better on a sandwich the next day with all the fixings turkey, cranberry sauce my mouth is watering just talking about it! 

I was looking around on Pinterest for a different recipe for thanksgiving this year that didn't come from a box and this one sounded not only easy to make but delicious as well instead there's sausage tossed with crisp apples, plump and juicy raisins, tart cranberries and celery sprinkled with Italian seasoning and fresh parsley!

If your planning on entertaining this holiday season I suggest you double this recipe because it's super delicious and will be gone in seconds flat! 
Ingredients
  • 1 package or 2  of Alfresco garlic chicken sausage 
  • 1 cup of onion chopped into small chunks
  • 1 cup of celery roughly chopped
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 clove of garlic roughly chopped or minced 2 tbs coconut oil 
  • 1 tbs Italian seasoning
  • 2 apples, chopped into small chunks
  • 1/4 cup raisins
  • 1/4 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/4 cup chicken broth
  • Salt and pepper to taste 
Cooking Guidelines 
  1. Brown your sausage in a pan , with coconut oil along with minced garlic
  2. Remove from the heat and put aside 
  3. Sauté your chopped celery and onion in 1-2 tbs of coconut oil until tender (for about 5 minutes)
  4. chop your parsley and sprinkle it in during the final minute of cooking
  5. Remove it from heat
  6. Preheat oven 350º F
  7. Peel and chop apples into small cubes
  8. Toss  raisins, apples, cranberries, sausage, onion and celery together 
  9. Add in the Italian seasoning, salt and your pepper to taste
  10. Pour in your 1/4 cup of chicken broth
  11. Pour into 9" x 12" baking dish
  12. Cover dish with aluminum foil then pop it into the oven to bake for a total of 30-35 minutes then take the foil off and bake for the remainder of 15 minutes
  13. Take out of the oven 
  14. Serve and enjoy!





I absolutely loved this recipe it tasted just like the real thing only better I liked the texture and flavors of salty and sweet going on with a little spice from the sausage.


Pumpkin pie muffins




  • 1/2 cup coconut flour
  •     1 cup of canned or fresh pumpkin
  •     1/4 cup of melted coconut oil 
  •      1/4 cup whipped cinnamon honey 
  •     4 eggs
  •     3/4 tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice 
  •     1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract 
  •     1/4 teaspoon pink Himalayan salt
  • A sprinkle of cinnamon 
1.  In a large bowl mix coconut flour, pumpkin pie spice, and give it a mix
2.  In another bowl toss in your canned or fresh pumpkin, melted coconut oil, honey, eggs, and mix with a spatula
3. Carefully add in your wet ingredients to the bowl of dry ingredients and mix evenly till there are no lumps
4. Add in the extract along with baking soda and mix. 
5. Use a spoon to extract the batter and drop it into your muffin paper cups or muffin pan.
6. Then Bake at 350 degrees for a total of 25 to 30 minutes.

 let cool for a total of 15 minutes before eating.


Muffin and pie meet in one tasty treat because well, who doesn't love muffins or pie for that matter!?

These muffins are perfect for breakfast or as a little snack they are moist, fluffy and delicious why? Because they taste just like pumpkin pie only bite size! 

You can add in anything you like such as raisins, cranberries, pecans, walnuts or chocolate chips for a little extra sweetness! 

Poured the muffin batter into 12 paper cups sprinkled on some cinnamon to taste and popped them into the oven till golden brown.

If your feeling a little naughty you could even crumble up the muffins and toss them into the stuffing for a holiday twist. 



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