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Cooked Cranberry Orange Sauce & Orange Zest Garnish in White BowlHere's a little secret: I don't actually like Thanksgiving very much.  I have childhood memories of the expectations (whether real or perceived) of a full blown Thanksgiving feast stressing out my mom.  So now my go-to recipes for Thanksgiving are easy, a bit unconventional, and stress free.

2 white plates with salad with a grilled chicken breast on top with blueberry chutney on top of chicken. Whole Cherry Tomatoes on plates.

Chicken with Blueberry Chutney

Roast Salmon with Buttery Leeks On Top In a Stainless Steel Pan - Eat Simple Food

Roast Salmon with Buttery Leeks

Top down view of white oval bowl filled with cooked mushrooms with pistachios and chopped basil. Close up.

Sautéed Mushrooms with Pistachios and Basil

Diced and roasted Kabocha Squash with Peppers and leeks on a big white plate with a wood spoon. side view.

Kabocha Squash Breakfast Hash

Small white bowl of creamy asparagus soup with asparagus tip garnish sticking out the top. Silver spoon in bowl. side view.

Asparagus And Leek Soup

Seared and thinly sliced pork tenderloin. Top view on a white plate with a sprig of rosemary in the background.

Balsamic Rosemary Pork Tenderloin

Close up of wood bowl of green salad with raisins, crushed almonds, and red pepper flakes. Fork on the side.

Kale and Almond Salad with Lemon Dressing

8 Quail Nestled Into And Cooked In A Cast Iron Skillet

Easy Pan Fried Quail

Side view. Slice of brown cake on white plate with fork with out of focus cake in background.

Easy German Chocolate Hazelnut Torte

White bowl with black rim of red tomato bisque soup on a wood rectangle plate. Grilled cheese sandwich cut in half diagonally on the side.

Easy Tomato Bisque Soup

Side view of a small bowl of rice pudding with cinnamon sprinkles, whipped cream, and 5 blueberries.

Simple and Creamy Rice Pudding

Five poached pink shrimp on a little tan plate with a wedged lemon. Poached shrimp in a blue bowl on the side and also layed over some cups in the background. Lemon wedges in the background.

Simple and Easy Poached Shrimp

Roasted Beef Brisket Sliced on A Wood Cutting Board With Horseradish in a White Bowl with A Fork

Simple Oven Cooked Beef Brisket

Whole cooked beef tenderloin sliced on a cutting board revealing pink center. Side View

Simple and Easy Whole Beef Tenderloin

Top view of three small white bowls of diced red beets. Two bowls with crumbled goat cheese and orange zest. One bowl with just orange zest is close up and in front.

Roasted Beets with Orange Balsamic Dressing

Browned prime rib roast on elevated rack in a cast iron pan on a wood cutting board. Close up.

Cradled Prime Rib Roast

Crispy pan seared shrimp close up in a black pan with brown bits and fond stuck to the shrimp and pan. Closer up.

Easy Pan Seared Shrimp with Butter

Blood Oranges & Roasted Yellow and Red Beets on a white plate with thyme and walnuts sprinkled over the top.

Blood Orange and Beet Salad

Shrimp In A Dark Roux With red and yellow peppers on yellow grits on a white plate.

The Best Lowcountry Shrimp and Grits

Mashed Cooked Sweet Potatoes in A white Bowl

Easy Mashed Sweet Potatoes

White bowl of horseradish sour cream white sauce with a spoon sticking out. Rare beef tenderloin on the side.

Horseradish Sour Cream Sauce

Top down view of white bowl with chopped greens and sauce in it. Small bowl of chili flakes on the side.

Simple Vegetarian Collard Greens

Close up ofcooked jalapeno poppers filled with a brown orange crust and a chopped cilantro garnish. Top view, close up.

Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapeño Poppers

5 Roast Sweet Potato Slices on a white plate with a dollop of sour cream and chive garnish.

Roasted Sweet Potato Coins with Cumin

Wood bowl of pimento cheese with 3 crackers and a small spoon hanging out. Crackers on plate in background and one with pimento cheese on it.

Easy Homemade Pimento Cheese

Apple, Celery, Raisin & Walnut Salad In A Brown Dish With a Spoon

Simple Apple, Celery, and Walnut Salad

4 roasted cabbage wedges seared brown sitting in brown broth on a white plate with wood bowls in the background. Top down view, close up.

Seared and Braised Cabbage Wedges

3 Parmesan Crisps with specks of thyme on a Wood Cutting Board

Easy Homemade Parmesan Crisps (Frico)

Red purple sliced cooked cabbage in a stainless steel pan on a wood table. Close up.

Simple Sautéed Red Cabbage

Sauteed Shrimp In A Red/Brown Butter & Worcestershire Sauce In A White Bowl with a Spoon.

Buttery Shrimp with Worcestershire Sauce

5 Seared Scallops In A Bowl With a Light Layer Of Roasted Sweet Potato Puree

Scallops In Roast Sweet Potato Puree

White rectangle plate of smoked salmon cucumber rounds with capers, onions, and chopped dill and parsley. Top view.

Smoked Salmon Cucumber Bites Appetizer

Wood bowl of Kale greens sauteed with a fork sticking out. white table. colorful flower napkin. top view.

Easy and Simple Cooked Kale Greens

Crispy roasted chunks of celery root on a brown platter with a wood spoon and a green garnish. Top down view.

Easy Oven Roasted Celeriac (Celery Root)

Oval baking dish of carmelized Roasted cubed butternut squash. Wood serving spoon in back. Side view.

Easy Roasted Butternut Squash Chunks

Multiple deviled eggs laying on a bed of spinach on a brown rectangle plate with a chive and paprika garnish.

Easy and Simple Deviled Eggs

Brown Roasted Brussels Sprouts, cut in half, and on a white plate with pink roses on the edge and a silver spoon.

Easy Roasted Brussels Sprouts Halves

White plate with yellow flowers filled with a slaw like recipe with nuts. Wood spoon and white plates in the background. Close up.

Sliced Brussels Sprouts with Almonds and Balsamic

Side view of chunked carrots in a tan bowl with orange zest garnish and a spoon out the side..

Orange and Ginger Glazed Carrots

Roasted cauliflower half face down sprinkled with cranberries, pistachios, and chopped rosemary.

Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Pistachios and Cranberries

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I’m Beckie Hemmerling. I love food and I think of it on a basic level of providing strength & nourishment. Cooking has helped me *try* to figure out life, not just my own, but also other people's. I have cooked through many joys / sorrows and cooking has always been a meditative place through these highs & lows. More background info →

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