Happy Eating!

If you are new to this blog and unfamiliar with my propensity towards sarcasm, cynicism and self-bashing, well then let me refresh your memory about a few Thanksgivings, oh, and in this one I talk about ball scratching.  I never claimed to be a classy lady!  However, I am thankful for many things and YOU are one of them.  That's right, thank you for reading my silly blog and putting up with my siriously odd behavior.  Happy Thanksgiving!  xoxo  

Brown Butter Salted Sugar Cookies

Apparently I'm a huge fan of brown butter (see below), so when I found this recipe, well, you know the drill.  Basically, I started browning the butter before checking to see if I had any of the other ingredients.  Oh, but who am I kidding.  Am I ever out of cookie ingredients?  I currently have 7 bags of chocolate chips, so... yeah.  These are UNREAL.  The nutty brown butter paired with the sea salt is something else, and the cookie itself is perfectly chewy with a crisp exterior.  I rolled my dough into balls and then flattened them with a soup can to make them look PERFECT.  Because they should look how they taste, don't you think?  More brown butter...  

Brown Butter Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brown Butter and Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies

Salted Brown Butter Rice Krispie Treats

Brown Butter Peanut Butter Cookies

Banana Bars with Brown Butter Icing

and...

Fried Pumpkin Ravioli with Brown Butter Sauce

Green Bean Casserole with Crispy Shallots

You would think I was pregnant (I'm not, I'M NOT) due to the weird ass craving I've had lately for Green Bean Casserole.  You know the kind, with the cream of mushroom soup and the fried onions.  Or maybe you don't know the kind, because you're like Carson and you were born and raised in Santa Monica and you don't even know what casserole is.  If you need to familiarize yourself with the dish, click here.  I made it (for myself because no one else in my family is down with casserole) in all of it's original glory with one slight adjustment: fried shallots vs. the canned onion version.  I could eat those all, day, long.  And they were a delightful addition to the casserole.  I felt like a gourmet Midwesterner.  

What are you guys cooking up for Turkey Day?        

*More crispy shallots here.

*More casseroles here and here.