The holiday season is cookie season at my house.  The whole family gets involved.  Just this morning my husband and daughter were making gingerbread cookies.  With winter setting in it can be challenging to find local ingredients to use.  There are still plenty of local products to be found throughout the Monadnock region during the winter months.

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. It's a good time to get together with family, eat great food and drink good wine. Personally, I have never been happy with a Thanksgiving meal I've prepared. One year the temperature of the oven was too low, so dinner was 2 hours late. Another year the oven was too hot and the bird was dry. Needless to say, I'll prepare a great Thanksgiving meal one of these days. But it won't be this year because I'm not cooking, so it'll have to wait.

It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is right around the corner.  It’s the perfect time of year to see family, catch up with friends, and eat large (hopefully not too large) quantities of delicious food.  There is nothing like the smell of a house with a turkey roasting in the oven. 

Bring chicken broth, onion, carrot, carrot, bay leaf and salt to a simmer. Add chicken breast, cover and poach (gently simmer over low heat) for 30 minutes. Remove the chicken, let cool and pull or cut chicken into strips. Set chicken aside. Strain soup and return to a boil. Add rice, and gently simmer for 20 minutes, then add chicken back to soup for another 5 minutes. Whisk eggs until they are frothy, and whisk in lemon juice. Add a cup of the hot soup, very slowly, whisking while you pour it in. Add a second cup in the same manner. Take soup off the heat and add egg mixture into it. Sprinkle with parsley, season with salt and pepper and serve.

Take a look at this carrot cake recipe from a fellow blogger.  I have not made it yet, but it looks delicious!!

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