Tis the Season for Family, Friends, Food, Blessings

When you were a kid, didn’t it seem like it took forever for holiday festivities to start?  

​Now as a grownup, the season comes charging in, don’t you think?  I'm getting ready for it!  Read on for Thanksgiving traditions new and old, plus a 30-second holiday video from 'Lil Cat and an EZ-PZ pumpkin dessert you and the kids can whip up. 

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Here in central North Carolina, I'm watching trees flaunt autumn tints and madly searching for turkey day recipes I cannot find since we moved.

​(Yes, I still have the old traditional faves on 3x5 cards from those days before internet and online recipe searches. -:D.)

​Even though I come from a long line of great cooks, I’m baking challenged.  Never contribute homemade desserts to our turkey day feast BUT … this year I discovered a recipe from Publix that even I cannot mess up!  It ticked all my boxes....yummy, easy and quick to assemble. To die for, especially with a dollop of ice cream -:D.

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Slow Cooker Pumpkin Pudding Cake

I call it a Good and Gooey Pumpkin Dump Cake.  All you have to do is throw ingredients into a slow cooker and forget about them until aromas fill the kitchen and beckon every sweet tooth in a 10 mile radius <wink>.  

​Best, with help chopping nuts (or not if someone is allergic) and measuring, this delicious autumn treat is fun to make with your kids.  You can find the recipe HERE. Hey, please let me know how it turns out if you try it?

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While I plug in the slow cooker and start a batch of gooey pumpkin cake to share virtually with you, my ‘Lil Cat avatar has a seasonal message for ya that's from the bottom of both our hearts.

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​Whoa, if you live near Kinston, NC, we can greet each other in person, thanks to the Neuse Library and an Icelandic tradition called Jolabokaflod, or the Christmas Book Flood, when books are given as presents during holidays.

Those Icelanders are very cool in every sense of the word!

I'll be at the Neuse Regional Library’s Local Authors’ Holiday Fair on 1 December from 1-4 pm.  Come on out to say hello and do a bit of Joloabokaflodding.  Details HERE

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btw....Please be sure to watch for my next blog that's posting after Thanksgiving.  I have some golden news I’m beyond excited to tell you!  

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And as Lil Cat says ...

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate

and

a sweet November's end to all!

Thanks for letting us into your home
at this busy time of year -:D.

YOUR TURN
If you observe Thanksgiving, what's the one thing you gotta have/do to make it the best day ever?  What favorite foods do you crave at this time of year?  Please share your thoughts in the comment section.

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