About this time a year ago, Amy F. posted a link on her blog that has forever changed my life. (I think it was this post, as I can't find any other references to PW, although I could be missing them.) She mentioned my new hero in life, Ree, aka. The Pioneer Woman. I know most of you have probably heard of her ... with 11,000 individual comments on a recent post, I would guess the whole world knows of her by now. But I had had had to post about her here, just in case you haven't.
Briefly, Ree is the wife of "Marlboro Man" (check out their love story: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels at the bottom of her site). He is a cattle rancher somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Oklahoma. They have 4 kids and a kajillion dogs.
But that's not why I'm writing about her right now, to tell you someone else's life story. I'm writing about her now because she is the best dang cook I've ever come across in the blogosphere, and she has the best dang Thanksgiving recipes known to mankind. I thought, for my friends living in the U.S. of A., I'd pass on a little inspiration for next week, in case you're looking for some kick-ass, sure-to-please, love-in-a-dish to serve your friends and family. And for my friends to the North, perhaps a few ideas for Christmas. Or next October.
Today, she posted her Thanksgiving Cooking Schedule, which is helpful to someone like myself who sometimes doesn't know when or where or how to tackle a big "project" like cooking a Thanksgiving meal. I'm kind of dumb like that. Earlier this week she posted a list of most of the recipes she's ever posted for Thanksgiving. They are yum-my, lemme tell ya! But of course she's posted a couple more since then. Sometimes I wonder if she ever leaves her kitchen! (I know she does, of course ... to do stuff like this or this.) In case you haven't noticed, she's also an amazing photographer.
Oh! I almost forgot! She frequently has the most AMAZING giveaways! This week she gave TWO of these away. (Hence, the 11,000 comments/entries.) The giveaways alone are reason enough to go check her out!
Anywaaays, I've been so helped by her recipes this year, I had to pass it along. Hope you find yourself as inspired as I've been!
Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm glad I could help! Oh, to have a Kitchen Aid mixer...
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