3 Tiny Things to Do Now for a Calm Thanksgiving 🦃


Happy Wednesday, Sweet Friends!

If Thanksgiving always sneaks up on you, try these three tiny things this week:

  1. Make & freeze stock (or buy good-quality and stash).
  2. Test one side dish now — note tweaks, double it next month.
  3. Pick your serving platters — label with sticky notes (“turkey,” “stuffing”).

🍎 New Recipe Spotlight: Pimento Cheese Corn Pudding with Hot Honey — creamy corn pudding with the cheesy addition of pimento cheese! All doused in hot honey. Scrumptious!

🍂 Things I’m Loving:

A sturdy BIG bowl to make bread in. I am a huge fan of enamelware, and Golden Rabbit is my go-to US brand. (Falconware is the brand I love from the UK... however, the shipping & tariffs are not worth it currently when we have another option.))

Graza Olive Oil -- I love love love love their olive oils. I especially love the Frizzle spray for air frying! Use code SWEETPEALIFESTYLE for $5 off your order.

If you use Amazon Music, here's my Cooking in the Kitchen playlist. It's a bit heavy on Shania right now... but it changes with the seasons! And currently, I'm in my country era.

Have a great weekend!

xo,
Ashley

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