Sylvia's Scenario

Over the weekend, I tried a new recipe that makes for a perfect little hostess gift to take to someone's house when you are a guest. With the holidays here, we could all use some ideas like these. As you can see, we put up our Christmas tree this weekend so, yes; the holidays are here.                          This week I am preparing Thanksgiving at our house and will be hosting 9 people including Lauren, Nick and family, and my niece and husband coming from a town about 1-1/2 hours away so we are all excited about Thursday.  In my family, it's all about the food!  And you know how we all love to eat... Here's the rundown to my Thanksgiving menu: the turkey - we will be brining our turkey like we always do with this  wet brine  recipe that I've been using for years.  Then we smoke it in the Traeger and it's the BEST turkey ever!   the stuffing - I always make my  mom's recipe  using bread and sage which is stuffed right into the bird.  It's the  only  way i

Today, I made a recipe that will give me some variety for eating squash.  I've never been a big squash fan probably because I never seem to find a squash that is sweet.  Spaghetti squash is one that usually has no taste to me but it's always substituted for pasta for those avoiding carbs or gluten which I've never been a fan of.  I have tried it with spaghetti sauce and even ate it last weekend when we had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner with the grandkids.  But again, I'm not a real fan.  Give me real pasta, please!  But I admit, I did like this recipe which is a spaghetti/spaghetti sauce substitute and I would definitely make this again.   This is such a good carb recipe that I would actually use it as a vegetable side dish, too.  The sauce really jazzes up the bland squash.  I made it for lunch today and ended up eating two helpings it was so good.  The sauce has lentils and spinach in it so it is super healthy and full of fiber from the lentils and really flavorf