{"id":37328,"date":"2017-11-16T19:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T00:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=37328"},"modified":"2017-11-16T13:32:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T18:32:40","slug":"food-for-a-holiday-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=37328","title":{"rendered":"Food for a Holiday Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Recipes<\/p>\n

With just one week to go before we all celebrate Thanksgiving, I know you are scrambling to get everything done.\u00a0 If you are having out of town guests, then you have even more preparations to make.\u00a0 We thought it might be nice to give you a little help with your food prep today.\u00a0 We have compiled some of our recipes that we think are real crowd pleasers.\u00a0 Some can be made ahead and frozen, some are easy, and one is a slow cooker meal.\u00a0 We hope you find one or two that will simplify your menu planning a little bit.<\/p>\n

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Serve Soup<\/h2>\n

\"Slow<\/p>\n

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Go here<\/a> for the recipe.<\/p>\n

If we have out of town guests for Thanksgiving, I always serve soups for the Wednesday evening meal.\u00a0 They are easy to make, and they can simmer on the stove or in the slow cooker while you are doing something else.\u00a0 This jambalaya recipe<\/a> is a crowd pleaser in addtion to being a meal you can prep early in the day.<\/p>\n

\"Easy<\/p>\n

Go here<\/a> for the recipe.<\/p>\n

You can’t get any easier than a two ingredient soup.\u00a0 I could eat this tomato bisque<\/a> every day.\u00a0 Serve it with a cheese platter and some fancy crackers, and you have yourself a meal.<\/p>\n

Easy Breakfast<\/h2>\n

\"Pumpking<\/p>\n

\u00a0Go here<\/a> for the recipe.<\/p>\n

Now, let’s turn our thoughts to breakfast food.\u00a0 If you are scurrying around in the kitchen to prepare a feast, I know you really don’t want to stop and cook breakfast.\u00a0 That’s where this delicious pumpkin swirl coffee cake<\/a> comes into action.\u00a0 Bake it ahead of time and freeze it.\u00a0 Then pull it out of the freezer on Wednesday evening.\u00a0 Put it on a table or counter along with some plates, napkins and forks.\u00a0 When you get up Thursday morning, all you have to do is make coffee, put out some juice, and heat water for tea.\u00a0 Breakfast is made.<\/p>\n

\"No-cook<\/p>\n

Get the recipe here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If there are some healthy eaters among the group who really don’t want coffee cake<\/a>, then make some no-cook oatmeal <\/a>the night before and put it in the fridge.\u00a0 It will be ready when you get up the next morning.<\/p>\n

Snack Time Food<\/h2>\n

\"Mac<\/p>\n

Recipe here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you are having a late afternoon meal and not serving lunch, then people might need a little food to hold them over.\u00a0 These macaroni and cheese muffins<\/a> can be made ahead of time and popped in the microwave right before they are eaten.\u00a0 Children especially will love them.\u00a0 They can hold the muffins<\/a> in their tiny hands and munch away.<\/p>\n

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\"Ginger<\/p>\n

Recipe found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Here’s another food that can be made ahead of time and frozen.\u00a0 Then if someone wants a cookie or you want to serve something sweet in the evening after the meal has settled, pull out these ginger cookies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Meatballs<\/p>\n

Go here <\/a>for the recipe.<\/p>\n

I am recommending this meatball recipe<\/a> just because.\u00a0 First of all, they are delicious.\u00a0 They can be made ahead of time and frozen.\u00a0 You can serve meatballs along with cocktails for happy hour, serve them over pasta, or make a hearty sandwich.\u00a0 I call them versatile because they are.<\/p>\n

And Finally…..<\/h2>\n

\"Spiced<\/p>\n

Recipe here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And here’s the last one.\u00a0 If you go out for a late afternoon walk or spend Black Friday shopping, then it might be fun to have some hot chocolate afterwards.\u00a0 The children can have the plain stuff, but you can make spiced bourbon hot chocolate<\/a> for the adults.<\/p>\n

How did we do?\u00a0 Did you find a recipe or two that you can use?\u00a0 We sure hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and want to thank you all for being part of our world.\u00a0 Happy cooking!<\/p>\n

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Take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With just one week to go before we all celebrate Thanksgiving, I know you are scrambling to get everything done.\u00a0 If you are having out of town guests, then you have even more preparations to make.\u00a0 We thought it might be nice to give you a little help with your food prep today.\u00a0 We have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[26,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37328"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37328"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37339,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37328\/revisions\/37339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}