Pickled Eggs and All: Countdown to Christmas!

My absolute favorite time of the year has finally started! We made it past Halloween and so now I can publicly be excited about the holidays. Typically I put my full focus on getting to Christmas and while Thanksgiving is nice, I just view it as a check box on the way to the big day. This year is different. This year, I am hosting Thanksgiving for the first time! The pressure! Well, Eric and I are hosting, but with his work schedule I know that I will be doing a lot of the grunt work, and I am so excited! We are hosting both sets of parents, my sister, and maybe my uncle (who is also my godfather). It will be a packed house, but hopefully it will be packed with love and yummy food.

In preparation for Thanksgiving, I have been reflecting back on my own culinary journey and I am proud to say that I have grown A LOT, mainly over the past five years. I have posted a number of pictures of the things I have made in the past and I am impressed with all of those, and the things I haven't posted pictures of yet. One thing I have noticed though is that I have become much less afraid. If you are someone who isn't "good" at cooking or baking (or both) don't be afraid to try! If you have to throw out a meal every once in a while and order pizza, well then you will have at least learned something from that experience.

I hope to be able to track my food explorations better on here, and I will start today with something to really get you in the holiday spirit if you aren't there yet. One of the best parts of the holidays is the desserts! Today I didn't have school (thank you America for Election Day!) so I started off the dessert train with one of my all time favorites: snickerdoodles! I have included a few pictures here, and the link to the recipe. I will never claim to come up with these things on my own. I hope you try this recipe (it's super easy) and get your culinary journey started.