{"id":1054,"date":"2015-11-23T15:32:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T15:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crazy4fiction.com\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2021-09-28T21:02:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T21:02:00","slug":"thanksgiving-preparations-thoughts-on-comfort-food-by-francine-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/thanksgiving-preparations-thoughts-on-comfort-food-by-francine-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Preparations: Thoughts on Comfort Food by Francine Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Monday, readers! During this season of thankfulness, we thought it might be fun to share some fun comfort food recipes from novelist Francine Rivers as well as some of my favorites. Share your favorite holiday treats in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n

~*~<\/p>\n

Certain foods bring back wonderful family memories of dinners. \u00a0Grandma Wulff always fixed \u201cMore\u201d when I visited her at the farm.\u00a0 The recipe calls for saut\u00e9ed onions,\u00a0 browned ground beef, cooked elbow pasta, corn, peas, chopped tomatoes and tomato sauce and spices all mixed together and then topped with cheese (or ketchup).\u00a0 My brother and I called it \u201cMore\u201d because we always wanted more.<\/p>\n

\"Holiday<\/p>\n

Grandma also fixed \u201cpull-apart\u201d bread. \u00a0She made dough from scratch, let it rise, punch it down, let it rise again, took bits and roll them into balls, covered them with butter, cinnamon, chopped nuts and raisins and put them in a pan and let them rise again before baking.\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019d sit around the table talking as we pulled off hunks of gooey sweet bread.<\/p>\n

My dad favored Grandma\u2019s angel food cakes.\u00a0 Mom loved her candied almonds.<\/p>\n

Whenever I packed our three children into the car and headed north to Oregon for a visit with my parents, Mom had two things waiting for us upon arrival:\u00a0 a jar full of tollhouse cookies and a big pot of thick stew.\u00a0 I called it Mom\u2019s Stone Soup because it had everything in it:\u00a0 bits of meat rolled in seasoned flour and fried, diced potatoes, carrots, onions, tomatoes, turnips, parsnips, squash, celery — anything and everything she had grown in her garden or purchased at the Brookings-Harbor Ray\u2019s Market.<\/p>\n

Every Tuesday afternoon, you\u2019ll find me in the kitchen baking chocolate chip cookies (with Heath Bar bits added) for our weekly Bible study.\u00a0 It\u2019s become a tradition \u2013 like Grandma\u2019s \u201cMore\u201d and Mom\u2019s \u201cStone Soup\u201d.<\/p>\n

~*~<\/p>\n

It’s always so fun to share some favorite holiday treats around this time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some holiday favorites from Shaina, #Crazy4Fiction team:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harvest Chicken Skillet (great for day after Thanksgiving leftovers)<\/a><\/p>\n

Great Blueberry and Lemon Granola<\/a><\/p>\n

Chai Latte Cupcakes<\/a><\/p>\n

What family recipes do you incorporate into your Thanksgiving meal? What family members\/memories do these recipes elicit?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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