Hello everyone, I hope that you are all warm and cozy with your hot coffee or hot chocolate today. Meal planning is so important to an organized holiday season. So many events  to attend and maybe you are entertaining in your home as we tend to enjoy during this season. We have a busy week coming up so I will be looking for easy comfort and of course something warm.

Hello everyone, and welcome to Full Plate Thursday, 772. I am sure happy to see you today and hope you are warm and cozy in this winter weather we have right now. We had a great party last week and are excited to share those features with you today. This is a great time of the year for festive foods and old favorites. I can't wait to see what you  will be sharing with us today. You are a very important part of our blogging community and thanks so much for sharing with us!

Gifts From Miz Helen's Kitchen annual publication of our most popular gifts for Christmas. I love receiving a homemade gift that someone has put so much love and work into the finished product. We often time give gifts from our garden that is actually a year long effort. There are always the favorites every year and then we like to add some of the new things that folks will enjoy! It is with great joy that I present the gifts from our kitchen for this year.

It is good to be with you today to plan our meal plans for next week. I have a personal message for you today that you will want to be sure and read. It is very cold here and I am thinking in terms of warm and cozy foods. I try to keep a really good pantry supply on hand this time of the year. Our freezer is well stocked and I doubt I will have to go to the market except for something fresh. I am going to sip on my  hot chocolate and enjoy our time together!

Welcome to Full Plate Thursday, 771 and December! I always look forward to this season with all of you as we celebrate Christmas and other spiritual holidays. Our foods always play a very important part in our celebration and what you share here with us is a reflection of the tables all over the world. I am so excited that you are here to share your corner of the world with us today!

I am so excited to welcome you to the 8th Annual Holiday Cookie Recipe Exchange Linky Party for 2025! I have enjoyed so many of your cookie recipes and I really treasure them. As I am making your recipes it reminds me of you and the special friendship that we enjoy in this very special blogging community. At the end of the party, we will have all shared with each other a memory and a part of ourselves that truly is a lasting gift. Thanks so much for sharing your cookie recipes with us, we cherish your cookie recipes and YOU!  I Can't Wait To Try Your Cookie Recipes, Lets Get Started!

  Our Harvest Salad is just perfect for a very special meal or a great main dish. It includes some great roasted sweet potatoes, grapes, and the last of the cherry tomato harvest. We just mixed all of this together with some greens add some Feta Cheese and a delicious Maple Dressing. This salad is fabulous!

Happy Thanksgiving Week! We already have guest arriving at the cottage so it will be a busy week here. It is a great time to be a meal planner and have things in place so we will have time to enjoy our guest. I have actually been stocking my pantry and doing some cooking ahead of time so were are all set here. I am so happy that you have stopped by to enjoy this meal plan with us.

Welcome to Full Plate Thursday 770! We are having a very special party of gratitude and thanksgiving with all of you who come here and are a big part of our blogging community. When I sit down to our Thanksgiving table I will be counting all of you as part of my blessings. I sure hope you enjoy all the features from our talented bloggers who shared at the party last week. I have a Thanksgiving surprise announcement so be sure and read the announcement!

Apple harvest is great when you can go out to the orchard and fill your basket with wonderful crisp apples. This recipe is so simple to make. The cake is filled with caramel sauce and topped with caramel apples. The cake is refrigerated to give it a real delicious moist crumb. This is a very special dessert that will complete any meal.

  Our meal planning is running a little late this week. I have found that sometimes the demands of the season will bring time management issues that I can't control. This makes my meal planning even more important. We  are going into the week before Thanksgiving plus we have guest that will be arriving this week. This is a very special time for our family as I know it is for most of you as well. I have my "Oldie But Goodie Recipes" ready and have checked my pantry, and freezer, we are ready to make some amazing meal plans for the week!

  Welcome to Full Plate Thursday,769, we are so happy to see you here today. We had a really great party last week and I am so excited to share our special features with all of you today. We are so blessed to have these talented bloggers as a part of our community. Folks are getting real busy getting ready for the upcoming holidays, I love the energy of this season. We have saved you a seat at the table and can't wait to see what you will be sharing with us today.  

  I love Old Fashioned Chicken and Dressing. There is a certain time of the year when that is one of the recipes that I crave. My Grandmother would make this recipe for a Sunday dinner and you could smell it cooking all over the house. This is a very simple recipe and can be made ahead of time or frozen after baking. It is a delicious family recipe that says, warm, cozy and lots of love.

Hello everyone, I am so glad you could join me today for another great fall meal plan. We have been doing some prep work outdoors to get our property ready for winter. The chores always change with the season and so do our food taste. I am looking for some real cozy comfort foods and some new discoveries at the local Farmers Market. I recently posted  November Food and Recipe Basket , a great source for fall recipes!