We are almost halfway through December. The winter chill has definitely taken over and I can feel my face and hands cracking when I stay outside for longer than ten minutes. Even though the weather outside is freezing, I still love this time of the year. There are always a lot of holiday happenings throughout the month.

I woke up early this morning to drop Kevin off at a friend’s home. He is carpooling with a few friends to Boston for a work trip. When I got home, I was especially craving waffles and have been wanting to make waffles for some time now. Waffles were a breakfast treat I ate a lot of growing up. My parents didn’t actually make waffles from scratch. Instead, they bought the prepared Eggo Homestyle waffles from the store for my brothers and I.

I’m very excited to share a recipe from my friend, Courtney’s family. I’ve been watching Court roll out these super thin, almost translucent sugar cookies for the last few years and never knew what these cookies were called. When Court hosted her cookie making and decorating party again this year, I knew I wanted to find out more about her family’s cookie recipe.

Thanksgiving weekend is coming towards an end. I spent the entire long weekend indulging in warm, comforting food. I still have containers of leftovers sitting in my refrigerator. Instead of just packing up the leftovers in separate containers, I divided all of the leftovers evenly across several meal containers to bring to work for lunch throughout the week. Today, I was craving a lighter, fruit-based breakfast to start my day.

It’s Thanksgiving Day. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is playing on television in the background. I’m preparing my apron to begin tackling Thanksgiving dinner prep. I started working on the dinner menu two weeks ago. It underwent a few drafts, but I finally settled on the dishes I’ll be making this year.  Thanksgiving dinner will feature some classic dishes balanced with some reimagined dishes.