Vegetable Pot Pie with Dill-Havarti Sauce

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With the weather cooling down considerably over the past few weeks, I’ve turned my attention to comforting, warm, home-cooked meals. Two weeks ago, I hosted a vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner and opted to make this pot pie my main dish. It’s loaded with delicious autumn vegetables such as butternut squash, carrots and Yukon Gold potatoes slowly simmered in a broth with fresh thyme and dill. The parboiled vegetables are then mixed into a rich dill havarti sauce and baked topped with a flaky crust with flecks of fresh rosemary. A delicious vegetarian version of a comforting pot pie. :) Filling Ingredients…

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Maple Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Vanilla Butter & Pecans

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I have hated brussel sprouts as long as I can remember. My mom used to make them every so often HOPING my sister and I would start to like them. Over the years, I have grown to love pretty much every vegetable possible….except for….brussel sprouts. For some reason, when I stumbled upon Bobby Flay’s recipe for brussel sprouts roasted with pomegranate molasses, I was intrigued! I decided that I needed to make them for Thanksgiving dinner recently. Sadly, I could not find any pomegranate molasses, so I opted to use pure maple syrup instead. Turns out brussel sprouts are pretty…

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Chocolate Pear Tart with Amaretto Whipped Cream

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My apologies that I’ve not posted anything for the past ten days. I just got back from a fantastic nine day adventure in New York City! I had hoped to post about my first time in The Big Apple throughout my trip, but the internet connection at the hotel was way-too-slow. My boyfriend and I stayed at a gorgeous little boutique hotel in central Manhattan. The hotel, as nice as it was, was built in the early 1900’s and did not have the most updated internet connection. *hah*  Soooo….looks like I have some catching up to do post-wise! I have…

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