Cranberry Pecan Pull-apart Brie Appetizer

 This recipe is from Kamper's Kitchen

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cranberry pecan pull-apart brie 🧀🎄  

Ingredients 👇🏼 

One round loaf of sourdough or rustic bread⠀⁣ 

One 8-10 oz wheel of brie⠀⁣ 

1/2 cup cranberry sauce (can sub for fig jam or raspberry preserves) 

1/2 cup chopped pecans⠀⁣ 

Fresh rosemary, chopped⠀⁣ 

Pomegranate seeds⠀⁣ 

2 Tbsp butter, melted⠀⁣ 

Honey drizzle before serving  

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Recipe 👇🏼 

Preheat oven to 375F. Carve a hole in your bread, tracing around the brie.

Scoop out some of the excess bread. Fill center with 1/4 cup cranberry sauce

and 1/4 cup chopped pecans. Cut 1 inch slices around the edge of the bread

to create tabs (not fully cutting to the bottom in order to keep bread in tact

Thanksgiving Salad

 This recipe is from Cheese Gal

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The perfect side for the holidays. This salad is such a nice balance to heavy spreads!

The dressing is bright, tasty and good enough “to eat with a tire”, as my best friend Kelly says.

INGREDIENTS:

for the salad:

• Roasted butternut squash (could sub with sweet potatoes or acorn squash)
• Pomegranate seeds
• Dried cranberries, chopped
• Glazed walnuts, chopped
• 1 apple, chopped
• 1 pear, chopped
• Goat cheese
• Gem or butter lettuce (or whatever you want!)

For the dressing:

• 1/2 c EVOO
• 1/4 c apple cider vinegar
• 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp honey (could sub maple syrup)
• 3 cloves garlic

Dressing directions:

Blend all together with an immersion blender mine linked here or a high-powered blender

like a Vitamix, then store in an airtight container in the fridge.

*blend together with an immersion blender and there you go! Store in an airtight

container in the fridge.

Assemble:

• Wash and dry butter greens, place them in a bowl.
• Spoon the fruits and vegetables on top
• Crumble some goat chees on top.
• Drizzle the dressing, Salt and Pepper

Thanksgiving 2025

 Thanksgiving 2025 - Escanaba

This year John is hosting and beef roast meal at his house. I am making a salad, homemade applesauce and dessert.

On Thanksgiving and Katie is in charge iof Thanksgiving on Saturday at a VRBO in Escanaba 605 Ogden Avenue. 2 Pm ET

Appetizers

• Cranberry Pecan Pull apart brie (Pat and Kathy)
• Pumkin Hummus with Pita bread and vegetables

Turkey - Beth purchased, Katie to cook.

Stuffing - Katie

Gravy - Katie

Mashed potatoes - Scott

Salads

• Brussel sprouts with pears and bacon - Katie
• Thanksgiving Salad - Beth
• Jello - John

Dessert

• Apple pie - John
• Pumpkin pie - Katie

Wine

• Bubbles
• Chenin Blanc
• Others: