Welcome to our last party of October, and our Top Ten features from last weeks party! Are you ready for all the trick or treaters that will be coming to your cottage, tomorrow is Halloween. We have all of our treats ready to go and our decor in place. I am so happy to see you here today and hope you enjoy the TOP TEN VIEWS FROM LAST WEEKS PARTY! We are excited to see what you are sharing for the party today, it's going to be a good one!

  The Neiman Marcus Chicken Casserole is still as popular today as it was when it was served in the old Neiman's café. It has a crunchy top with a creamy and flavorful inside. It is light yet makes a great covered dish for any event. It is one of my favorite pot-luck recipes. 

  It is hard to believe that we are going into the last week of October with our meal plans. Time is flying by, but we sure are having fun on the ride. We have so many fun places to visit in our community just now. There are October Fest, Haunted Houses, Trunk or Treats, Fall Festivals, and of course our amazing Farmers Markets. For now I am in my happy place on the screen porch writing a very special meal plan for the next week.

  Welcome to Full Plate Thursday, 766, it is so good to see you here today. We had a fantastic party last week with some great food, fun tablescapes and a kids corner that the kid in me sure loves! I am excited to present the features from that party. I sure hope you enjoy them! I can't wait to see what you will be sharing with us today We have saved you a place at the table so come on in and join the party!

We love a weekend brunch and often times look for a special breakfast bake or casserole to serve for our brunch or breakfast. Our Country Sausage and Potato Breakfast Bake is just one of those special recipes that our weekend brunch group just love. This is a very simple recipe that does not take that long to set on the table. The flavors of Grandma's country kitchen rolled into one great breakfast bake!

  Hello everyone, we are really busy here this week and I am looking forward to sitting with you while we make our meal plan for the week. I love this time of the year when we can use the seasonal foods and include the colors of fall in our plans. One of my favorite fruits to use this time of the year is apples, fresh and crisp and just delicious on a plate of fall foods.

  Welcome to Full Plate Thursday 765 we are so happy to see you here today! The pumpkin harvest is in full swing and there are pumpkins everywhere. Some are on tablelscapes and some are in delicious recipes that we all enjoy. We have some great features for our party today that I sure hope you enjoy. I am looking forward to the party with you today and so many other talented bloggers. If you want really good food this is where you come, to Full Plate Thursday, every Thursday!

  This is a delicious retro recipe that I made for my kids when they were in high school. It was always a great recipe to go to when they would bring 3/4 of the football team home for dinner. It has great Italian flavor and is a real easy recipe to make even at the last minute. This is a great go to recipe still to this day!

Hello everyone it is meal planning time here at the cottage. I was with a friend the other day in the super market right at rush time. I observed some women wandering up and down the isles trying to figure out what to make for dinner. It made me feel so good to know that my dinner was in the slow cooker and would be on the table in no time after I went home. Planning my meals every week allows me to save time and money. 

  Welcome to Full Plate Thursday, 764, it is so good to see you here today.  We are enjoying the great outdoors today, it is beautiful weather here in East Texas. So far we have had an extended late summer and late fall, but our food plate looks like fall is in full swing. The links that you brought to share last week are so inspirational for a fun filled fall with delicious food!

  Our Slow Cooker Old Fashioned Ham and Beans bring back so many memories of Grandmothers table. If you stayed long enough with my Grandmother you would find that at least one if not two days a week some kind of beans would be on the menu. This ham and beans recipe is the same that she would serve at her home. The only difference is the Slow Cooker, which she did not have. She simmered her beans on a wood stove that cooked all day, and you could smell them all over the house.

Coming to you today from the screen porch and welcome to October. We are excited to be in the beginning of fall as we plan our meals for the next week. I sure am grateful that we have home grown and home canned vegetables on hand. I was at the local super market yesterday and some of the prices are out of sight. I don't know what they are in your area, but here they are out of sight. It makes it more important as we move along to plan our food and food dollars. It's going to be a great week with some yummy food!

  Hello friends, it is so good to see you today! Welcome to Full Plate Thursday, 763 and October! October is such a fun month here at the cottage. Our community calendar is just packed with Farmers Markets, Fall Festivals and even Hay Rides. We have some amazing features today from our party last week. Fall foods and fun activities are everywhere. I sure hope you enjoy the features and stop by to say hello to these very talented bloggers!