This week's meal includes Chicken and Wild Rice Soup (a crowd favorite), Salt and Pepper Biscuits, and Pumpkin Hand Pies. I will be taking next week off to cook (HA!) a few Thanksgiving meals for friends and family.

The Chicken and Wild Rice Soup is so flavorful and hearty. It really does the job of dinner. I start by making the most delicious stock. I make it with whole chickens, onions, leeks, parmesan cheese rinds, white wine, and chicken stock. I use the stock to make the soup and add shredded chicken breasts, carrots, toasted wild rice, and cream. It's so delicious. And just the right thing for chilly fall nights.

The Salt and Pepper Biscuits are just biscuits with pepper. They are tender, flakey, and buttery. They are perfect dipped in the broth of the soup.

The Pumpkin Hand Pies are little envelopes of flakey, butter pie dough filled with simple but delicious pumpkin filling gently spiced with pumpkin pie spice. It's to get you in the mood for Thanksgiving.
However you choose to celebrate, I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!