Home For The Holidays

As the weather gets cooler and we start to bundle up, our thoughts turn to home and the upcoming holidays.

Thanksgiving and Christmas seem to run together as we take time to meet with family and friends, to celebrate the many gifts of God and also His greatest Gift: His Son, Jesus Christ.

One thing that is always present during these weeks is food, or more specifically, comfort food. We asked some of our artists and friends what kinds of food they enjoyed around the holidays and we know they are going to make you ready for the traditional feasts as well. If you want the recipes, please contact the person who submitted the dish title.

Without further ado…get ready to enjoy some great cooking as SGN Scoops goes home for the holidays!

Jay Parrack and Vocal Event. Jay’s favorite is Turkey Salad from Steve ‘n’ Jan’s BBQ. Darren’s favorite is dressing. Bubba doesn’t list a favorite so we can only guess that he likes all dishes equally. www.facebook.com/pages/Jay-Parrack-and-Vocal-Event/140018069469560

The Amundruds, Gospel music artists, enjoy their cabbage rolls. “Our Grandma, our mom’s mother (Nana) used to make this often at Thanksgiving.” http://www.theamundruds.com/

Abby Paskvan, soloist. “Here is a picture of the turkey I cooked last year for my family.  We usually have about 40 people for Thanksgiving at my parent’s house.  I love to cook so I was in charge of one of the three turkeys we cooked to feed everyone!” http://www.abbypaskvan.com/

Kelly Nelon Clark who sings with The Nelons as well as writes for SGN Scoops, recently baked a batch of biscuits, a favorite at the holidays and all year long. http://kellynelon.com/

Miles Pike, soloist. He and his family like Chocolate Cappuccino Cheesecake. www.milespikemusic.com/

Danny Sinacori, soloist, says, “My favorite Thanksgiving dish is my wife’s stuffing that she makes with macadamia nuts and apples. Chris does it every year.” www.facebook.com/sinacorimusic

Vonda Easley of Hope’s Journey and writer for SGN Scoops enjoys shrimp for a festive occasion. She sent us a lovely picture of a platter full of the delicious seafood. http://hopesjourneyonline.com/

Jennifer Campbell, soloist and writer for SGN Scoops, shows us a few of her family’s favorite

Thanksgiving treats. Pictured is a lovely plate of delicious food and also a nice piece of pumpkin pie! www.jennifercampbell.net/music.htm

Barry Shadrix, of the Shadrix Trio enjoys Sweet Potato Souffle. For Thanksgiving. www.shadrix.net

Aaron Perkins, sound technician with The Taylors and vocalist with Aaron Perkins Ministries, tells us: “My favorite Thanksgiving dish is my wife’s apple pie! It’s the best!” aaronperkins.weebly.com/about-aaron.html

Paige Givens, vocalist and writer with SGN Scoops, tells us: “My favorite holiday food is peanut butter balls. My husband and I make them together every year and they’re great, even though we had an unfortunate incident the first year we were married: we put three bars of paraffin wax in the chocolate sauce instead of the recipe’s 3/4 of a bar! Needless to say, they were a bit waxy and stuck to everyone’s teeth! You could’ve lit those things up as candles! They are now a crowd favorite though!” www.paigegivens.com

Dean Adkins, Gospel Music historian and writer for SGN Scoops, is shown in this picture carving his favorite holiday food: turkey!

Sandi Miller of Hamilton, Ontario tells us that one of her family’s favorites is Cranberry Upside Down Cake.

Phil Foster, writer with SGM Radio website, sent us a picture of his favorite treat during the holidays. It is a rare bird indeed:The Dodo Bird. Sorry, no pictures due to the rarity of the species.  www.sgmradio.com

And with that, we will end our buffet of Thanksgiving and Christmas food and trust you have enjoyed this feature as we go home for the holidays!

First published in November 2014.

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