All the Recipes You Need for a Very Ambitious Thanksgiving (+ a printable menu!)

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2018-11-18 03:05:05WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 188794 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Cassie Autumn Tran [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => http://superfitbabe.me/ [comment_author_IP] => 76.91.3.48 [comment_date] => 2018-11-17 21:05:05 [comment_date_gmt] => 2018-11-18 03:05:05 [comment_content] => Vegan charcuterie? Garlic bread? Mac n' cheese? Lentil loaves? Sweet potato casserole? AND...VEGAN APPLE CRISPS AND PUMPKIN PIE?! Where is my invitation to this Thanksgiving party??? But in all seriousness, I absolutely adore this collection of recipes! Such a splendid way to show off your culinary creativity! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 0 [user_id] => 0 [children:protected] => Array ( [188799] => WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 188799 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => http://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 205.178.102.17 [comment_date] => 2018-11-19 10:12:14 [comment_date_gmt] => 2018-11-19 16:12:14 [comment_content] => All of the goods here for Thanksgiving! Thanks, Cassie :) [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 188794 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) ) ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
1. Cassie Autumn Tran says:

   November 17, 2018

   Vegan charcuterie? Garlic bread? Mac n’ cheese? Lentil loaves? Sweet potato casserole? AND…VEGAN APPLE CRISPS AND PUMPKIN PIE?! Where is my invitation to this Thanksgiving party??? But in all seriousness, I absolutely adore this collection of recipes! Such a splendid way to show off your culinary creativity!

   Reply
   2018-11-19 16:12:14WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 188799 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => http://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 205.178.102.17 [comment_date] => 2018-11-19 10:12:14 [comment_date_gmt] => 2018-11-19 16:12:14 [comment_content] => All of the goods here for Thanksgiving! Thanks, Cassie :) [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 188794 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
   • Monique replied:

     November 19, 2018

     All of the goods here for Thanksgiving! Thanks, Cassie 🙂

     Reply
2018-11-18 03:05:05WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 200322 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Cassie Autumn Tran [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => http://superfitbabe.me/ [comment_author_IP] => 76.91.3.48 [comment_date] => 2018-11-17 21:05:05 [comment_date_gmt] => 2018-11-18 03:05:05 [comment_content] => Vegan charcuterie? Garlic bread? Mac n' cheese? Lentil loaves? Sweet potato casserole? AND...VEGAN APPLE CRISPS AND PUMPKIN PIE?! Where is my invitation to this Thanksgiving party??? But in all seriousness, I absolutely adore this collection of recipes! Such a splendid way to show off your culinary creativity! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/70.0.3538.102 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 0 [user_id] => 0 [children:protected] => Array ( [200507] => WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 200507 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => http://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 205.178.102.17 [comment_date] => 2018-11-19 10:12:14 [comment_date_gmt] => 2018-11-19 16:12:14 [comment_content] => All of the goods here for Thanksgiving! Thanks, Cassie :) [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_13_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/70.0.3538.102 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 200322 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) ) ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
2. Cassie Autumn Tran says:

   November 17, 2018

   Vegan charcuterie? Garlic bread? Mac n’ cheese? Lentil loaves? Sweet potato casserole? AND…VEGAN APPLE CRISPS AND PUMPKIN PIE?! Where is my invitation to this Thanksgiving party??? But in all seriousness, I absolutely adore this collection of recipes! Such a splendid way to show off your culinary creativity!

   Reply
   2018-11-19 16:12:14WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 200507 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => http://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 205.178.102.17 [comment_date] => 2018-11-19 10:12:14 [comment_date_gmt] => 2018-11-19 16:12:14 [comment_content] => All of the goods here for Thanksgiving! Thanks, Cassie :) [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_13_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/70.0.3538.102 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 200322 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
   • Monique replied:

     November 19, 2018

     All of the goods here for Thanksgiving! Thanks, Cassie 🙂

     Reply
2018-11-18 15:53:33WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 188797 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Laura [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => [comment_author_IP] => 107.193.224.65 [comment_date] => 2018-11-18 09:53:33 [comment_date_gmt] => 2018-11-18 15:53:33 [comment_content] => Thank you for this round up! I'm looking at the Garlic Chili-Maple Roasted Butternut Squash & Brussels and definitely the new lightened up green bean casserole. About to head to the farmers market now :) THANK YOU Monique and Abra! (And Tony for taste tasting through the years? ;) [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 0 [user_id] => 0 [children:protected] => Array ( [188798] => WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 188798 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => http://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 205.178.102.17 [comment_date] => 2018-11-19 10:09:48 [comment_date_gmt] => 2018-11-19 16:09:48 [comment_content] => Amazing! Hope you love them :) Happy Thanksgiving from all of us! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 188797 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) ) ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
3. Laura says:

   November 18, 2018

   Thank you for this round up! I’m looking at the Garlic Chili-Maple Roasted Butternut Squash & Brussels and definitely the new lightened up green bean casserole. About to head to the farmers market now 🙂 THANK YOU Monique and Abra! (And Tony for taste tasting through the years? 😉

   Reply
   2018-11-19 16:09:48WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 188798 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => http://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 205.178.102.17 [comment_date] => 2018-11-19 10:09:48 [comment_date_gmt] => 2018-11-19 16:09:48 [comment_content] => Amazing! Hope you love them :) Happy Thanksgiving from all of us! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 188797 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
   • Monique replied:

     November 19, 2018

     Amazing! Hope you love them 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving from all of us!

     Reply
2018-11-18 15:53:33WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 200379 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Laura [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => [comment_author_IP] => 107.193.224.65 [comment_date] => 2018-11-18 09:53:33 [comment_date_gmt] => 2018-11-18 15:53:33 [comment_content] => Thank you for this round up! I'm looking at the Garlic Chili-Maple Roasted Butternut Squash & Brussels and definitely the new lightened up green bean casserole. About to head to the farmers market now :) THANK YOU Monique and Abra! (And Tony for taste tasting through the years? ;) [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_5) AppleWebKit/603.3.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/10.1.2 Safari/603.3.8 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 0 [user_id] => 0 [children:protected] => Array ( [200504] => WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 200504 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => http://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 205.178.102.17 [comment_date] => 2018-11-19 10:09:48 [comment_date_gmt] => 2018-11-19 16:09:48 [comment_content] => Amazing! Hope you love them :) Happy Thanksgiving from all of us! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_13_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/70.0.3538.102 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 200379 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) ) ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
4. Laura says:

   November 18, 2018

   Thank you for this round up! I’m looking at the Garlic Chili-Maple Roasted Butternut Squash & Brussels and definitely the new lightened up green bean casserole. About to head to the farmers market now 🙂 THANK YOU Monique and Abra! (And Tony for taste tasting through the years? 😉

   Reply
   2018-11-19 16:09:48WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 200504 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => http://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 205.178.102.17 [comment_date] => 2018-11-19 10:09:48 [comment_date_gmt] => 2018-11-19 16:09:48 [comment_content] => Amazing! Hope you love them :) Happy Thanksgiving from all of us! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_13_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/70.0.3538.102 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 200379 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
   • Monique replied:

     November 19, 2018

     Amazing! Hope you love them 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving from all of us!

     Reply
2021-11-13 18:30:18WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 364204 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Michelle [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => [comment_author_IP] => 107.77.209.135 [comment_date] => 2021-11-13 12:30:18 [comment_date_gmt] => 2021-11-13 18:30:18 [comment_content] => Such a great list! Thank you. Also thank you for so many GF dessert options for Thanksgiving. Your list shows brown butter pumpkins snickerdoodles as GF but when I click the link there is no reference I saw about gf flour or substitute. Is there a different recipe like this that is gf? I tried a quick search but didn’t see anything. Thanks!! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 15_0_2 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/15.0 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 0 [user_id] => 0 [children:protected] => Array ( [364413] => WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 364413 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 209.6.225.61 [comment_date] => 2021-11-15 10:33:26 [comment_date_gmt] => 2021-11-15 16:33:26 [comment_content] => Oops, you're right! Sorry about that. These grain free snickerdoodles are gluten free! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/95.0.4638.54 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 364204 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) ) ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
5. Michelle says:

   November 13, 2021

   Such a great list! Thank you. Also thank you for so many GF dessert options for Thanksgiving. Your list shows brown butter pumpkins snickerdoodles as GF but when I click the link there is no reference I saw about gf flour or substitute. Is there a different recipe like this that is gf? I tried a quick search but didn’t see anything. Thanks!!

   Reply
   2021-11-15 16:33:26WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 364413 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 209.6.225.61 [comment_date] => 2021-11-15 10:33:26 [comment_date_gmt] => 2021-11-15 16:33:26 [comment_content] => Oops, you're right! Sorry about that. These grain free snickerdoodles are gluten free! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/95.0.4638.54 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 364204 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
   • Monique replied:

     November 15, 2021

     Oops, you’re right! Sorry about that. These grain free snickerdoodles are gluten free!

     Reply
2025-11-26 01:15:35WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 546065 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Kristen [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => [comment_author_IP] => 75.110.67.199 [comment_date] => 2025-11-25 19:15:35 [comment_date_gmt] => 2025-11-26 01:15:35 [comment_content] => Hey Monique, I just want to say thank you! You are SO talented and I’m so glad you chose to make Ambitious Kitchen, it has helped me so much! I have been married for 10 years and it has been many years of trial and error for me when it comes to cooking. No one ever taught me to cook but I have wanted to learn so badly to cook well for my family. I have gotten better but it’s been frustrating at times for sure. I’ve tried lots of cookbooks and Pinterest recipes but none have helped as much as you! I randomly saw you on TV cooking pancakes (I always struggle getting pancakes right!) so I was intrigued and that’s how I discovered you. I got your cookbook and I love picking recipes off your website. Anything I make my husband thinks could be served in a restaurant. Your recipes are so flavorful, nutritious, made with “normal” pantry staple ingredients, simple to make, and everything is so delicious! There isn’t one recipe I have tried that I have not liked. I spent the week making almost all of your fall salads, they are all so great! My husband loves how nutritious everything is. And for my kids I can modify a little and it’s a great dinner for them too. You are so talented. You are an expert on flavor. I love making dinner and trying your recipes. It’s helping me grow confidence in cooking for my family and for others too, which I have always desired to do. Just wanted to let you know some of the impact your making. Im so grateful, thank you!! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 18_6_2 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/18.6 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 Ddg/18.6 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 0 [user_id] => 0 [children:protected] => Array ( [547683] => WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 547683 [comment_post_ID] => 29102 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 2601:240:e380:60b0:f90a:ae93:ede9:e429 [comment_date] => 2025-12-01 15:48:51 [comment_date_gmt] => 2025-12-01 21:48:51 [comment_content] => Hi Kristen! Wow, I'm SO happy to hear that you've been finding delicious, nourishing recipes here for years. Your comment is why I do what I do, and it means so much that these recipes are fitting into your life in a positive way. Thank YOU for being here! I so appreciate it! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/142.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 546065 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) ) ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
6. Kristen says:

   November 25, 2025

   Hey Monique, I just want to say thank you! You are SO talented and I’m so glad you chose to make Ambitious Kitchen, it has helped me so much! I have been married for 10 years and it has been many years of trial and error for me when it comes to cooking. No one ever taught me to cook but I have wanted to learn so badly to cook well for my family. I have gotten better but it’s been frustrating at times for sure. I’ve tried lots of cookbooks and Pinterest recipes but none have helped as much as you! I randomly saw you on TV cooking pancakes (I always struggle getting pancakes right!) so I was intrigued and that’s how I discovered you. I got your cookbook and I love picking recipes off your website. Anything I make my husband thinks could be served in a restaurant. Your recipes are so flavorful, nutritious, made with “normal” pantry staple ingredients, simple to make, and everything is so delicious! There isn’t one recipe I have tried that I have not liked. I spent the week making almost all of your fall salads, they are all so great! My husband loves how nutritious everything is. And for my kids I can modify a little and it’s a great dinner for them too. You are so talented. You are an expert on flavor. I love making dinner and trying your recipes. It’s helping me grow confidence in cooking for my family and for others too, which I have always desired to do. Just wanted to let you know some of the impact your making. Im so grateful, thank you!!

   Reply
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   • Monique replied:

     December 1, 2025

     Hi Kristen! Wow, I’m SO happy to hear that you’ve been finding delicious, nourishing recipes here for years. Your comment is why I do what I do, and it means so much that these recipes are fitting into your life in a positive way. Thank YOU for being here! I so appreciate it!

     Reply