[I used to think I knew everything…until I found myself stranded in the middle of adulthood with no map and no one to guide me when I got lost. I have learned a lot since then - from how to balance a checkbook to how to sew on a button - and will share my wisdom with you.

Every Monday I will be back to teach you how to do something useful, even if it also happens to be completely random. Because, hey, you never know when you just might need to know how to change a tire…or mix a perfect martini.]

So, Thanksgiving is coming and now that we are all college students (read: adults) it has come to the time when we are expected to contribute something to Thanksgiving Dinner.

Before you cry, stomp your feet, beg your mommy not to make you grow up, and run to the grocery store to pick up a pre-roasted turkey or a box of Stove Top Stuffing, hear me out. You can do this. Really. You can impress your family and friends with your Top-Chef-style cooking skills and send them home stuffed, impressed… and not food poisoned.

First step: offer to do a dessert.
Next step: offer to do this dessert. It is simple, it is classic and it is super duper delicious, which means you get to seriously enjoy the fruits of your labors.
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I’m not a good baker, but since I’ve been home for a few days (perks of surgery!), my mom’s giant kitchen has got me thinking that all my past transgressions weren’t really true and I’m actually a fabulous cook. So the other day when I got a craving for pumpkin pie, I decided I would totally make one.

Then of course I looked in the pantry and saw we had nothing in terms of pie crust ingredients. Could I make a crust-less pumpkin pie? I asked myself. Yes you can, the Internet answered, and in fact many people prefer crust-less pies because there’s way less carbs.

Part of the reason I’m not the best baker is because I don’t measure things real well and if I don’t have the right ingredients I substitute. This recipe is no different. I didn’t measure things perfectly and I made random substitutions. But guess what? It freaking tasted like pumpkin pie. Without the crust. Nice.

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