House Blessing Menu... for a weekend!
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Comments (22)We ate our Thanksgiving feast at lunch time, so my brother could make the 4 hr drive back home before dark. I didn't think I could eat so much so early in the day, but I did! Spent all morning cooking, but the kiddoes cleaned up afterwards. As a committed foodie, I just couldn't face a store-bought pumpkin pie (the rest of the gang had no such problems) so I made myself a tray of sugar free brownies. And there are still a few left.... Thanks to all for your kind thoughts when I'm feeling so punk this year leading up to the holidays. At least we have a fridge full of quality leftovers now, as I don't think I'll feel as good next week as I do today (my doc is changing my meds this week). Oh well, when a foodie is sick, she stops doing housework, laundry, shopping, entertaining, etc. but she DOESN'T stop cooking, even if she can only cook for herself. The mere thought of consuming fast- or pre-processed food makes me feel so much worse than than standing up to throw together soup or an omelette. I have much to be thankful for this year!...See MoreWeek 27.5 What are your blessings?
Comments (24)TG, that is definately a pic of beauty. I pulled the bird out the fridge at 7:30 to take it's chill off..threw the "icky" bits in water and they are still simmering away..how does just water and turkey bits smell so good? Lol.. I also put hubbies Maple Bourbon Sweet Potato Pie in the oven. I think that with the simmering bits made T-Day come alive so early. :) The turkey is now in the oven on 450 for a few more minutes and the aromatics plus herbs are making my mouth water. I'll drop it down and let it go for 3.5 more hours....it really is torture. :) The sun is peeking through the clouds giving off that golden haze. What a beautiful day it is. Oh and Shick..Kids = expensive...stick with critters, cars and house remodeling. ;) you may financial come out ahead. However, I wouldn't trade them in..even though I threaten now and then. I would give up a few of the battle scars/heart break of parenting though....See MoreBest towns for weekend home in NY tri-state???
Comments (23)Deee, We're in ARLINGTON. The real estate in Manchester is a little too rich for us. I happen to like winter. The problem with so many people is they hide from it, but people up here PLAY in it. There are snowmobile tours that can take you from Mass to Canada with stays in B&Bs and nice restaurants. And there's NOTHING like October in Vermont!!! And give me a BLIZZARD over a HURRICANE any day! I hate the summer heat though. That's why I like it up here. The average summer high is only 80 degrees. And another thing about here that even when tourists come up, the traffic is still less than 10% of the "normal" traffic in the NYC area. "Rush hour" for us is waiting for 5 cars to pass by before you can pull put onto the highway....See MoreFood floof! The menu
Comments (46)We're going to my DH's ex's and her husband's house for dinner, per usual (20 years). There will be about 20 - 26 of us - all his side (mine live on the other end of the country except DS in GA). They serve a really nice turkey, but also dump -from-a-bag stuffing mix, plopped canned cranberry sauce, and their adult children will bring instant mashed potatoes, canned gravy, bag salad, "brown 'n serve" rolls and some icky baked-in-store cake with inedible frosting. The youngest grand (17) will make green bean casserole for her grandpa (because I refuse to make it, hate it) as she has been doing for 5 years! Bless her. But I do think it is the only thing she actually cooks. Her mom is big on take-out, drive-thru, and pizza delivery. The other four 20 yr-old-ish grandchildren (who I've been coaching) are bringing homemade bread, apple sauce from 4 kinds of apples, baked butternut squash with honey and sweet spices, mixed lettuces and strawberries with celery seed dressing, and from-scratch brownies. So proud of them. I like to shake things up for appetizers so I'll bring oven baked veggie egg rolls with my own Chinese-style hot mustard and apricot duck sauce, deviled egg salad in quartered potato buns, stuffed mini sweet peppers (with herbed cheese), homemade crackers with pepperoncini cream cheese dip, and everything (like on a bagel) dip to eat with mini cukes, radishes, cherry tomatoes and celery sticks, and some deli ham rolled up with Swiss cheese and a bit of spicy brown mustard for those of us who don't like turkey, plus apple slab pie with drizzle and pecan pie bars on shortbread crust. I always bring plastic bags for the family to take home "leftovers" since no one seems to remember from the last time, or they just expect me to? I also bring our own silverware because ex- hasn't figured out that it is impossible to cut turkey with plastic knives and eat with plastic forks. I also bring a couple of extra knives for whomever else has a problem. You'd think after 20 years she'd go to Goodwill and pick up some 25c silverware - maybe $15 worth. I don't say anything but DH always rolls his eyes at me. If I went to Goodwill and got some I would be ostracized for life. Bad enough that I bring a few extra pieces. I'm rolling my eyes now. I may hint to the grands that it might be a really really nice gift for their other grandma. But then again.......See Moreartemis_ma
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