It was good. SO good. I woke up with a little bit of self control and lost it all by 9am. Wednesday was spent cooking and preparing for the FEAST of Thursday. And totally worth it I might add.
Brooke and Cody came over and she brought some very scrumptious rolls. What would Thanksgiving be without homemade bread of some sort? And her potatoes and dessert were also extremely yummy. Thanks Brooke. And I hate you for making me eat so many good things. :)
Wednesday I made the pretzel-jello salad, coconut cream pie (thanks Jill for the step by step instructions), stuffing and also mashed potatoes., Thanks again Jill for seriously walking me through it every 30 seconds. She even answered the phone, "Gourmet cooking class" or something to that effect. Too true. :) Then on Thursday we did the turkey. I had to leave the kitchen while Jason did his duty and removed all the parts. What the heck with all that. Does anyone really eat any of it? When they bag them up, KEEP THEM! No one wants to see it. Except Jason, who was looking at each part and talking to himself about it. THROW UP. I could never be a Dr. (For many more reasons than just that.) :) Study habits especially. But never mind all that. The turkey turned out great. At least I tell myself it did. And the mashed potatoes were divine. SOOO fattening. Which is why I loved them. Cream cheese, butter, seasonings, MORE butter. What's not to love? My sister Jill shared this recipe with me and I will keep it always. Never again the same old boring mashed potatoes. For those of you that like green beans, I have a great way of making them. My mom and dad did them this way all growing up. Which might be why I love green beans. Real quick, they have almonds, bacon, onion, garlic and Parmesan cheese. HELLO!!! Good. :)
So, I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with great friends. Sorry to my mom for all the years I did NOTHING to help. I have changed my ways. My body is a little sore from standing in the kitchen for 2 days. And my husband is on call so no back rub form me. But come on, we all know what that means. . . . . .:)
Off to the treadmill I go. Or not. Chubby is growing on me. :)
Friday, November 23, 2007
Treadmill time!
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My mom eats those parts.
Um, I'll have to call you and tell you about my Thanks Giving. It was fun, but remind me to tell you about the Clorox bleach. Morgan's family was in town, and we went up to Shelley ID with Morgans grandparents. I'll call you this weekend and tell you about it. I'm impressed by your cooking adventures. Good girl.
Sounds fun! Made my first turkey too...gross, but I'm glad I now know how! Oh, and don't bother with the treadmill, who needs 'em?
You crack me up! I agree with Lisa on the treadmill. At least wait till after Christmas. And what the heck is pretzel-jello salad?
Cute cute kids!! It sounds like you had a wonderful thanksgiving...with very yummy food! I am very sad I missed it all. We are having fun here and had some very yummy food of our own as well. I for sure want the recipe for the green beans and mashed potatoes. Did I mention your kids are adorable!
You better post some of those recipes, include us on your gordesa!
What an exciting time to go and move again...what will be the plans after this year? Is it a year of residency in his special area, or do explain the process.
I definitely say go for what is best for your family...although I think adventure is fun and it is always great to conocer a lugares nuevos. You will make friends no matter where you go...no worries there. Who knew you'd be in the East for so long?
sounds yum! Ellie is turning into a mini YOU. she's so cute. the boys look adorable too. especially napping noah. love it! I know I owe you a call back. I've been out of town. ttyl
HAHA. Im glad you had a good day. I did it all by myself too. Christopher and I were here alone. I havent had time to post though. I'll get to it one of these days. SO I just wanted to say that the neck that comes in that sick bag is my grandpa's favorite part. That's all he eats is that part. SICK I know!!! :) And why dont you pass along your mashed potato recipe... I've never heard of one with cream cheese... Yum....
I'd like to put in my order for the potato recipe and the green bean recipe. Gracias.
The food was yummy! Thanks for having us over and stuffing us full of fattening food! Loved every minute of it!
I also want the recipe for the mash potatos and greenbeans. I don't like greenbeans, but these were good!
Ditto on the recipes - pass em' on! Sounds like you had a fun time. We got to have some family here for Thanksgiving, and Sarah had so much fun running around and playing with cousins.
Jana you can't brag about how good the food was and then not share the recipes!! I want the mashed potato recipe, as well as the green bean one. I love green beans too and would like to try new ways to eat them! YUM!
PS - I need your current email address, por favor!
sounds perfectly divine!
Jana, your blog is cute. I just viewed it through Kari and Gareth's. Sounds like you had a great Thanksgiving with a lot of hard work-I only had to bring a salad and a vegetable...way easy!
What darling kids Jana! I love little Ellies hair bow-so cute! I'm impressed with all your cooking. I did nothing this year..just ate tons.
Nice you guys are towards the end of residency. We will just be starting the whole long process next summer. So much fun! Thanks for letting me stop by your blog!
Amy
How about train for that half marathon with us! That'll take those potatoes right off :)
O.k. first of all...Ellie looks exactly like you (with chubby cheeks)! And she always looks so perfectly dressed and so content. I love her and I've never met her :-)
Second, Ellie is definitely not too little for the leg warmers. She will just wear them higher than Madelyn. I have 2 different brands, Baby Legs and Crawler Covers. You can google Baby Legs to find them and the crawler covers are at crawlercovers.com. I think Crawler Covers are cuter (they are also cheapers)...definitely get some for little Ellie. They are great for covering little knees as they start to crawl too...you will love them!
And P.S. is this the longest comment ever?
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