What would Thanksgiving be without gravy? At this point I'm hoping that your taste buds are hopping over the foods that we've already talked about. But three of the (turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes) are so much better with gravy. I don't mean just a little better. I mean to the moon and back better. While you can buy gravy in a jar or can, it's just not the same as … [Read more...]
Sweet Potatoes
Happy Thanksgiving Week, still! I’m making the rash assumption you read the first and second posts in this series. If not, scoot back to the prior sentence and click on the links. You’ll learn all about turkey, my inability to differentiate between stuffing and dressing, and why mash potatoes matter to world peace. OK, maybe not the world peace part, but at least I didn’t say … [Read more...]
Mashed Potatoes
Happy Thanksgiving Week, again! Welcome back (assuming you read the part 1 post. If you didn’t, here’s a handy dandy link to that post). Last time we talked about the two main staples of our Thanksgiving meal in the Hectic Household, turkey and stuffing. The next item that comes up when I ask the kids what they want for Thanksgiving (providing them with the delusion that they … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Menu 2013
Thanksgiving Menu 2013 at the Hectic Household Turkey Sausage-based Stuffing Stove Top Stuffing Clone Mashed Potatoes Gravy Sweet Potatoes Corn Green Bean Casserole Rolls Fruit Salad Cranberries Pumpkin Pie Apple Pie Chocolate Chip Cookies … [Read more...]
Turkey & Stuffing
Happy Thanksgiving Week! It's Thanksgiving week in here in the USA. If you’re in Canada, I hope you enjoyed your celebration on October 13th. I had the opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada twice in the past. It was kind of cool to get to be thankful, then to do it all over again six weeks later. I will admit though, it seemed to early to celebrate in mid-October. I … [Read more...]