This upcoming Saturday is the Solstice, then the days will start getting longer again. I'm always a bit taken aback to consider that it is officially the First Day of Winter. Over Thanksgiving weekend, we got our first real cold snap:
Cricket stays warm by snuggling, sometimes even with me, if DL is unavailable.
For Thanksgiving, DL, like my sister, loves a classic green bean casserole. And the green beans must be from a can! Schlop! Schloop! Gloop! LOL. My sister says she tried to make a green bean casserole from scratch using fresh green beans, fresh cream, nice mushrooms, and caramelized onions from the stovetop. It was... fine! Tasty! But lacking that certain je ne sais quois... I believe that is the taste of nostalgia!
It looks just right beside the stuffing!
Here is the rest of our spread. M brought the fresh green beans she had lightly steamed. So we had real vegetables that were not gray in color, hahahahaha.
I got a local turkey from Sunny Side Up Farm in Delta Junction.
There it is! All of the classics!
It was a good day to have the oven on all day since it was so cold. Cricket took her princess seat by the fire.
But Raven, having a thicker coat, still insisted on Second Walk. A pretty afternoon.
Brrrrr-tacular!
My special friend April was at Sirius for the weekend. Her furever family adores her and she is doing great; even their toddler is a very gentle little lad whom she adores! But they went down to Anchorage for the weekend so I got to visit her. She was very happy and kissy!
She's lovely, isn't she?
This was my first leftover creation: A turkey-green-bean-corn-mashed-potato-stuffing pie. It was pretty good!
Mmmm leftover pie!
In addition to two batches of turkey enchiladas, I also made mashed potato pancakes. That made Thanksgiving last until the following Monday!
Finally the last day was soup. Look at how Princess Cricket happily guards the stock.
Classic turkey noodle!
And the pan was finallly clean on Thursday. One week!
Look at my fuzzies! Aren't they nice!
I had to attempt a family portrait, of course.
Wishing all 14 of my loyal readers a peaceful "start" to winter!
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