Festivus (early Thanksgiving) part two

This year I made stuffing for the first time ever. Stuffing is not a side I care for. When I get to that part of Thanksgiving, I look the other way, take another scoop of mashed potatoes and pretend it's not on the table. There just isn't anything appetizing about onions, celery and wet cubes of bread all mushed together and baked. Anyway, I know everyone else likes it, so I (wo)manned up and made it.

Chopped onion and celery. Yuck!

Soften them up in a pan with butter (or in this case, earth balance)

Mix in bread crumbs, chicken broth, and fresh herbs (thyme and sage)

Toss it in a 9x13 pan and bake.

Of course I forgot to take an after picture of this too. Again if you'd like to play I-Spy, stuffing is on the picture of the table in part one of the festivus tale. I also made turkey, gravy, corn casserole, thyme roasted carrots, mashed potatoes, parker house rolls, and green beans. My mother-in-law brought dessert. She made a pumpkin gingerbread trifle. It was amazing. You can find the recipe for it here.

Festivus (Early Thanksgiving) part one

Every year since Christopher and I got married (so all two of them) we have hosted an early Thanksgiving for his parents and ourselves. This year I had the camera ready to take pictures and then after about 12 of them, I got caught up in the cooking and oven schedule and forgot. Oops. So I'll share what I have. The table, set and with most of the food on it. I think the only thing that is missing is the corn casserole. The foil covered bowl is mashed potatoes.

The supplies: I decided to spice things up a bit this time. I used earth balance because my father-in-law is mildly lactose intolerant so I tried to use butter only when I knew it would really be noticeable to substitute, then a little cinnamon, cloves, and brown sugar all added to Yams.

Then you bake this until it's hot all the way through, and add marshmallows to the top and brown and eat! I forgot to take the after picture. whoops! If you look really closely at t he picture of the table, they are there. It's like playing I-Spy.