Let’s EAT!!

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and
more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It
can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today,
and creates a vision for tomorrow.”





Dumplings: While potatoes are boiling, bring
more stock to a rolling boil and add dumplings.
Stir frequently until dumplings sink. Cover until
time to serve.


Corn: If you are serving this, prepare it now.


Make Gravy


Remove dressing from oven when bubbly
around the edges.
Place the rolls in the oven.
Carve turkey
Take food to the table.


Whew! Eat and enjoy, and let everyone else do
the dishes! Take a good LONG, well deserved
Nap!

Remember, if you are not concerned with bringing a
whole turkey to the table, bake it all night. Makes
Thanksgiving much less stressful.

Take your turkey, just as you are going to bake it the
day of. Place in the oven the night before, on 275 degrees.
Let it bake all night, breast side down, in your
covered roaster or oven bag. When you get up in the
morning, increase the oven temperature to 350 and
bake 45 minutes. At this point, is does not matter if you
remove lid or not – you are not going to bring the
whole bird to the table, but rather just lift the turkey
from the bones – it is that tender. Strain the stock. Place
the meat in a covered casserole dish and chill. An hour
before dinner, remove the turkey. Pour boiling gravy
made from the stock over the turkey, and serve. Baking
your turkey breast side down all night will not make a
presentable brown skinned turkey, but will make the
best turkey you have ever eaten.
Plus, your stock is right there – no waiting to make the
dressing, dumplings, ect. Yay!


Sit down to a beautiful, bountiful, blessed
meal shared with those you love and
GIVE THANKS!

The Next Generation of Love….

As he held my hand

As he held my hand, I sent him in school a 5 year old, and he came
back to me a kindergartner.

I sent him out the door a school age boy, and he came back to me a
teenager.

He went down the aisle to “Pomp and Circumstance” a high school
student, and came back to me a man ready for the world.

I danced with him on his wedding day to “It’s a wonderful world”…
and he came back to me a husband who clings to his wife.

Today, I watched him walk down the hall to be with his wife as she
delivered their child, as he left me a man and came back a father.

And as he walked into the waiting area, he searched for his mom…
and I stood up and walked to him, he collapsed in my arms as my
child, my cheek wet with the tears of a son who needed his mom.
The son, who held my hand as a child, was once more holding my hand
leading me down the hall to his precious daughter. I walked down
that hall his mom… as the nurse placed his daughter in his arms, he in
turn placed her in my arms, and I became a Grandmother. As she
started to cry, I gently said, “Hailey, Mamaw is here at last….” And
as my son placed his hand on my shoulder, I reached down and her
tiny fingers found my hand…and she was my grandchild. And in her
tiny hand, she holds my heart. I pray I have taught him well, as he
now holds her hand…


Your
Weekly
Menu


A lot of times, we busy moms need someone else to plan it,
suggest it, and help us get through the week’s worth of
Cooking that needs to be done.
For several weeks Catt posted a thread called
“Your Weekly Menu”.
MC’ers eagerly awaited the week’s dinner choices
pulled together by Catt.


Following are samples of some of those Weekly Menus.



Monday

Roast Turkey Sandwiches (buy enough turkey
slices for Thursday)
Orange-Kiwi-Avocado Salad
Vanilla pudding

Peel and section oranges, using a bowl to catch
the juice. Slice avocado and kiwi's. Arrange
fruits over romaine lettuce. Measure the orange
juice and add enough lime juice to make 1/4
cup. To that, whisk with 1/4 tsp salt, 1 tbsp
honey, and 1/4 cup vegetable oil. Drizzle over
salads.

Tuesday

Crock Pot Meat sauce over Spaghetti
(if possible, save some for Friday)
Green lettuce wedge
Garlic Bread

Wednesday

Honey Pork Chops
Buttered Rice
Steamed vegetables
Texas Toast
Vanilla Cookies and Jell-O (crush some for
Tomorrow too)


Pan fry pork chops in a non-stick skillet. Cook
4 minutes on each side. Add 1/4 cup lemon
juice and 1/4 cup honey.
Simmer stirring often.


Week 1


A hundred years from now it will not matter
what my bank account was, the sort of house
I lived in, or the kind of car I drove, but the
world may be different because I was impor

tant in the life of a child....

Thursday

Turkey and dressing rolls
Green Beans
Cranberry sauce
rolls
Vanilla ice cream ala mode

Prepare boxed stuffing: Take a turkey slice and
in the center, full with stuffing. Place seam side
down in long dish. Cover with bottled gravy.
Cover and microwave on 50 % power until bubbly.
Or, bake until bubbly on 400 degrees.

For dessert, take canned apple pie filling and
heat in microwave. Dollop over dishes of vanilla
ice cream, top with crushed cookies.

Friday

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