Post Thanksgiving (post)...

This is the closest to a turkey I can get, Orville in his rooster cap. I can't believe I didn't take one picture during t-giving dinner. As usual, the dinner was out of this world delicious! I ate waaaaay too much, snacked throughout the day as I cooked roasted veggies, baked pies and made the sweet potatoes, cleaned house and kept up with doing the dirty dishes as I dirtied them.

From the turkey, rolls, perfectly baked beans, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole, fry bread, wild rice and brownies....it was better than any restaurant.

I saved the turkey carcass and boiled it into a tasty turkey broth - it now sits in the fridge so I can skim off the fat. I plan on using the broth to cook wild rice in and if there's enough make a small pot of soup or turkey hotdish.

Last night for dinner I sauteed fresh mushrooms and onions til they were brown, then turned up the heat and added mashed potatoes and a lot of pepper and cooked til it was a little crisp, not sure what that dish would be called, probably some kind of potato patty - - but it was simple and good, I skimped on the butter so it wasn't thaaat fattening.