Joining LeeAnna and friends at
Not Afraid of Color this week before Thanksgiving. Our prompt is to share Thanksgiving menus, or recipes, or special memories. But first a couple of “Likes”.
Looks like, King, our daughter’s kitty, is finally feeling at home. He still bolts when I enter the room. I’m not sure why he is “afraid” of me. I’ve never yelled at or struck him. My explanation is, he’s afraid of my red fuzzy slippers! But, I try to not move quickly when he is near, and stay out of the kitchen while he eats, I just don’t know.
I made a good sheet pan dinner this week. Sweet potatoes, chicken and broccoli all in the oven. The little dollop of yellow gold sauce is a chicken sauce we discovered at the new Dollar General Store in our neighborhood. Sort of like honey mustard but spicier! Mr. Busy says the recipe and the sauce are keepers! Here’s the link:
Another happening. Miss B and her momma, our granddaughter, spent Saturday night in the ER and then the hospital. Strep, severely dehydrated with a large abscess in the back of her throat! These pics were in the ER, sorry about the “ugly blur”, I have to learn how to do that better.,
She is much improved and was discharged on Sunday evening. She needs to be bribed to take her antibiotic, but she is taking it! We are grateful that she is on the mend!
Thanksgiving!
Our Thanksgivings have been very traditional. Family always, friends sometimes. Mr Busy and I grew up in the same town. Met and married there, both our kids were born there. Thanksgivings were his parents and siblings, my parents and siblings, even his grandparents for many years. Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, peas, cranberry salad, pumpkin, pecan and apple pies.
The only thing my kids absolutely have to have is Grandma B’s Cranberry Salad. I’ll share the recipe, it’s labor intensive ( at least timewise)!
Grandma B’s Cranberry Salad
9x13 pan
1 pkg of fresh cranberries
2 cups sugar
2 3oz ( or 1 6oz)pkgs of raspberry jello. (Any red jello will work)
3 cups boiling water for jello
Red grapes , cut-up to make 1 cup
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1 pint(2 cops) heavy whipping cream
Tuesday: Grind fresh cranberries to make 2 cups
Add 1 1/2 cups sugar , mix and let set overnight in a covered dish
Wednesday: Combine 2- 3oz pkgs of raspberry jello in 3 cups hot water. Let cool. I usually put it in the refrigerator while doing the rest. It should be syrupy, not solid.
Cut up 1 cup of red seedless grapes and 1 cup walnuts ( I don’t add the nuts, daughter is allergic)
Mix grapes and nuts with sweetened cranberries. Add 1/2 cup of sugar and let set for awhile. Add to syrupy jello before adding the whipped cream .
Whip 2 cups of heavy whipping cream, fold into fruit and jello mixture.
Pour into a 9 x 13 cake pan and refrigerate. Overnight or at least 8 hours.
Thursday: Thanksgiving Dinner~~~Cut into squares and serve.
Next week, we will be in California. Having Thanksgiving dinner with our son and his new neighbors. He is making the turkey, pumpkin pies and cranberry salad.. With my help, of course. We are looking forward to meeting his new neighbors. They have been so good to him and it's nice to have neighbors you can share things with, when you don't have family nearby.
Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!
Cats... ha ha... they don't have to have a reason...
ReplyDeleteYour Thanksgiving traditions sound much like ours - lots of family, lots of food. I've had a hard time adjusting to the changes that time brings - losing parents, so many family members moving far away. So getting out of town sounds good! Your cranberry salad sounds good, too. Have a safe trip, Judy!
ReplyDeleteHi Judy! From the way you write, King has nothing to fear from you. You're a teddy bear. Thanks for sharing the recipe - I love one-pan meals. Well, who doesn't like something quick and easy?!! I am so sorry to hear about Miss B. Goodness - she must have been feeling really, really poorly. Poor baby. I'm glad they found the correct antibiotic to give her! Yum, yum, YUM on the cranberry recipe and thanks for sharing it. Have you seen the new iPad commercial - it has yum, yum, yum in it. Imagine me singing to it (because I do) for your recipe. Happy Thursday. {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne
ReplyDeleteAn evening in the ER - no fun. Glad she's feeling better! Watch out for those scary red slippers. LOL
ReplyDeleteSo sorry the young one got so sick...the news is saying that's a thing here too. Thank goodness for modern medicine. Love that recipe; I can see why it is a keeper and part of the tradition. I also make sheet pan meals a lot...it is so convenient and everything tastes so good roasted. I guess cats can be finicky like that...Ned can be easily won over esp. if you approach bearing treats. LOL
ReplyDeleteI hope your granddaughter is feeling much better now. Being sick, I think, is so much harder on children. I love your art piece and message that you started your post with. Positivity is the way to go in my book. It may be your red shoes. Our Molly, who had horrible first owners, would freak out when we wore heavy shoes around her. It made us wonder what those people had done to her.
ReplyDeletewhen I worked in a school I had strep often, so often the doctor started to wonder about my immune system. I said, Middle school is a petri dish and they all want to touch me!!! Glad your loved ones are on the mend. Your cranberry salad sounds delish, I'd reach for it first on the table. The dinner with sweet potatoes and broccoli look like a poster child for varied colors in a meal! Lucky you to have so many loved ones to share dinners with.
ReplyDeleteLove, LeeAnna
Sounds like the perfect Thanksgiving with plenty to be thankful for. Safe travels and I hope your granddaughter continues to get better -- and take her medicine! haha!
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