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Tonight for dinner is " cook it and eat it before you have to throw it away night " So I am using up the extra cream and milk to make mac and cheese... am also cooking off a half of ham that I did not want to freeze... not sure on a veggie yet but it has to be spinach and something.. lol

I like merry!!!

Whats with the red wine??? If I drink more white wine will that help??? I know it cant hurt!! :D

nicely done jen!!!

Last week a friend of mine teXted me a question... my reply was " when was your last cigarette? " At that point he had been 24 hours smoke free and not sure what he was in for. For a full week now I have been on hand with encouragement and explanations to help keep him going. It has been bringing back a lot of memories from my early days of quitting, I almost forgot a lot of what I went through and it is of coarse a lot of what he is going through now. I have been through the whole "your wife and family are not going to understand what is going on with you and to take what they say with a grain of salt. But whats different in real life is I am talking and educating his family too. We have been through some pretty good crave sessions, many triggers and he understands the power of NOPE too. I wish he would come join here with all of you, but so far he will not and is doing ok with what assistance I can give. He is very determined and I think he has a really good chance, we are all really proud of him! I am telling you about this because at some point I am probably going to come here for advice for him because I am a realist and know that I do not have all the answers. As a matter of fact I have been reading a lot of the new quitter questions this week to help me with him. I have also returned to a previous location to dig up some of my early threads to remember what it was like for me at that stage. LOL... some of them I had forgotten about completely, some of them really made me laugh ( Babs ). It made me realize once again how fortunate we are to have a place like this. So I just wanted to say what a great support all of you are!! And thanks for giving me the tools to help a friend do something that he feared not being able to do. And for you newcomers.. all you need to know is you are in the right place here, and no matter what... the only thing you have to do is never take another puff!!!! Thanks and Congrats to All of You!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Celery Root whodathunk??

Really looks great Leanna! Thanksgiving in review.... This is my pumpkin pie early in the making.... It was the first real pie that I ever made, however I have made turkey pot pies using the same crust recipe. this is how it ended up... This is celery root.. I used it to make a celery root cream sauce with bacon and mushrooms that turned into a green bean casserole. Home made crispy topper for the grean bean casserole... and finally the best green bean casserole I ever tasted... I made 4 of these. The turkey going into the oven... It is a 19 pound bird. I have removed all the bones except for the wing bones, even the legs are stuffed. I tie it together and use the long scewers to help it retake its shape, I use the vegetables around it to keep the turkey from touching the sides of the roasting pan. The stuffing could have been better, but not bad for a first try. I baked a loaf of gluten free bread and used a variety of shredded vegetables and some dried cranberries and apples to make the stuffing.... below are my ingredients... In the pic above the plastic bag is my bread mix, below is the bread baked. How can something that looks so good taste just ok?? the Turkey was very good. my best one so far.... So.. Whats for dinner tonight??? Leftovers again!! I would much rather be having pippa's chilli... lol

Hhhmmm.... I hear ya... Wine is good!!

I prepped as much as I could on tuesday, and then I cooked all day wednesday & thursday morning. I will post some pics etc a little later... been really busy week here.

yea.. what is clotted cream??? and couldnt they have named it something else?? :blink: Pumpkin Pie!

I cant find any fresh pearl onions!!!!! gonna have to change my plan I think... I have one more try at a different market in the morning... I got celery root for a back up just incase.

Hhhmmm.. Apparently we are suppose to get 6 to 10 inches of snow wednesday into thursday??? that is gonna screw up some plans. My nieces wanted to know if we would rescedule thanksgiving if the weather was bad... I told them no... I will just eat without them and freeze some leftovers for them. lol I will do my last minute shopping tomorrow morning with the other billion people shopping for thanks giving, we will be joined by those people that need to food shop like gluttons when ever snow is forcasted. Thank god I have most of what i need. I am liking these pearl onions.. lots to do with them. I still making them creamed with spinach and mushrooms for thanksgiving. I also found a recipe where they are batter dipping them and frying, looked really good. I am also going to look into pickling them.

Wow... only a week and a half to go... I am going to do a vegetable quinoa stuffing with apples and and cranberries. Not sure how its gonna go stuffing a turkey with it but I think I will figure it out!! definitely mashed potatoes cranberry sauce candied carrots creamed onions with spinach broccoli or cauliflower ( maybe both? ) Green bean casserole ( but not the one everyone else does ) not sure what else.. I will figure it all out the next two days...

Hahahahah.... I ended up going the curry road too!!! lol Looks good Leanna,,, Pasta is gluten free right?? :huh:

Here is tonights dinner... Some kind of stir fry... broccoli onions, mushrooms, chicken, sundried tomatos, fresh tomatos, etc.. not sure where I am going with this but I think it is gonna need some fetta and rice???

I saw snow 2 days ago here.... So now it must be time for spring!!! NOW!!!

LMAO!!! So this is fun and all that... but where are the videos???? Hmmmm??

Hhhmmmmm!!!! I forgot to take a picture.. and I am not sure what to call it... but it looked really good and tasted even better... I wish I had written the recipe down.

PM me for directions... !!!

Nice to see you MG! Congratulations on 3 months!!

Really nice and special DD!! I cook but this year it is only going to be 4 of us so far... Thanksgiving for us is always different every year.. I call it my holiday because it is the one holiday that I do not drive and anyone that wants to come here for dinner knows that we will be here and cooking away... this will be my first gluten free thanksgiving so there will be some changes.... I kind of keep it traditional. this pic is last years 19 pound turkey ready to go into the oven, the one thing that i do that is a little different is I de-bone the turkey... just the legs and wings still have bones.. I like this because when it is time to carve, it is so simple...

Todays lunch.. salad! bottom layer is sliced tomatoes, then sliced avocados, then sliced white mushrooms, next layer is a pesto avocado sauce. and topped off with Tzatziki .. ( sorry but not sure how to spell that one.. lol salt pepper and green onions...

I did peppers the other day too.. some spinach and chicken and the others turkey and rice. So this is tonights desert... I started with this dough..... And rolled it out... To end up with these graham crackers.... to make a crust''... to fill with a mixture.... that cooked for 150 minutes.... And I ended up with a a goat cheese & pumpkin cheesecake with a graham cracker, almond and coconut crust... all gluten corn and soy free.... Tasty, But it took entirely too long!! :)

that stew Looks really good!!

Ok.. so in honor of Halloween I am wearing my Halloween disguise avatar... While making this change, I stumbled on the quit train meter/counter.. I thought about it and and realized that I am 1 day away from 1 year and 10 months smoke free!! Where does the time go?? Odd enough, I was not even paying attention to it anymore.. cant remember how long its been that I did not have a meter in my signature. lol... I will leave it there for a little while for the fun of it... kind of cool!! Trust me when I say... for anyone that is still struggling at all, If I can do it,... you can do it!!! It is not as hard as you think!!! You just have to stick with it no matter what!! thanks to all of you!!