Happy Thanksgiving!

Greetings from the famed Domestic Diva Venora. Hee hee. I made turkey for the second time this year! I got my recipes off of some websites. Here is my turkey:


Brining was a disaster this year. On Monday night, I was putting the turkey in the Reynold's Oven Bag when it busted open because the turkey was friggin' fat! 24 pounds...so at 12:30 a.m. I attempted to put it into the second (and last) bag that came in the package...and the thing busted open again! I was frantic at this point. The turkey was sliding across the counter and I was sick of the turkey juice on my hands. I got on my coat and raced to Byerly's to find out that their oven bags were not by the turkeys! I thought they were out! So I asked an employee who helped me locate it by the other food plastic products. So I bought 4...just in case. I finally shoved the turkey into the fridge downstairs for brining at 1 a.m.

At this point, I would also like to show off my cutlery skills. Is this a real skill? I cut the cranberry sauce and presented it in my blue pan with parsley...ta da....

A picture of me and my family...enjoying the Thanksgiving festivities (I hv bad posture, I know):

Did I mention I made the stuffing from scratch this year too? My first ever stuffing and it turned out great!!

I will be back next year.