was that most of our nice stuff is still in storage so we had kind of a hodge/podge as far as place-settings and serving dishes go.This was the first time I have ever cooked a Thanksgiving dinner by myself. I was a little stressed about it. All in all it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I made a few things ahead of time to make things a little easier.
I soaked the turkey in a special brine for 24 hours and then I put a butter/herb mix on the outside of the turkey before putting it in the cooking bag. I am not a huge fan of turkey but this method made it taste amazing! I will definitely do it again next year. There was one mishap. I forgot to make slits in the cooking bag before putting it in the oven. About 1/2 hour before it was done I peeked to check it and I thought the bag was going to explode! Oops. Everyone said the turkey was fabulous so I told them it was all in the pressure cooking ;)
Stephen loved having Grandma & Grandpa here.
It took a few minute for him to warm up to them but then he loved every minute that they were here--which, sadly, was only 2 days:( They did buy him some really cute clothes including this little trendy "thanksgiving" number. Poor Grandpa started a few times when I'd call for Stephen--it's not fun having a poopin', slobberin', spittin' baby around with the same name :)Here's a great shot of Stephen sneaking over to wake Grandpa up.
2 comments:
i'm glad you got your parents for thansgiving. we got left high and dry:)
Looks like you had a great Thanksgiving. I love the picture of Stephen sneaking up on your dad, that is sooo cute:)
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