New Blog Features

So, I haven't really cooked anything new this week. Just things I've already made, and told you how to make. I decided we needed something new on the blog. Something different, and maybe fun.

Starting next week, I will be posting the weekly menu at our house on the blog. New menus will appear on Sunday, with the recipes following during the week. I'll also be posting pictures of the food sometimes. And, eventually, there will be "instructional" videos which will consist less of cooking and more of me drinking and yelling about stuff while I cook things.

Now, since we're not cooking anything new this week, I thought I would show you pictures of all the things we ate at Thanksgiving. May I present...the most fantastic Thanksgiving meal I have ever eaten.

Here is the turkey, while it's frying. This was our first fried turkey, and it was amazing.This is the cornbread dressing, made from scratch. SUPER good, but next time I'll cut the mushrooms smaller.


This was my favorite thing we had all day. It's lobster mashed potatoes. I just made a simple pot of garlic/parmesan mashed potatoes. Then I made a butter sauce (just a light roux and a stick of butter melted down) and tossed a container of pre-cooked lobster in it to just heat through.
Finally, here is the actual star of the show, the completed fried turkey. See how brown the skin is? That's what makes it awesome.

This is probably all for this week. Check back Sunday for next week's menu. Think of it as a preview of all the recipes that will be coming up.