Day to Day With Mom

Thanksgiving has now come and gone. I really enjoyed mine and hope that everyone reading this had a great one as well. We ate at my mom’s house then my fiance and the kids went to his moms house for the rest of the day. I was supposed to go after a while but he never came back to pick me up (smile) I can’t complain though because it’s been a really long time since I’ve had time alone at my parent’s house and man it was nice.  The food was great and I know I have put on thirty pounds in the past couple of days (smile) so with Thanksgiving over the question is what to do with all the leftovers.

If you’re like me I have to have a Turkey sandwich before all the turkey is gone or it just doesn’t feel like Thanksgiving! I found a really neat recipe online though

Thanksgiving leftover casserole:

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup finely crushed herb-seasoned dry bread stuffing mix
• 1 cup cooked, diced turkey meat
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• 2 cups leftover mashed potatoes

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×13 inch baking dish.
2. Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over low heat. Blend in the flour. Slowly stir in evaporated milk and water, then season with salt, pepper, and onion powder. Stir sauce over low heat for 5 minutes.
3. In a separate saucepan over low heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Blend in the dry stuffing mix. Place the turkey in the prepared baking dish. Pour the sauce over turkey, then sprinkle with Cheddar cheese. Spread mashed potatoes over cheese. Top mashed potatoes with the stuffing mixture.
4. Bake 45 minutes in the preheated oven.

Sounds pretty tastey to me. I think I may have to give it a try that is unless everyone finishes off the leftover turkey tomorrow. Or wow I guess working has me confused it’s actually already today since its 4am!

I’m hoping to get my Christmas decorations done today but I don’t know. I started on them yesterday but it seemed like everything that could go wrong did and I ended up just giving up in tears. Yes it was a hormonal moment and as a woman I’m entitled to a few of those during the holidays. In a perfect world my decorations would already be up and glowing but in my world they may not make it up until Christmas eve! I just have to tell myself that it’ll be ok no matter what!

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