This year was the first year in about six years that I had to work the day after Thanksgiving. After about six years I'm once again out of the home working. Why do I mention this, well because every other year it wouldn't matter if I slept late on Thanksgiving night because the next day I didn't have to worry about waking up early to go to work. Well this year I couldn't do that. So I did not want to have to drive up north to my mother in laws house. I would get stuck driving home all tired late at night. So after some "talking" with the hubby I convinced him to stay home. The only problem is I'm not much of a cook. I was petrified of thinking of trying to tackle a Thanksgiving dinner for my tiny little family. But after mentally preparing the day before and having received a free turkey at work, I decided to try it. The night before I had a small melt down as I was buttering and seasoning the turkey. I just felt so inadequate and lost. I called my friend Ellen from work who gave me a good pep talk and then went to sleep.
Luckily the next day my Mother in law decided to drop by and see the kids so I asked her to help me save the turkey. Turns out I hadn't done so bad. She just added some garlic and spices. And here is how it went.
After cooking it for awhile we had to do what is now a tradition for us, which is to cover the turkey in bacon. Yup you heard me right, I got this from my mother in law. It's amazing!
Tada! What's better than this!!!
I even made home made mashed potatoes which my family LOVED! And don't forget we are Hispanic, so weird food that you would never think would go with turkey had to be present. My mom brought me over some spicy chile chipotle spaghetti.
And pickled, tuna stuffed jalapeños!!! Mmmmm!
All in all it was a success, and now I don't think I'll be as scared next year. I even felt like a cook!
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