First, a quick reminder: the Goodreads awards are in their final round, so last chance to vote for your favorites.
The Thanksgiving went well. Everyone was fed, everyone took a plate home. The kids cooked, especially Kid 1, who delivered a bonanza of deserts and deliciousness. The turkey and the duck are gone, but we still have an epic amount of ham. I may have to figure something out there.
Also we have a lot of cranberry sauce left over. Ok, so Kid 2 followed the recipe exactly, but I have to tell you, it’s less a sauce and more like delicious cranberry jam. I put it into my green tea last night and it was to die for.
I bought myself and Gordon a copy of Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. It is the best thing ever. Ever. I love it. I had no idea it had so many roleplaying elements. The voice acting and character animation is to die for. So now I pirate the high seas and hide in the bushes to assassinate bandits in my spare time.
Today I’m beginning a long and terrible task of overhauling the Hidden Legacy website. The original website needed to be put up quickly, so I had used Divi. When you attempt to switch from that theme, it leaves a massive amount of shortcodes behind. Shortcodes are little snippets of code and so the entire site will look like a mess. I’ve delayed as long as I could, but the new updates are coming, and so there is no escape.
I will be spending the day making various magic circles. Oy. I wonder if I should invest in Adobe Illustrator to save myself some time. Mostly, I do it in Photoshop.
SAPPHIRE FLAMES is progressing. It’s fun, but we are very behind. Also, when you guys buy things sight unseen it’s enormously flattering, but also creates a lot of pressure. Like have nightmares at night pressure. Yesterday my husband told me to get dressed and then we went out on a nice date. We went to Outback and then ended up at our outlet mall, which is the second largest in US, at Kay jewelers. They had a sale and we picked out some wedding bands. They were sent to be resized.
Mine is very pretty and I am mildly terrified that I will somehow ruin it.
PS. I’ve read the comments on the last Innkeeper post. You guys sure are bloodthirsty. Maybe it should be Blood Demanding Horde instead of Book Devouring Horde. 😉
We had a huge amount of homemade cranberry sauce left over, too! I made a cheesecake and topped it with cranberry. It was a nice combo.
Cranberry sauce can be added to apples to make a very amazing cranberry apple pie. When I’m in a hurry I use the canned apples, if I have time I cook the apples with the cranberries. Add spices to your taste (I’m a cinnamon and clove girl). Also this year on a random suggestion I used flattened cinnamon rolls as the crust. They were a pain because they don’t “roll” well with the rolling pin, its easier to “mush” them by hand. It was a big hit.
I second your recommendation(s). I have done/do the same things. When I am living in North America, in September, I will buy 20 to 30 bags of cranberries to freeze. Through Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter….you can do an amazing number of things with cranberries/sause…….
Here in Europe, fresh and jared cranberries are VERY expensive. I pay almost €3 for 150g of fresh cranberries in Germany, and my husband pays £1.50 to get me 310gms of cranberry sauce from England.
If you mince the ham, mix with breadcrumbs, herbs and an egg to bind, you can make actual ham-burgers & they are delish, especially with cranberry sauce/jam ?
I put my leftover cranberry sauce on plain yogurt. It is amazing!!!!
I followed the recipe for cranberry sauce from the bag and two that I add vanilla extract and almond extract a little bit of sea salt and call it good and it’s super yummy. If I want to use it in a cranberry torte I just add a little cinnamon to it. Anyway I always have plenty left over and my daughter and grandkids absolutely love when I make cream of wheat and put in this cranberry sauce. It makes the cereal taste So outstandingly Divine. I’ve never heard of it put in tea but that’s something I’m going to have to try.