We had a busy but fun Thanksgiving this year. Due to Alan's new work schedule we were not able to go visit anyone out of town so we spent the holiday with our close friends here. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiay to cook for so I spent most of the day Preparing food with Alan's help of course! :) We split the cooking between the people coming so I didn't have to worry about a turkey, which was great because I find that unless you have a double oven the timing can get tricky! We of course make Gma K's cranberrry salad, my favorite stuffing (cornbread, sausage, cherries, apricots, pecans, yumm!) rolls (thanks to Mrs H) and this fun Sweet Potatoe receipe that I found from Paula Dean a few years ago, and believe it or not it does not invlove any butter!
After dinner we went to another friends house for desert and games. We played the Worst Case Scenario Game and even though we did not win, we now know how to escape a swarm of killer bees, what to do if you are standed on a lifeboat and there is an oil spill and what to do if you find a wounded bird! :) We made a pumpkin cake recipe that I thought I would share, I forgot to take a picture of ours but it looked pretty close to the sample-and it is FABULOUS!
Recipe links:
http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes/luscious-four-layer-pumpkin-cake-65930.aspx
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/sweet-potato-balls-recipe/index.html
