Those rolls almost did me in. Everything had been going so well up until that point. I'd prepared the stock, apple relish, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie the previous day, and I was ahead of schedule. Feeling way too good about myself, I turned some music up obscenely loud (through headphones, I didn't make anyone else suffer) and semi-danced, semi-headbanged along while mixing the dough. Yeah, well, pride goeth before a fall, and all that. I left out the milk and by the time I realized it, it was too late. I had to start over, but ran out of flour. I was 1/2 cup short, give or take. I tore through the cabinets in desperation, found some oatmeal, and threw some of it into the blender. Instant oat flour! So they're actually oat dinner rolls, and they turned out fantastic. Still, dinner was half an hour late because of my mistake. I hate that.
Mmmmmmmmmmm. Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday. You know, I've been so stressed out about finding a job (no luck yet), and I've been feeling pretty discouraged about everything. Several people we know, or know of, who all seemed to have perfect lives, have had some truly awful things happen to them recently. I mean, horrible stuff. All I have to do is find a measly job, that's all. Things could certainly be worse. So... I'm thankful that things aren't so bad, that we had a wonderful meal, and... I'm extremely thankful that my wonderful aunt and uncle are lending me money so I can buy a ticket for...
Omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg!!!!!!!!!!! :D May 14th, baby!!!!
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I wanted the dogs to have a Thanksgiving meal, too. I served them their everyday food with pumpkin brown rice, roasted potatoes with nutritional yeast, peas, mashed sweet potatoes, green beans, and a cranberry.
So everyone here is stuffed. Somehow we managed to find room for pumpkin pie and chocolate cake...
And that's it!
You know, for all the effort that went into this post, I could have just stuck with my original idea of posting pics. Hmmm.
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!!!
ugh, you make me jealous. not the whole vegan thing, i just wish I had the time to home-make more of what i had made... *sigh* last year i still managed to home make almost everything, this year, it was like, just a pie and homemade gravy, which the lather was a last minute decision cuz the ham wasnt cooking corrently and i had to add some something so it wasnt so dry on the edges. :-/ oh, and ps... the melody is relaxing and makes me wanna sleep.
ReplyDelete(If it makes you feel any better, I used instant mashed potatoes.) I'm very militant when it comes to Thanksgiving. I threw a fit last year because everything was going wrong. This year I almost cried when I thought we weren't going to have any rolls. It's sad, really, I shouldn't spaz out so. I think I prepared a ham once, forever ago. One of those pre-sliced ones from Publix. It came already glazed. Any kind of center piece for a meal makes me nervous. If it doesn't turn out perfect then I'm a failure lol. I like the song, too. My mom found it on one of those sites where you can download songs and use them without getting sued. Yay!
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