Veggies

For family Thanksgiving this year my family was assigned veggies.  Not like a veggies platter but green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole and mashed potatoes.  This may sound like an easy task to some of you but I have never made a green bean casserole or a sweet potato casserole.  So when my mom asked me to find some recipes and make a grocery list, I immediately took out my new holiday cooking magazine and began searching for the perfect veggies to compliment the turkey my Grandma is making.  I found several that looked promising and made a list accordingly.  What I did not calculate into my plan was all the prep work that vegetables take.  There is so much peeling, chopping, and boiling.  We started cooking at 6 pm tonight and are just now finishing (10:45 pm).  And when I say finished I mean that I left my mom with all the clean up and one dish that still needs to be baked in the oven tomorrow.  All in all we made five dished, and not a single green bean casserole, or corn for that matter.  Now that hope is that they all reheat well tomorrow.  Happy turkey day everyone!  I hope that you all can count the many blessings that the Lord has bestowed and remember to have an attitude of gratitude not only tomorrow but every day.

Love from Liberty,
Peggy

P.S. I think for Christmas I will volunteer to make something fun and easy like cookies!