Food | Living My Full Life

Hello hello! Thanksgiving was a success! Whoop whoop. I cannot tell you how nervous I was to be cooking a full meal for other people that weren’t my immediate family. I had a headache at the beginning of the day and I felt sick from nerves. Now that it is all over, I can’t believe how worried I was. Silly.

I woke up around 7AM and went for a chilly 35 degree run to clear my head. I spiced and oiled the 21lb turkey then put it in the oven at 10:30 for 4.5 hours at 350 degrees.

This was after it had been in for about an hour.

The popper popped and I took it out around 3:00PM.

Jimmy came over around 1:00 and helped me peel potatoes, set the table, and do little last minute type chores before his dad, brother, and sister arrived.

Jimmy’s dad carved the turkey while I finished up making the stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, broccoli, and pulled the green bean casserole out of the oven. Jimmy’s sister, Laura, helped him roll out crescent rolls and we put those in the oven and sat down for a prayer and then dug in around 3:30pm.

After dinner we had coffee, cookies, and pie. Then we had some fun! We played cards, Just Dance 2, and Twister. We also watched Punkin Chunkin; that was a really funny TV show!

We played Blackjack with fake money from the board game Life.

Just Dance 2

Watching the Dallas Cowboys win on Thanksgiving was pretty amazing! I had such an awesome day and I felt so blessed to be surrounded by such a loving family!

Today is black Friday and you couldn’t pay me to go near a mall, sorry. I’m cleaning up the house today and studying and then going bowling later tonight!

I hope everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving!

I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;
I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High. Psalm 7:17

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I love that Bible verse! Yesterday I was reading my church’s weekly newsletter and my preacher wrote about how we should give thanks every single day instead of just 1 day a year (Thanksgiving). As I was reading the newsletter, I was sitting in my cozy kitchen surrounded by my family, enjoying a warm bowl of soup. So, I decided to make this post a foodie post cause I’m pretty thankful for all the meals/food/drinks I get to enjoy on a daily basis! So … without further ado: Split pea soup in a duck bowl? Cool cool. My mama’s homemade meatballs!Luna bar while heading to classCinnamon apple muffin with a granola toppingLentil soupBurnt eggplant, spinach, and snap peasScrambled eggsSliced red pepperHot chocolateGingerbread spice tea (I have to add tons of sugar to this because the flavor is so strong! I really want to find the Sugar Cookie flavor & Candy Cane Lane but I can’t seem to find them in stores.)Chicken stir fry

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I don’t often realize it, but food is a big part of each day because you need to eat at least 3 meals a day. I really take for granted the fact that I have access to fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, an oven, refrigerator, clean water, etc. I just wanted to post this to remind myself how blessed I really am. God is good 🙂

[I’m considering doing a little mini series of posts about things I am thankful for.. up next? Probably family!]

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Do you ever take clean water/fresh food for granted?

What do you think about a “thankful series” of posts?