I'm Coming Up

🎵 I'm coming up so you better get the party started! 🎵

It's better to come late to the party than never, right? Even if I'm, like, several years late. I've spent that time keepin' busy over on LiveJournal. Take a look over at canyonwalker.livejournal.com to see what I mean. Now I'm getting ready to move here. Let's get this party started!

Thanksgiving Dinner

Since we canceled our Thanksgiving travel plans (LJ link) we had Thanksgiving dinner at home for the first time in a long time. Here's our dinner last night:



merhawk and I aren't big on Thanksgiving tradition. That main dish in the middle is veal parmigiana. While not a traditional food it's definitely a comfort food— one that, until now, I've only enjoyed at restaurants. Tonight I made veal parmigiana from scratch!



Along with the veal we enjoyed home-made challah bread, a vegetable medley, and mashed potatoes. The veggies are part of a swap we did with another couple in the neighborhood. We sent them a loaf of bread (my MIL's recipe makes 3 loaves!) and half the cake; they sent us the veggies, stuffing, gravy, and 1-2 other things I don't particularly like so I don't remember what they're called. For dessert we had home-made pumpkin spice cake.

BTW, why am I a day late posting Thanksgiving dinner? It's because on Thanksgiving day I was still catching up on previous cooking— in this case, paneer tikka masala (LJ link). And I've still got more kitchen catch-up to do!