Thanksgiving 2012 Part 2

I didn't have time to tackle rolls this Thanksgiving. I've been testing out different quick breads in my search for a sandwich bread replacement, but I haven't found the right recipe yet.

So...no stuffing this year. We did try a "rice" stuffing dish. My husband found the recipe online. He was in charge of making a side dish. I'm going to be honest and say I wasn't all that impressed with it. It was a wild rice blend that was supposed to be made with pork sausage. He subbed turkey sausage. I'm not a wild rice fan myself, so that could have influenced my lack of enthusiasm. Oh, well. You win some, you lose some.

Dessert was the real hit of the night. I made three separate items - a five minute fudge, a pumpkin pie, and a yummy cashew cream to go over the top. Since I have no idea how to create a page without it showing up in my menu bar, I will post each recipe as separate posts so I can link back to them. It'd be much easier to create a page, but eventually, I'd have hundreds of tabs showing up in my menu bar. I'm sure there's a way to do it; I just don't know how yet. Still new at the blogging thing. So, I will make them posts until such time as I learn to do otherwise.

My daughter wasn't thrilled with the fudge. Too nutty, she said. That didn't stop her from eating several pieces of it over the course of Thanksgiving break. But after, she admitted she didn't like it nearly as much as the pie. In her defense, I did find the fudge too oily. Still too new at the baking thing to know what to change in the recipe, but it will do in a pinch. Especially if you're newly diagnosed with a sugar allergy and craving something sweet.

Which I have been. Weird considering I don't eat many desserts anymore. I have a sweet tooth, but being weight and health conscious in my middle years, I steer clear of them except on special occasions - birthdays, holiday, parties, etc. Coupled with the fact that I would get stomach cramps after eating wheat-filled, sugar-infused, dairy-drenched goodies, I kept my distance. You think that would have been enough to clue me into the allergy thing, but I guess you see what you want to see. And I didn't want to see I had food allergies because what a gigantic pain in the ass, is it, to relearn cooking and baking? But I'm not bitter.

Maybe a little. But I'm over that phase. Almost.