Holiday Insanity! In Full Force!

Happy “Week after Thanksgiving!” Having hosted our first Thanksgiving dinner ever with 8 people under the roof in Ocean Grove, I must say, it was a major success. It was also a culinary challenge. My sister-in-law Dina and I spent over 12 hours cooking a marathon session of food, NOT including the Gingersnap Pumpkin Cheesecake I had prepared the night before.

What came out of this experience was my idea of how I want to spend the next couple weeks here at BWB. Yes it will be a slow recap of the crazy recipies that were whipped up by us. (Dina will be guest blogging again, twice hopefully). But it will also be an opportunity to share some delicious treats/appetizers/meals that I will most likely pull from when Christmas comes around…. in 3 weeks!

As a teaser I thought posting a photo of my gorgeous shopping list we were working off, would be funny. NOTE: The turkey did not end up on here. Those of you who follow BWB know that I do not like to handle meat. Let alone meat that is on a bone. Or meat that has skin on it that you have to rub lemon juice under. Or meat that you have to reach into to pull a bag of innards out with. This I do not do. I am mostly a bacontarian, should you not forget my diet. I prefer my meats processed. But Dina ruled. She made our turkey with a bottle of champagne and a dozen apples. It was DELICIOUS (though to be honest, I ate only a sliver…. I don’t love meat… unless it’s a meat muffin.)

First up…. Pepperoni Bread.