Joshgiving

As I mentioned before, Josh didn’t feel good on Thanksgiving (he had a tummy bug). He was totally bummed that he missed one of his most favorite meals of the year. To make up for it, I made a second Thanksgiving this past weekend (Joshgiving).

Our meal included appetizers, pretzel chips with hummus:

   

And puff pasty/goat cheese appetizer that my Mom brought.

 

I also made butternut squash with sage:

      

Roasted Brussels sprouts (excuse the weird picture taken pretty early in the morning):

 

Turkey breasts (I made two):

 

My Dad teaching Josh turkey carving methods:

 

I’m not sure I made enough turkey for 8 people ;)

 

My Mom’s cranberry sauce (my most favorite part of every Thanksgiving/Joshgiving meal):

 

I didn’t get a picture of Josh’s Mom’s stuffing, but it was so yummy.

For dessert, apple crisp:

 

double chocolate chip cookie dough balls:

Success! I think everyone was nice and full after the meal. Someone was a little irritated they didn’t get any:

What is one of your favorite meals?

Hominy Grill & Party Treat Tray

How has your weekend been so far? Ours has been super busy. Saturday morning, I taught Body Step, baked, and then headed to our first holiday meet up with friends at Hominy Grill. Although Hominy Grill is a very well known Charleston restaurant, we had never been there. I loved the sign on the door:

Yes! And they are delicious.

 

The inside of the restaurant is bright and charming. I started with coffee, which was just OK. The mug was awesome:

 

Kaylin was on her phone most of breakfast:

 

You’ll be shocked to know I ordered their granola with yogurt and bananas. This bowl was HUGE! The granola (hidden under the yogurt) was delicious, full of nuts and seeds. The yogurt was plain (vs. vanilla), which I really liked.

 

Josh got the country breakfast with scrambled eggs, a biscuit, grits, and double cut bacon:

 

Josh said his breakfast was just ok, but the biscuits were tasty.

Anyone else been to Hominy?

 

We returned home and I finished up my baking. We headed (briefly) to a kiddo birthday party and then out to my group fitness supper club party. I brought dessert:

Double chocolate chip cookie dough balls, dark chocolate M&Ms, espresso oatmeal chocolate chip cookies (I used 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder instead of the coffee spice), and pretzel treats (pre-heat oven to 350, place pretzels on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper, top each pretzel with one candy melt. Bake for ~3 minutes, remove from oven and immediately press a chocolate chip or M&M on top of melt).

We had such a blast at the party and were very grateful that Josh’s parents and brother could watch Kaylin so we could have some adult time. The ladies (sorry its dark!):

 

Today, I am cooking a Thanksgiving meal. Josh was sick on Thanksgiving and didn’t eat much. He was totally bummed, so I decided to put together a mini feast. I will tell you about it in my next post (fingers crossed that it turns out!).