We had snow coming in little fits and bursts throughout the week, and now our mountains are nice and beautiful. My favorite thing about winter here is how pretty the mountains look with all of the snow.
(My second favorite thing about winter here is that our garage basically turns into a giant refrigerator, which comes in pretty handy when our actual refrigerator runs out of space for all of our food.)
As far as the dinner went, it was a pretty relaxing Thanksgiving, honestly! I made the cranberry sauce and the gravy on Tuesday, the stuffed mushrooms and macaroni on Wednesday, which just left the turkey, potatoes, and edamame for Thursday. I didn't make any new dishes this year (always a dangerous thing to do when you have guests to impress!), so everything was pretty familiar.
(Except for the cheese plate I assembled Thursday morning, which I had never really done in earnest before! But I thought it turned out well enough.)
Now we have lots of leftovers, which normally gives me lots of anxiety because I try really hard to lower our food waste. Most of the leftovers get eaten just fine, but those dang mashed potatoes. Historically, we are terrible at eating our leftover mashed potatoes, and they usually end up thrown away.
EXCEPT THIS YEAR! Today for lunch I made "Waffled Mashed Potatoes With Scallions, Bacon, and Cheddar" from the Serious Eats website. It's basically a baked potato waffle, and it is a GAME CHANGER. I can't even explain what a relief it is to not have to dread leftover mashed potatoes anymore.
It may sound crazy, but I'm already thinking about next year's feast. There are one or two new recipes I have saved that I want to try out in August or September next year to see if they will earn a spot on my Thanksgiving menu. In the meantime, I'm just thinking about all of the mashed potato waffles in my future.
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