{"id":23051,"date":"2014-11-28T00:30:45","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T05:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=23051"},"modified":"2014-11-27T21:31:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T02:31:03","slug":"leftover-link-apalooza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/28\/leftover-link-apalooza\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftover Link-aPalooza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_23054\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10806375_10152990354496454_6499966431132789420_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23054\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23054\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10806375_10152990354496454_6499966431132789420_n-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"My girls, admiring the turkey!\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10806375_10152990354496454_6499966431132789420_n-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10806375_10152990354496454_6499966431132789420_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My girls, admiring the turkey!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Esteemed Ladies of Girlfriends Coffee Hour, I come to you with my apron in hand. \u00a0I ask for your mercy. \u00a0I don&#8217;t have a new recipe for you on this Black Friday&#8230;this day after Thanksgiving. \u00a0Let me explain.<\/p>\n<p>We moved to Austin, Texas two week ago, from sunny Los Angeles. \u00a0This was our first Thanksgiving apart from family, friends, and &#8220;home&#8221;. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t make any new recipes, and I didn&#8217;t <em>even<\/em> make anything that challenging: \u00a0mashed potatoes, roasted vegetables, and pumpkin pie. \u00a0My husband made the turkey and gravy, and we bought rolls from the grocery store. \u00a0And you know what? \u00a0I was pretty happy with it! \u00a0Sometimes it&#8217;s nice to not stress over big events. \u00a0So instead of jumping through hoops to make a new recipe specifically for a blog post today, I&#8217;m just going to post links to stuff I MIGHT make.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right. \u00a0I&#8217;ve got the turkey carcass on the stove already, making a delicious-smelling stock. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure what I&#8217;ll do with the rest of the meat, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and gravy. \u00a0But here are some recipes I&#8217;ll probably be checking out tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday. \u00a0And instead of worrying about it, I&#8217;m going to focus more on my kids, my husband, my health, and my sleep. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Ready for Link-aPalooza? \u00a0Let&#8217;s go!<\/p>\n<p>This is for breakfast, minus the corn, and plus a little cranberry sauce:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/danny-boome\/bubble-and-squeak-with-corn-puree-recipe.html<\/p>\n<p>Still more mashed potatoes? \u00a0Maybe some Colcannon!<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/frugalgirlmet.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/colcannon.html<\/p>\n<p>Lots of leftover cranberry sauce? \u00a0Go Ikea-style!<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.epicurious.com\/articlesguides\/holidays\/thanksgiving\/leftovers-cranberry-sauce\/recipes\/food\/views\/Swedish-Meatballs-350172<\/p>\n<p>Stuffing from last week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/2014\/11\/21\/thanksgiving-burger\/\">Thanksgiving Burger<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.kraftrecipes.com\/recipes\/stuffing-topped-vegetable-bake-138240.aspx<\/p>\n<p>And if you have extra pie? \u00a0EAT IT UP!!!<\/p>\n<p>God Bless you all. \u00a0&#8212; Dana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Esteemed Ladies of Girlfriends Coffee Hour, I come to you with my apron in hand. \u00a0I ask for your mercy. \u00a0I don&#8217;t have a new recipe for you on this Black Friday&#8230;this day after Thanksgiving. \u00a0Let me explain. 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