Since we prepared our own Thanksgiving Dinner at home this year, I knew it was mandatory that I have a dish to serve the kids that would make them all happy! With 3 kids, we go through a lot of macaroni and cheese, usually out of a box because let’s be honest, it’s easy to make and less time consuming. As a side dish to our Thanksgiving dinner, I made a batch of baked mac & cheese and it was a hit! We devoured the ENTIRE pan!!!
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Thanksgiving Recap – The Turkey
As I mentioned a few days ago, this year, the Alex and I set out to create our first Thanksgiving dinner at home. I put the Alex in charge of the shopping and selection of the bird.
He returned with a massive 22 pound bird!
For our first time cooking a turkey, we thought we would play it safe so we decided to season the bird with salt and pepper inside and out, stuff with aromatics ( we used 2 large sliced Braeburn apples, 5 small yellow onions quartered, 1/2 lb. carrots, and threw in some sage, tarragon and rosemary) and tied it up. Once the turkey was all tied and situated, we brushed it with lots and lots of butter! From there we covered it with tin foil and baked it in the oven at 350* for 4.5 hours.
And then off to the oven for 4.5 hours.
After baking for 4.5 hours at 350* we basted the turkey with more butter and pan drippings and then put it back in the oven for 45 minutes at 425*
And then we pulled out the most beautiful and juiciest bird EVER!
We let the turkey rest for about 30 minutes after pulling it from the oven and finished off the other dishes for our dinner and then the Alex carved his first turkey!
We had MORE than enough turkey!
This is what came from one breast of our massive bird and we didn’t even devour half of it!
So yes, we have a TON of leftover turkey and I will be busy the rest of the weekend creating meals from it, including soup! Wish me luck!
Be sure to watch for the recipes for all of our side dishes as well!
Hope you had a great turkey day!
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SpongeBob’s Surf & Skate Roadtrip XBOX360 Kinect Video Game #Giveaway – Ends 12/01/11
This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to Christine who saw Spongebob’s silhouette 6 times!
Who doesn’t need a little SpongeBob SquarePants in their life?
In our home, we all enjoy SpongeBob and his friends Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Plankton and Gary.
If you are a big fan of SpongeBob SquarePants and own either an XBOX360 with Kinect or a Nintendo DS then I have the best giveaway for you!
Meet SpongeBob’s Surf and Skate Roadtrip!
Grab your board. Carve it up!
Hit the sand and surf with SpongeBob and his best pal, Patrick, for some super boarding escapades! Ride mondo waves and winding waterways, and skate gnarly seaside streets and ramps for hours of challenges that’ll test your awesome boarding skills.
Key Xbox 360 Kinect Features:
- For the first time ever, you can BE SpongeBob
- Augmented reality—move your hand through the water and watch it splash!
- Compete and play with friends – show off your awesome tricks and mind-blowing stunts in head-to-head play (2-player split-screen)
- 12 awe-inspiring environments – 6 for each sport—and unlimited ways to perfect your board skills
- 7 different challenges including Gate, Timed and Score runs
- Express yourself with a variety of righteous boards – earn even more awesome boards, the better you ride
- Strike a pose: use your camera to show off gnarly moves and tricks
If you want to enter to win this game for the KINECT, here is what you need to do.
Watch the trailer below and count how many times you spot SpongeBob’s silhouette during the ENTIRE run of the trailer. Once you have your magic number, send an email to: giveaways@themegalomaniacmommy.com with SpongeBob in the subject line. Let me know in that email how many times you saw SpongeBob’s silhouette. Be sure to include your name as well! This email is MANDATORY to enter and must be done PRIOR to any additional entries.
For 1 extra entry, Tweet the following and Email the link from the Tweet to giveaways@themegalomaniacmommy.com with SpongeBob in the Subject line. Be sure when you tweet you don’t share your guess on how many times you saw SpongeBob.
@Anne54304 I submitted my guess for the #SpongeBobSurf&Skate #giveaway http://themegalomaniacmommy.com/spongebobs-surf-skate-roadtrip-xbox360-kinect-video-game-giveaway-ends-120111/ !
This giveaway will begin on November 23rd and end on December 1st 2011 at 12 NOON CST and is open to US Residents Only. Winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond and claim prize. For more information on giveaways hosted by The Megalomaniac Mommy, please read the Policies page.
To qualify to win this giveaway you must have the correct number of times you spotted SpongeBob’s Silhouette in the trailer. All email entries with the incorrect number will be removed from the winner’s round. Any additional entries received by those with the correct number will be added to the winner’s round. Once all qualified entries are in the winner’s round, one winner will be chosen at random. Entries will only be accepted via email.
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