two Thanksgivings for breakfast!

Yes, I am most definitely grateful!
This year, I was treated to Thanksgiving feasts not once, but twice!
The first was actually on Thanksgiving Day, here in the USA. (You do know that Canada celebrates the occasion on a different day, right? Yep, on the second Monday in October, eh?)
The lower half of my plate contains some of the leftovers from that feast. The dinner was in Augusta, at my paternal cousin Bev's house. You may recall that she is quite a chef and the reason I supported a cookbook campaign on kickstarter.com. I do have to wonder now if that Brussels sprouts dish might have been one of the recipes in her copy of the book? True, I could simply look it up in my copy of "A Dollop and A Pinch", but I'm busy writing.
(smile)
Whatever the source of the inspiration, that medley sure was good this morning! The bacon got good and crispy and the apple caramelized just a bit more... I tell you, I ate every bite!
The miniature pumpkin pie was from the second of my Thanksgiving meals. This time, I dined in town, at my first niece's house. Turkey, dressing, rice and gravy, green bean casserole (the secret was the mozzarella cheese!), corn souffle! And a plethora of desserts, garnered from pinterest.com, her latest craze!
I was able to make off with several of the mini pies, one of which is featured in the top of this breakfast plate. Should I count it as dessert or another vegetable? After all, a pumpkin is a type of squash. I'll let it count in both categories!

before and after pics

I had meant to post this last week, but I forgot/got busy/was lazy. You decide!
No, really. This should have been an addendum to the post last Thursday. Well, actually, it should have been the following day.
But it wasn't.
Better late than never!

Anywho, as you may recall, I had gone over the border to visit with my stepmom. We'd done our meal-and-a-movie thing, catching up on life, then she had returned home to responsibilities to others. I did not have any such things, so I stayed and had another movie. Actually, "The Way Way Back" had been our alternate choice that afternoon, but we had opted for age before youth.
Now, I was passing time before the concert film I wanted to see at 7:30 PM. It's been a while since I went to a concert and I had never been to one of their concerts, so this seemed a prime opportunity. Who? No, I wish! I'm talking about The Grateful Dead. I was never a stoner, so, even though I liked their music, I never felt compelled to shell out the money to see them.
So, long story short: I enjoyed seeing Steve Carrell play a twisted jerk in the movie about the teenager. I enjoyed seeing naked young folks in the Sunshine Daydream. I did not care for the extended and discordant guitar jam (in the latter) that went on and aon and on for nearly thirty minutes, lulling all of the audience into a stupor. Maybe it's a good thing I never went to one of their live concerts!

Between these two movies, I had dinner, again at Cheeburger Cheeburger. Something different, something different... yeah, I'll have the footlong hotdog! And so I did, adding banana peppers, pickles, and pineapple to it. That last item surprised the waitress, but proved to be the perfect touch!


I also had the split basket of french fries and quite tasty onion rings.
Yum! You see the picture at the upper left, right? They're every bit as tasty as they look, too. Not having time (or room) to finish them, I took the remainder home with me. The next morning, I broke the fries and rings into small chunks, then heated them in the skillet, adding scrambled egg to the hot mix. Instant frittata! Two tasty meals! And rather pretty, too, as the upper right photo shows.
I'm going to have to remember to do that combo again!

it's a new day... and i feel f i n e...

Sun in the sky, you know how I feel- especially with such a view to greet me as I awake! Oh, yes, folks, THIS is the view from my bed this morn, and shall be for the next few mornings. Sah-weet! And believe me, I shall very soon be trodding that sand, dipping my toes - and perhaps more! - into those rolling, froth-bedecked, blue waves. What a fabulous day!!

But first, some fuel for those beach walks. Ah, yeah! Coffee, of course, but also some lovely cantaloupe and blueberries, for color AND for taste. Yum! Add an everything bagel and fluffy, cheese-topped, eggs, and that should keep me going for at least a few hours. And off I go, y'all! Hope you have blue skies today, too!