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Have a Very Happy Thanksgiving

Although this blog has been woefully neglected as of late (yes, you can blame the gaming blog) and the World of Warcraft expansion that came out 2 weeks ago), it is neither abandoned nor forgotten.

I am in back-to-back meetings til 5:00 and am then taking the next 3 days off in celebration of my favorite holiday -- Thanksgiving. I have always enjoyed the fact that it is a holiday truly based on conviviality -- we gather with friend and family for the purpose of sharing food and wine and conversation. What more can you want form a holiday?

This year, as per the past few years, I am playing the role of guest, rather than co-hostess for dinner. Overall that is fine by me since a big dinner clean up is not one of my favorite things to do. However, I do miss making my own gravy. I'd gotten pretty good at it. I'll have to make us a very small turkey for New Year's just to have an excuse for gravy making...

A very happy thanksgiving to all of you U.S. peeps. I hope you get to share some quality time with the people you love.

Broccoli Slaw

I ran in to the Bristol Farms grocery store near my workplace on my lunch hour yesterday, to pick up materials to create a chicken stir fry for dinner. And that is where I found -- and purchased-- a pre-shredded and bagged broccoli slaw.

Basically, it's a bag of matchstick-sized slivers of broccoli (minus their floret tops), shredded carrots and some red cabbage. But mostly it's just the broccoli. I ended up using the slaw, plus red onions, more carrots, and a red bell pepper to make one of my best stir-fries yet.

This is monumental in our household because...I am a broccoli hater. As in I pick it out of food at home and avoid it when eating out. I just never liked the texture if its florets.

But these crunchy little slivers of broccoli without the tops? They were so tasty! And I am now looking forward to finding more ways to incorporate them into dinners. Who woulda thunk it? Certainly not me...

Star Spangled Doughnuts FREE to voters on Tuesday

You heard me. On Election Day, Krispy Kreme will offer free star-shaped sprinkle-spangled doughnuts if you show up sporting your "I Voted" sticker.  Fortunately for my waistline, I voted by ail, so no free doughnuts for e.