The finished Turkey

Well the turkey is done and in more ways that one.  Just finished eating it was great.

Southern Fried Turkey at our house today! EASY, EASY!

We're getting the turkey ready for his fryer bath shortly in our Butterball turkey fryer.  We bought this last year and with no open flame there's no fire danger.  I LOVE IT!

I remember the first year I made a turkey for my then boyfriend, no husband and friends.  I forgot to take the giblet bag out and when we cut into it, so embarrassing. Everyone has disasters but even with that mistake, which I never will make again, it still was a great turnkey.

Today our turkey is being fried so I didn't want to put any butter under the skin so I went to the garden and got fresh rosemary and garlic and pureed it and put it under the skin.

 

 

 

 

 

I like to use Billy Bones rub for the outside to give it lots of great flavor too.  Just pour it and rub on.

 

Then the heart and gizzards, Scottie's favorite

Don't forget to rub those as well as they make a great snack for the chef.

 

 

Then into the great fryer basket.  Our 19 pound turkey fits great but this is the maximum that the Butterball Fryer can handle.  This was the smallest I could find this year.  Must have been a bonanza year for turkeys!

 Then into the Butterball Fryer for 80 minutes.  Just sit back and relax and let the fryer do it's thing.

 

Can't wait to have the first bite.  I better get back in the kitchen and get sides finished.

Happy Feasting!

 

 

 

 

Remember tomorrow for After Thanksgiving Shopping; NO FIGHTING!

Being a retired police officer I've seen lots of things happen during the holiday shopping specials.  Remember NO Fighting!   It's just a sale.  If you have a confrontation with a fellow shopper it's better to walk away.  Nothing is worth going to jail. 

Here is South Carolina law enforcement has taken a hard line when it comes to commotion in the store.  If you're involved you're going to jail.  No passing go, no collecting $200.

Safe shopping and hope you find great bargains.  Black Friday is coming!

Here is a Walmart Black Friday gone bad from previous year.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyYleFb425U&feature=player_embedded

Fast night before Thanksgiving dinner with what you have in the frig

I know everyone is hurrying and wondering what to have for dinner tonight.  Well I have a Fast, easy dinner that you're family will love.
Lasagna rolls.  These were the result of seeing the rolls at Olive Garden but mine aren't fried.

You cook lasagna noodle and cool.  Then fry lean hamburger in a non stick pan and drain on paper towel.

Mix shredded cheese, mozzarella in a bowl and add sauce and hamburger in the bowl.  Don't put too much sauce, about 1/2 jar of prepared sauce to pound and a half of hamburger and about 3 cups of mozzarella.

Mix and fill rolls and stand on end in oven safe dish.  Top with rest of sauce and cheese.  Bake till hot and bubbly.  You can be working on the pies and stuffing for tomorrow while this bakes for about half an hour. 

I hope this has lessened your holiday stress and given you a great idea for dinner tonight.  You'll be a rock star with this dish.

SALTED - The latest and greatest sea salted candle- we've exceeded all expectations in our first 10 months-We hand collect our sea salt.

My daughter Angie and I started Salted less than a year ago and we've exceeded all expectations.  We're now in 8 shops throughout the country and one in London.  We're growing quicker than we ever expected so looks like family meeting is in order to plan our next baby step.  We hope you'll be part of our anticipated, continued growth.

We've been producing our sea salt candles in very limited quantities.  The production is limited by the amount of hand collected sea salt that I collect.  It takes 10 gallons of South Carolina Sea water to produce just 5 cups of salt.  It is a labor intensive process but adds so much to our hand crafted soy candles that are in repurposed glass.  Nothing goes to waste.  We are in the process of doing all future pouring with wooden crackle wicks that are also made from driftwood.

 

We're so proud of our strides to improve on our original 2012 design.  If you want to place your order for Christmas delivery we will only produce 40 more for delivery.  We have almost exhausted our supply and our returning customers have placed their 2013 Christmas orders.

I would love to hear from you and hope you enjoy our vanilla scented candle offering.
If you're interested in carrying our candles we would love to partner with our fellow followers.  Just drop me a note.  Go to travelingskinny.com, our web site and drop me an email.

We also made a wonderful bell out of the old bottle tops and put it on our bottle tree this morning.  An announcement to the neighborhood that Christmas is near.

My New WEB PAGE in up and LIVE! Check it out

The design and going live has finally happened with my new website thanks to Angie.  It's been a long process but it's now available for all my followers.

Get ready for a great adventure!"

I've lived an exciting life but have struggled with my weight all my life.  I've lost 83 pounds and kept it off for sixteen months.  I'm a Lifetime Weight Watcher member after achieving my goal weight.   I want to be with you on your weight loss journey and share my passion for traveling and living large doing it.  Lets go together on the adventure of life.  I'll share my thoughts, a former large woman that's now living skinny.  We'll travel together to great out of the way places, explore great travel destinations, travel accessories and share ideas that will keep you excited about your health and life.

Thanks for visiting me at travelingskinny.com   

1,600 page views this week and it isn't over for three more days! THANKS FOLLOWERS

I've gone over 1,600 views for the week and still have three more days.  Thanks to all my followers and viewers.  YOU are AMAZING!