HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!!!

On our menu (click for recipe for my dishes)

Maple Roasted Herb Turkey
(24lbs worth to feed the 30 people going to my mom's house for the feast)

Cornbread Stuffing

Whipped Sweet Potato Casserole

Macaroni Casserole

Jerk Chicken Wingettes (sister making that)

Foo Foo
(traditional West African pounded cassava dish) and Okra sauce (mom making that)

Jolof Rice and Fried Stew

Spinach Quiche

Cabbage

Mashed Potato

Sweet Potato Pie

Pecan Pie

I am cooking the turkey...while preggers and having fallen pretty badly yesterday evening after coming from a celebration dinner with the family and bruised up my knee.

A friend of mine and I were talking yesterday and she said something very poignant that struck a cord:

When you play the role of "super woman" or "super mom", your family really take for granted that you need help or forget when they are piling on your already stressed out schedule. They figure you are usually good with taking on extra challenges that you 9 times out of 10 HANDLE with finesse and precision....SO...in those oft times when you really need their help and CAN'T take anymore...they are rarely there to help.

OH SO TRUE!!! I'M SURE MANY SUPERMOMS CAN RELATE!

ENJOY THE DAY OF STUFFING...WE'LL WORK IT OFF BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING!