Stuff Portrait Friday~ What's For Dinner?

It's Stuff Portrait Friday! This week totally sucks because my camera is in Texas along with my darling daughter and sexy husband. So I used my *cell phone* and shot these. This week's photos are to be:

* Your specialty dinner

* Food you ALWAYS have in your house

* Your favorite appliance

I have not cooked in a week and the fridge is practically bare since we are on vacation. That said, you can simply imagine what my specialty dinner looks like then dream about the taste. My specialty dinner happens to be Thanksgiving. Yup. Turkey dinner. I do an herb roasted turkey, Boursin mashed potatoes, and stuffing that is made with white raisins and 12 grain bread. (I don't have a name for it- I just cook it and the crowd loves it!) Those are just the staples. Each year, I choose other sides from Gourmet and Bon Appetite magazine to serve to my guests. Thanksgiving is one my favorite dinners to prepare and I think that I am damn good at it. You are coming over this year for dinner, right?

Yes, the cupboards are bare, but there are some staples:


We *always* have Darian's yogurt and her mac and cheese and broccoli. I also like to have handy the grey poupon and chicken. Mix the mustard with some olive oil, red wine vinegar, herbs de Provence, and garlic and you have the perfect French marinade for your chicken. Of course we always have handy the Tillamook brick o'cheese and some fruit. But do you really want to see bananas and cheese? I mean c'mon! I have the Costco sized dijon mustard handy!

My favorite appliance, aside from my beloved silent dishwasher that has adjustable racks for champagne flutes, or my microwave that has a setting just for softening ice cream, it has to be my KitchenAid mixer.



And that's my stuff!