After reading about how many of you were about to head to the grocery story for ingredients yesterday, I’m looking forward to hearing many exciting tales of crafting candy from cryptic recipes! (I think Van would like someone to send him some peanut butter cups…)
If you ever see one of these lamps in someone’s house, you absolutely must take a picture for me! Ye gads. (Also? Probably your host is a vampire and you should run.)
I wonder what size knitting needle it takes to knit a couch?
Oh dear – ‘twould be mortal peril indeed for me to try this.
Did you know that heat is a leading cause of laptop problems? I’m a big fan of laptops stands for keeping your laptop from overheating – and my favorite is not the kind that contains USB-powered fans. Check out Lifehacker’s great list of DIY laptop stands – I love the three-ring binder variant (although I would probably cut vents in the binder to help cool the laptop).
Had I been thinking, I would’ve posted this recipe before Thanksgiving. But as Brigitte pointed out, some people do eat turkey for other holidays.
Cornbread Dressing
The day before you need the stuffing, make enough cornbread for a 9×13 pan. This should be a savory, not sweet, cornbread recipe. This works well for me:
Preheat oven to 425F. Grease a 9×13 cake pan.
Combine the following dry ingredients:
2 cups cornmeal
2 cups GF flour blend (I usually use Bob’s Red Mill All-Purpose GF Flour)
6 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Combine the following ingredients in a separate bowl:
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup veggie oil or melted margarine (I use Earth Balance Buttery Sticks)
2 cups buttermilk or plain yogurt
2 beaten eggs
Combine all ingredients quickly. Do not mix until it’s smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the edges are light brown.
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The next day, cube the cornbread (I made 1+” cubes) and toast in the oven at 350F until lightly browned. Meanwhile, saute the following in a little bit of olive oil or butter:
1-2 onions, chopped
4-6 stalks celery, chopped
1 c portabello mushrooms, chopped
1 apple, chopped (do not peel)
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1 sweet Italian turkey sausage, cooked and cut into very small cubes
1 4 oz can chopped black olives
1-2 T parsley flakes
1+ T poultry seasoning
1/2 – 1 tsp fennel
32 oz gf chicken or turkey broth
In a large bowl, mix the toasted cornbread, sauteed veggies, turkey sausage, chopped black olives, and seasonings. Add the broth and mix well. You may need to add some water to make the dressing sufficiently moist.
Bake at 325-350F in a 9×13 pan or in a casserole dish for 30-60 minutes, until dressing turns golden on top.
“So tired… who knew how exhausting it was to be a princess?!” -Mayhem
Thanks for the recipe, but I don’t believe that the time the cook spends in the kitchen should be very much longer than what it takes to eat the meal. In my house, that will be 30 minutes. Yes, I’ve timed them!
Yum, I can’t wait to try the stuffing at Christmas!
(My life is so much happier since I discovered Earth Balance products.)
Loved the laptop inclined planes!
Sweet dreams, sweet pea. When you wake up you could be a reindeer. 😉
I laughed myself silly over that cat photo – I’m pretty sure that Ms Kitty would leave presents in all of my boots for something like that…
Okay, I kept myself from calling you evil yesterday with all those candy recipes, but adding that cornbread/dressing recipe (I hate sweet cornbread, give me savory or salty anyday), it’s official, you’re trying to make us all gain 50 pounds for the holidays. And that is just plain evil 😉
I want to knit something giant! But how? I’m trying to picture it…you’d have to have some sort of needle, right?
Wouldn’t it be easier to crochet? But there is definitely a piece of knitted fabric in that picture.
I am intrigued…my morning just got more interesting.
I may have toshow the laptop stands to my crack IS department, who told me yesterday the the fact that USB ports on the dock don’t work doesn’t mean something is wrong….
Dang, you beat me to it. Graham sent me the Phat Knits article over night so I could blog it. Now? Guess not. You scooped me.
could you just bring the stuffing over? I’ll make the rest of the fixins and we could sit, drink, knit…eat!
i actually like the lamp and daughter would love it!
Heh, I sent that same LOLCat to my mom; looks very much like Munchkin! : )
Thanks for the laptop stand recommendation, too. Just may order a couple today and see if they get here in time for Cmas…
that recipe sounds good. I have cryptic family recipes too. Why cut raisins in half for bourbon cake?
Geez, I had a post all ready to go about those giant knit pieces. Great minds think alike, I guess.
Love the laptop stands! I don’t have a laptop, but I could make a stand for Smokey and/or Andrew.
I rather like the wine cork stand.
For some reason.
poor May, has mommy had you shoveling snow out there?
OH! That lamp is excellent! Most excellent!
my daughter would so love that wild lamp.
Thank goodness Gameboy knows nothing of that lamp – he would love it. Hopefully he is not a vampire.
We have that “mortal peril” one up as our desktop icon! Everyone here loves to sing along!
Dave would love that lamp!
I got your Christmas card yesterday – thanks! Yours is in my purse, stamped and ready to go. Too bad I can’t see the end of my driveway…I had wanted to walk up the road to mail them today but alas, I can’t even SEE the road…
OMG, that dressing sounds so good!
Princess/reindeer….
That stuffing looks delicious. Sadly only me and my uncle like cornbread stuffing!
Oh May, it is exhausting to be a princess.
That’s so funny, we were just talking about cornbead stuffing at work today.
That stuffing looks great! Maybe I’ll make it while I’m at Mom’s (so I don’t have to eat it all myself).
Yum, that stuffing looks mighty tasty!
I burst out laughing when I saw that LOLcat.
That stuffing sounds good 🙂 I think I’ll have to experiment.
You find the coolest links, I actualy like the lamp. I’m still laughing at the gay cat picture
That is one wicked cool lamp.
I’ll have to agree with May – my niece just had a princess-themed birthday (courtesy of me and my mom… my sis tried to make it a Thomas the Train theme) and she’s very exhausting to watch! I can only be glad I get to leave the house before the exhaustion catches up with her for the night…
Thanks for the link for the laptop desks. I could actually use one for my laptop.