::Turkey::

Guess what?! Today Brian and I made our very first turkey. Yes, I know Thanksgiving has already passed but we didn't get to make our turkey and enjoy all the wonderful leftovers. We had Thanksgiving at one of our friends down the road which was absolutely amazing, however, we still wanted to make our very own turkey.  We bought the turkey the week of Thanksgiving and have been waiting the right day to cook it up. Today was that lucky day!

I got back from work at noon and started reading directions. Prior to this, I had a few conversations with Grammy and Papa {the turkey experts in our family} to prepare for the cooking.  As I opened the turkey, I was calling Brian because I thought a dissection might be needed to extract the neck, liver, and other giblets. Thankfully, they were all neatly together in a separate paper wrapper. Cooked those babies up and prepared the stuffing for our soon-to-be delicious turkey. When everything was ready, we popped the turkey into the over and cooked it for a good three hours.  Unfortunately, we had no thermometer to measure the temperature so Brian carefully watched the bird. 

And let me tell you, our bird ended up being perfectly moist. However, only as we pulled the turkey out did I realize I had forgotten one small yet significant ingredient {salt} Oops! Yet, the turkey still tasted amazing and we had one successful post-Thanksgiving meal complete with a scrumptious turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. Not quite the full meal, but we were completely stuffed afterward!

Now we're ready for turkey noodle soup, turkey enchiladas, turkey sandwiches... and the list goes on!