Thanksgiving Day 2008

As I haven't posted on this blog lately, one would think that I haven't spent any time in the kitchen. Not the case! Cooking and baking is a not-so-guilty pleasure several times a week.

This year I asked Dad what he wanted for Thanksgiving dinner and he said, "Ham." Because I usually get a free turkey in early December from the hospital I used to work at, I knew ham would work well for this Thanksgiving. We included yams, a toss salad, and pumpkin pie with CoolWhip, of course.

I used the slow cooker for a bone-in ham, added whole baby carrots and onions, for a delicious meal. I took the easy way out and heated the canned yams on the stove. Could have added raw yams to the rest of the meal in the cooker, but really didn't even think that far ahead. All in all, it was a delicious meal.

We used the left over ham and vegetables as a soup the next day. Still had some left, so we added noodles for a more filling ham and vegetable noodle soup.

I have also recently baked two loaves of banana bread (yum!) and a batch or two of peanut butter cookies. Now, it's time to check out the diet. Oh that's right! Didn't I say I was going to try vegetarian?

How was your Thanksgiving? What did you prepare or did you go out to dinner?