This Thanksgiving we had the awesome opportunity to see Steve Bell play with the Calgary Philharmonic. It was wonderful. I love to see Steve play live and the Orchestra was an added bonus. Definitely different than his normal performance as in this format, he didn't have the freedom he normally does.
A brief visit from my good friend Rachel just in town for the weekend and we were off to Saskatoon.
We also had a delightful evening with friends Rob and Lisa Braun and Tim and Erica Baerwald. We had a Vietnamese Cookoff. Gord and Rob made this spicy chicken dish. (I've never heard two males talk more in the kitchen, but all the talk seemed not to hurt the flavour).
Erica and I made this pork dish, the best one I might add. (not biased)
Tim and Lisa made a DEElishous Shrimp fried rice (Sorry I lost this picture guys)
Overall, we had ourselves one good meal. The only hiccup of the evening came when our group effort to make our first ever vermicelli ended up like this.
That's right people, I said vermicelli, not mashed potatoes, as hard as that is to believe. So, if you're out there, and have cooked vermicelli successfully, please leave comments and tips because apparently following the instructions does not work.
There was also the inevitable complete Turkey dinner at the Bushman household where many interesting times are always had. My brother brought his girlfriend, Tania and her mom, so it was wonderful getting to know them a bit better. I could tell my mom is really doing better because she cooked the entire Turkey dinner herself and still ended up with a smile on her face. And all this after we'd stuffed ourselves and my parent's church's "Super Simple Sandwich Sunday", a regular occurence, apparently. I was cruel and made my parents say the name multiple times and tried to refrain from giggling each time.
We capped off the weekend with a huge Jerry's breakfast with the ever exciting Sandra and Steve. Such fun!
And now, today's baking: Gingerbread Biscotti
5 comments:
Great pictures. Looking forward to seeing you soon.
That looks like a fun weekend. Can't wait to see you! It will be fun to catch up, away from the hospital!
Looks like a fantastic weekend. And I do love Gord's neon orange Redberry hoodie! It reminds me of good times. When you have time can you send me the reciepe for that Gingerbread Biscotti? Just the pciture made me want to have it...umm pregnacy hormones :) It looks great. I think we are friends on facebook so you could send it that.
Looks like you had a good weekend. Wish we could have met up with you too. Can I get that chicken recipe?
Hey, about the vermicelli, I usually just boil it in water, instead of using a blender...Not sure, but it works for me!
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