So the story is this:
First a little back ground on Ribbon Salad: Our family favorite "ribbon jello salad" everyone loves the ribbon salad it is just a pain to make. Three layers of different jello - you have to let each layer set before adding the next.... you get the salad, ofcourse it is a jello brand recipe - so the middle layer is filled with stuff you would never think of putting together, but for some reason it tastes great... Needless to say I don't like making the salad, but I enoy eating the salad.
Sooooo........
When I was pregnant with Josie - I got taken off of Jello duty (for once!!) and I was to bring the bean casserole dish.. you know the one green beans, mushroom soup, onions on top.... pretty easy to do.
I go to the store (8 months pregnant) get the grean beans.. fresh ones, no frozen for me! Pick them out myself. Get all the other ingredients....
Go home, prepare the beans, make the dish and take it to family dinner. All went well, until my aunt says, hmmm... I have never had this casserole before.... what do you mean? I say. You put sweet peas in with the green beans, did you see that on a show? With a bewlidered look I tell her I didn't put peas in the recipe, only green beans. I then look at my plate... low and behold I bought half green beans and half sweet peas! ooops!!! The funniest part is, I prepared the peas and didn't even notice I was cutting the stems off of peas and not beans! I blame the fact I was pregnant!!
Didn't taste bad, pretty good really.... ofcourse I was taken off of green bean casserole ever since.
We have done thanksgiving on Derrick's side of the family two years ago, then did my first all on my own thanksgiving last year (everything was great by the way!) so this year we are going to my family's again. I say - I will bring the casserole this year... why don't you bring the jello salad was the response! Geesh. One pea casserole mistake and I am back to Jello - wait until they see what I put in the jello this year!!
Happy Turkey Day (early)!!
4 comments:
Oh thank goodness I already ate dinner, this post was full of food ideas!
Thanks Em for your awesome comment, it felt like a giant hug!!
Happy early Thanksgiving to you!
I once planned to make hummus and bought & prepared bok choy, then realized my error. Yeah, and I wasn't busy with a pregnancy either.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Hope you have a great Thanksgiving!
I do believe the Jello maker may be the most important person in the whole food prep team. At least from my Jello loving taste buds.
I personally am not a jello eater, but it always looks so pretty in pictures! Sorry I haven't commented in like a million years. I've been reading your blog promise, just not commenting. I will comment more!!
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