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I strained and rebottled my cranberry vodka today and it looks beautiful...a nice bright red...and I may have lost less than a shot in the marinating process...I kept the bottle, rinsed it out and reused it for the cranberry vodka....and since I used smirnoff...the red label and cap make it look pretty nice!

I'm coordinating a comfy - cozy dinner for 150 of our closest neighbors and friends - there will be 6 turkeys - 3 hams, a variety of potato dishes, veggies dishes, salades and yummy deserts.....makes it really difficult to stick to a weight loss program - so I'm just going to be good every day but THursday and I'm going to be thankful for the weight I've lost and will just get back on track on Friday

Wishing you all the best of Thanksgiving wishes - I'm very thankful to have some great crafty friends like you all.

Diana

ps. Paula - save me a piece of Boston Creme pie

I made curried pumkpin soup last night, Chocodiles this morning, and will be making Toffee Pumpkin cheesecake after I find my springform pan. If you want recipes, pm me your email and I'll send them to you. Scans are too big to dump on PAO.

djenns wrote:I'm coordinating a comfy - cozy dinner for 150 of our closest neighbors and friends - there will be 6 turkeys - 3 hams, a variety of potato dishes, veggies dishes, salades and yummy deserts.....makes it really difficult to stick to a weight loss program - so I'm just going to be good every day but THursday and I'm going to be thankful for the weight I've lost and will just get back on track on Friday

Wishing you all the best of Thanksgiving wishes - I'm very thankful to have some great crafty friends like you all.

Diana

ps. Paula - save me a piece of Boston Creme pie

Have fun Diana!! And I will try to save a piece for you

Just going to be me and DH. We've started on the demo of our master bath and will be continuing that right on through the holiday. Going to make a leg o lamb and save the turkey for when Will is home at Christmas time. Hope you all have a wonderful T-Day!

I have a delicious recipe that I would like to share with everyone. Cynthia sent it to me last week. I carried it to an all day crop on Saturday. It was a BIG hit.

PUMPKIN LUST CAKE
1 stick butter, melted
1 cup flour
1 cup chopped pecans
2 Tablespoons sugar
1 (8oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 (16 oz) container cool whip
2 small packages Jello Instant Pumpkin Spice Pudding
3 cup cold milk

For crust:
Combine butter, flour, chopped pecans and sugar. Press into a 9 x 13 pan. Bake @ 375 for 10-15 minutes. Cool completely.

Cream Cheese Layer
Beat cream cheese, powdered supar and 1 1/2 cups cool whip until smooth. Spread over crust.

Pumpkin layer
Mix pudding mixes with cold milk, whisking for several minutes. Set it in the fridge for
5 - 10 minutes to let it thicken. Spread over the cream cheese layer. Top with remaining cool whip.

I will be making another one for Thanksgiving Dinner.

Betty innc