We are a small family of 5 here in the Hungry House, and when I lived out of state the Hungry Folks would come visit and we got used to buying items for Thanksgiving dinner. Sometimes we went non-traditional with BBQ, sometimes we stayed traditional, but we started to realize that the stress of cooking all the things wasn't worth it to us.
We began narrowing the cooking down to the things we really enjoy cooking (usually cornbread dressing for Momma Hungry and corn pudding for me) and then buying anything else. This year, Momma Hungry has been in and out of the hospital and her arthritis has been really acting up, so it was down to just me to cook the corn pudding this year.
I found this recipe in a cookbook and it's the simplest corn pudding ever. Whole kernal corn, cream corn, sour cream, butter, and Jiffy cornbread mix....pop in the oven and out comes this deliciousness. One of these days when I make it I'll actually remember to take the butter out in the morning to soften, but even with me not being able to get all of the lumps of butter out when I mix it, this still tastes delicious. (And sometimes has been the only thing that I've eaten for the leftovers...it's seriously that good.)
Since my mom wasn't feeling up to making her amazing cornbread dressing, we bought some at the same place we got our turkey, Frank's. For those of you who haven't been to Frank's, it's seriously the best breakfast place in Baton Rouge and you should click on that link to peep the menu, head there tomorrow and thank me later. You get a crazy amount of food, and I've never had anything I disliked.
Back to the thanksgiving meal though, we got our turkey at Frank's and they even provided the can of broth to heat it with AND gravy to boot. (Good people there, y'all!) The turkey was so good and the cornbread dressing reminded both my mom and I of her mom's cornbread dressing.
Obviously you can't have Thanksgiving without rolls...I take that back, I'm sure you can, but I wouldn't want to. After all, I probably eat at least 3 rolls every Thanksgiving dinner. (I had 4 today, but I justified that they weren't overly big rolls so they really counted as 2. Let me live in my delusion.) Kept it simple with some Rhodes rolls from the freezer section of the grocery store. We try to keep these on stock in the Hungry House, but they have been hard to find lately.
Last, but most certainly not least, the dessert of the day. "Hungry Eyes, which pie did your family go with?" None of them! We bought a 7-Up cake at the store and called it a day! 7-Up cakes are one of Papa Hungry's favorites and for one bought at the store that wasn't made on site in their bakery, this is the moistest 7-Up cake! It's so good and it's become our go-to quick and easy pick up dessert. (Picture of half of it because Papa Hungry kept it hidden so nobody would eat it before today and then it was dug into before I had a chance to get in the kitchen for a pic.)
While the food was delicious, it was a great day to be with family. We didn't just keep the food simple, we ate in our pajamas (except for Grandma Hungry, she always gets dressed for the day) on paper plates in the living room. Nobody sat at a table, instead I sat on the floor while Jr. and Momma Hungry sat in the oversized chair and Papa Hungry and Grandma Hungry sat on the loveseat. We watched Pokemon Journeys and just enjoyed me not having to go to work and all of us being able to enjoy a good meal.
The Hungry House hopes that all of you had a great day and many things to be thankful for!
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