It's official - with a recipe!

The Christmas season is upon us.  The Little One made  the first batch of Christmas cookies today but I doubt that they last the night - when homemade cookies are made they barely have a chance to cool down before they're half gone.

In the meantime, I'm left wondering who will wipe up the dusting of flour that seems to have magically covered the kitchen like a dusting of snow.

From such a simple cookie, there is a mountain of dishes in the sink.  I wonder if Little One will wash them.

Yummy with homemade vanilla sugar

All the left over turkey sitting in the fridge and no one eating it.  I can't stand for food to be wasted.  I mean, I cooked an 18 pound turkey and was asked why I didn't get a bigger one.  So I took it upon myself to not allow the turkey to sit there, all alone, in the fridge just waiting to be eaten.

I call it Cathy's Cassoulet

4 cans kidney beans, drained and rinsed well

1 onion chopped

2 large garlic cloves

1/2 cup green pepper

1 handful of dried cherry tomatoes

3 cups chicken broth

1 sliced kielbasa

2 cups left over turkey

2 ribs celery

Mix will and cook in crockpot on low 6-8 hours.  Serve over hot rice.

I like mine a little spicier so I topped mine off with a few drops of hot sauce.

Hubby and "his" dog.  I swear this dog get more attention than I do!  It's not fair, I tell you.  Taz just jumps up on the couch and automatically everyone is petting him and playing with him.  Ok, so I don't jump on the couch but I plop down on it - no one pets me.  Not fair at all.

But then again, it's damn hard to compete with something this cute.

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