My holiday contribution
Guess who is learning not to wet in his bed at night and doing a pretty darn good job of it. Go JJ! I mean Gentry. Eight whole days. How does this work you may ask.
35 days + no wet beds = new kitty
We are pretty excited and trying to pay no attention to the fact that I am allergic and have never owned a cat. Hopefully I can handle it. Hopefully. Because we all want one. And G is working hard on his control. He is doing stellar though and big boys don’t pee in the bed.
And moving right along. Lets talk about Holiday food. These topics go splendidly together.
I am making Sweet Potato Casserole, which sounds dull, but is really so delicious you would ask to live with your face in a dish of it for a week. Seriously. There is more sugar here than nutrition.
Sweet Potato Casserole
4 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup melted butter
1/4 cup honey
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups sweetened condensed milk
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 cups chopped pecans (optional at my house)
20 large marshmallows
1- Cook your sweet potatoes in the microwave for 10 minutes. Wait for them to cool before continuing or you will burn your fingers off. Remember the game hot potato? It is not a joke. When cool, scoop out the insides into a large bowl.
2- Preheat the oven to 375. Butter a 13 x 9 inch baking dish and set aside.
3- In a large bowl, with a wooden spoon, beat the potatoes, sugar, butter, honey and salt until thoroughly combined. Add the sweetened condensed milk and cinnamon and mix well. Stir in the optional pecans.
4- Spoon the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes.
5- Remove the casserole from the oven and evenly place the marshmallows on the top. Return to the oven and bake for 10 minutes longer, or until the marshmallows are golden brown and slightly melted. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Stuart’s family STILL does not know what they are doing (or where they will be) for Thanksgiving. Still! It’s TOMORROW!! Ugh. I told his mom that depending on the adventure of wherever we end up, I may make something. I may just make this dish just because it sounds too good to not make. And if we end up sitting on our butts because no one planned Thanksgiving, I will enjoy my Sweet Potato Casserole to myself (which would NOT be a hard thing to do) while everyone else enjoys ramen noodles.
November 26th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
First, the casserole sounds great. As to Gentry not wetting the bed, sounds like he is making great progress and should be very pleased with himself. We’ve been waiting for things to calm down after the stress of the last couple of months to move forward with Riley and potty training. Bailey we were very lucky with as she never wet the bed from about 12 months on. I’ve felt very fortunate for that. On another note…Brian would like to offer you our cat Looney Luna, he thinks she is Satan.
December 14th, 2008 at 12:41 am
My mother in law got a cat that was pretty expensive but the allergies weren’t as bad. It was some long haired grey and white kind of cat. I will ask her what breed if you would like. I didn’t have problems when I was at their house either (except maybe to the stinky litter box) and I’m very allergic.