My mom's family did Thanksgiving today, and I was set to bring Spinach Artichoke Dip. We were skipping the turkey dinner and doing lasagna instead - with salad and garlic bread. Gma always made great lasagna. I had also decided to give my Gma's Pecan Rolls a try, but I hadn't told anyone because I didn't want to get any hopes up. The recipe card she gave me leaves quite a lot to interpretation and guesswork so I had no idea how it would turn out.
I roasted the garlic last night, so I only needed a few things - paremsan cheese, box of frozen chopped spinach, and mayo. There were a couple other things I needed to pick up for the house, but that was essentially my list. For some reason, pulling out the driveway, I had this ominous feelign like I was going to back into someone, or had left the stove on, or left the fron door unlocked... something. I made it to the store, found my items, reviewed my list to make sure I'd gotten everything, and made it home okay. I unpacked, and realized I'd forgotten the spinach.
I'd reviewed the list, and still forgot the spinach.
Mom had mentioned reheating and bringing the leftover Cauliflower and Brussels Sprout Gratin from yesterday, so I was about to just give up on the dip altogether. But mom called and asked if I needed her to bring anything, and I asked for spinach.
The pecan rolls seemed to be coming along, but it was becoming clear that with all the rising involved, there was no way I was going to get these done in time. No worries, I would just eat them myself.
Mom & Dad arrived and I put the gratin in the oven, mixed the spinach into the dip and put that in the oven too. We prepared a caprese salad while everything warmed up. When I went to put the leftover spinach in the freezer, what did I find but a bag of frozen spinach. Yep, my brain is really not functioning. I rolled out the pecan roll dough, then rolled it with butter, brown sugar, and raisins, and cut it into slices and lined the pan. It was supposed to rise again, so it would have to do that while we ate. We headed to the nursing home. I was still feeling weird, so I just tagged along with them.
Lunch was delicious. Lisa made some awesome lasagna, and all the extras were great too. I'd forgotten how good the spinach dip was and ate more than I probably should have.
When we got back, the pecan rolls had definitely risen - almost out of the pan. I will have to do smaller slices next time around, but I threw it in the oven anyway. About 20 minutes later, I pulled the rolls out of the oven and turned them out onto a sheet of aluminum foil. The center collapsed, and clearly wasn't quite done (probably because they were so fat), but the outer edges came out quite nicely. Mom, Dad, Nigel, Lisa, and I all tried some of the peices that were done and agreed it was a worthy first effort. Next time I'll get those right.
Bobby didn't get home until nearly 6 pm, and at that point I was curled up on the couch watching Devil in a Blue Dress (great movie, check it out). I felt blah, and he was exhausted. So he collapsed and I just stayed there.
I love this streaming Netflix through the XBox. I can't wait until they have more title available for it. Rewinding and all that could obviously still use some work, but for what it is, it's great.
Going to head to bed now. We know it's early, but it's been a long pre-weekend.
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