turkey day recap

are you still in a food coma? i am! fanboy & i had an amazing thanksgiving filled with great food, friends, a lot of wine, many laughs, and the always adorable, wrigley the bulldog. she had her autumn bandana on just for turkey day. and for the record: deep fried turkey is awesome!

hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving too! 

thanksgiving countdown

only one more week until thanksgiving!

and while i've confessed that i don't love a lot of the traditional turkey day foods, i do love thanksgiving. we are celebrating with our friends and i am kind of excited to try deep fried turkey for the first time! and since our friends are doing the heavy lifting on hosting, fanboy & i will be bringing a double batches of homemade irish cream and pioneer woman's creamy mashed potatoes for the feast.

what is on your thanksgiving menu? 

p.s. how cool are these printables for turkey day leftovers? you can download them here

cheeky recipe: salted brown butter rice krispie treats

i mentioned my obsession with salted brown butter rice krispie treats awhile ago and to apologize for being a slacking blogger lately, i am finally sharing the recipe here. i actually call these crack krispie treats because they are incredibly addictive. our friends, amy & zach, made them for our beer & chocolate weekend in august and i've been hooked ever since!

salted brown butter rice krispie treats (from smitten kitchen) 

• 4 oz (1/4 pound or 1 stick) unsalted butter, plus extra for the pan

• 10 oz bag marshmallows

• heaping 1/4 teaspoon coarse sea salt (i used vanilla bean salt)

• 6 cups rice krispies cereal (about half a 12 oz box)

butter (or coat with non-stick spray) an 8-inch square cake pan with 2-inch sides. 

in a large pot, melt butter over medium-low heat. it will melt, then foam, then turn clear golden and finally start to turn brown and smell nutty. stir frequently, scraping up any bits from the bottom as you do. don’t take your eyes off the pot as while you may be impatient for it to start browning, the period between the time the butter begins to take on color and the point where it burns is often less than a minute.

as soon as the butter takes on a nutty color, turn the heat off and stir in the marshmallows. the residual heat from the melted butter should be enough to melt them, but if it is not, turn it back on low until the marshmallows are smooth.

remove the pot from the stove and stir in the salt and cereal together. quickly spread into prepared pan. use a piece of waxed or parchment paper sprayed with oil to press it firmly and evenly into the edges and corners, or a silicon spatula works almost as well.

let cool, cut into squares and get ready to make new friends.