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| Me and Whitney (in Belgium!) |
Yes, it might be November - but we are celebrating Thanksgiving! Woohoo! The Americans and Canadians have joined together to create the ultimate feast, and to explain to the French why we love this holiday so much!
It started with letting the Chef Olivier know about ALL that we would need for this wonderful weekend. Our list of ingrediants was long, our imaginations were running wild. Real food!! Now I need to let you all know that this weekend would not have been possible without wonderful Whitney (please refer to picture). Whitney is a wonderful Chef, and also as a side note a wonderful buddy all in all. Whitney and I are often found together - she is actually at my side right now. Anyways so Whitney gathered all the recipes together, wrote out all the ingrediants, had them translated into French, organized with Olivier and VOILA - Thanksgiving is a go!
We were so excited! On Friday night we had a big worship service to end our 24/7 Prayer week, but us Candians/Americans left early to start making the Cinnamon buns for the next morning's brunch (please note picture below!)...I got into the kitchen and truthfully I just watched Whitney work her magic, and cute Jessica be so precise in her measuring skills. I decided I would be spending my time more wisely if I went to bed! Morning came and we headed to the kitchen once again, we started making pancakes - plain, chocolate chip, and blueberry -- UMM YUM! Then the cinnamon buns were baked with yummy sticky goo all over them! Yum yumm!! Followed by bacon and eggs! Delicious! You have to understand we NEVER get to eat like this for breakfast. Breakfast for us consists of cereal and a baguette, yes yes I know we are in France but after a few months you just want some food from home. All the French were getting restless - what is this brunch thing? Late breakfast? They literally were waiting on the stairs and kept popping their head in the kitchen. We would come out and suddenly be bombared "Is it ready??!!" "Calmez-vous!". Betsy and I decided to take on the decorations (there comes a point in the kitchen when there are just too many hands!) we made it buffet style, found some "Thanksgiving-y" candles, fixed our leaf wreath (heehe), found some suitable music and set the table. They loooved it! So tomorrow is our actual Thanskgiving meal! Another early rise for us chefs so that we can make a delicious feast! So excited!
It started with letting the Chef Olivier know about ALL that we would need for this wonderful weekend. Our list of ingrediants was long, our imaginations were running wild. Real food!! Now I need to let you all know that this weekend would not have been possible without wonderful Whitney (please refer to picture). Whitney is a wonderful Chef, and also as a side note a wonderful buddy all in all. Whitney and I are often found together - she is actually at my side right now. Anyways so Whitney gathered all the recipes together, wrote out all the ingrediants, had them translated into French, organized with Olivier and VOILA - Thanksgiving is a go!
We were so excited! On Friday night we had a big worship service to end our 24/7 Prayer week, but us Candians/Americans left early to start making the Cinnamon buns for the next morning's brunch (please note picture below!)...I got into the kitchen and truthfully I just watched Whitney work her magic, and cute Jessica be so precise in her measuring skills. I decided I would be spending my time more wisely if I went to bed! Morning came and we headed to the kitchen once again, we started making pancakes - plain, chocolate chip, and blueberry -- UMM YUM! Then the cinnamon buns were baked with yummy sticky goo all over them! Yum yumm!! Followed by bacon and eggs! Delicious! You have to understand we NEVER get to eat like this for breakfast. Breakfast for us consists of cereal and a baguette, yes yes I know we are in France but after a few months you just want some food from home. All the French were getting restless - what is this brunch thing? Late breakfast? They literally were waiting on the stairs and kept popping their head in the kitchen. We would come out and suddenly be bombared "Is it ready??!!" "Calmez-vous!". Betsy and I decided to take on the decorations (there comes a point in the kitchen when there are just too many hands!) we made it buffet style, found some "Thanksgiving-y" candles, fixed our leaf wreath (heehe), found some suitable music and set the table. They loooved it! So tomorrow is our actual Thanskgiving meal! Another early rise for us chefs so that we can make a delicious feast! So excited!
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| This is the brunch we made on Saturday! (It also had bacon and eggs!) I also want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my favourite BROSKI!! I hope you have a wonderful day, and I miss you so much <3 Love love love you Rossco! |
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| Put it away, or imma punch [you].... |
