Maudy's Cooking Journal!

First of all, Happy Thanksgiving for all of my friends who celebrate this special holiday this beautiful weekend.


I must say that Thanksgiving is my most favorite holiday. It makes me think about His countless blessings that have been poured out on me. For me, Thanksgiving is also like the opening of Christmas. In fact, the first advent this year is the Sunday after Thanksgiving. I love this time of the year.

While in school, Thanksgiving is also the busiest time of the semester. Most finals project are usually due after Thanksgiving, and classes are usually wrapped up days after the break. I only have 2 days left of classes and the rest will be final exam period. I should have worked on my project and studied this whole weekend, but I chose to take some days off. I enjoyed my break with hubby, spent time with friends, and baked! Surely I have to catch up from now on till the end of the semester, but it's all worth it.






Here is what I baked, Rustic Potato Loaves from Baking with Julia cookbook. I used potatoes and realized that I didn't have enough of it, so mixed those with sweet potatoes. I am glad I did because the sweet potatoes enhanced the bread color.

Thanks God for the beauty that surrounds me...
and the ability to experience and enjoy it...
and for unexpected colorful art in nature
that put smile on my face...

Thanks God for my family back home...

for their love...
for them that I can call at anytime...
for them whom I can talk to without preparing what to say...
for a dad that always send real-time pictures at every family event to make me feel included...
for a mom whose love to us and to others never ceases to impress me...
for brothers in law who care about me...
for little and not so little nieces who make me feel special...
and for sisters who understand me, laugh and cry with me, and share the same comfort food...

Thanks God for each season...
Especially for beautiful colors surround us right now...
For hot and cold weather we can experience...
For regularity of nature that reminds us of our creator...
For seasonal fruits and vegetables we can enjoy...
and for beautiful fresh tart cranberries available at this time of year...

Thanks God for delicate little creatures
that visit out kitchen once in a while
which remind me of Your great power and providence...

Thank you God for hubby...

for...
he has to put up with me thus far...
he supports me in everything I do...
he makes me happy or at least he always tries...
he is fine when I said that I am too busy or too lazy to cook...
he always helps me in the kitchen and...
also is willing to cook for us...

Thanksgiving is around the corner. There are a lot of things -small and big things in every situation- I am thankful for. This week I am trying to express my thankfulness in written words. I hope we can always share God's blessing to others, both in deeds and words.



I Thank God for providing a temporary shelter down here on earth
and up there for eternity...

Thanks for the quiet and peaceful place...
a place to think...
a place to be myself...
a place of joy...
a place to create...
a place where I know where things are..
a place to cook and bake...

a place I call HOME...