Consumed by Thanksgiving week

I've been super busy as the rest of America this week. I started Thanksgiving week with a lumpia contest where I lost. Whomp, whomp. Oh well, maybe next year I'll try again. It was super cool to be in a TV Station though. I've never been on TV (well, not a TV studio. I've been on the news before. No, not because I committed a crime! My opinions apparently needed to be heard by the bay area).

I'm going to blame my loss on the fact that Walmart didn't carry any cilantro the day before and I had to use dried cilantro. I never use dried herbs unless it's bay leaves or oregano. Oh, also, I didn't bring sauce since they said no sauce necessary, I'll bring sauce next time. Lesson learned. Thank you again though to all the people that supported me. You guys are the best group of friends a girl can have.

Well, these were the lumpias I used for the competition. I entered a bit too cocky for my own good, but this has been a faithful recipe for me. We'll try again and hopefully reap better results next time.

For now, I'm doing my favorite winter activity which is knitting and crocheting. I've created some ear warmers as a Christmas gift for a friend's daughters and I'm making a cowl neck scarf inspired by a $60 Gap scarf. There was no way anyone can make me pay for that much money for $6 worth of yarn. 

Cooking will be put on hold for now as I have a ton of Thanksgiving leftovers to go through. Also, it's that time of the year that we will be eating out of the pantry. I have apparently been TOO prepared for winter time. I am of course in a baking kick. I've got some ideas and hoping to get great treats. I'm going to have to run again after this bake-a-thon.