Syracuse and Thanksgiving

The weekend before Thanksgiving, my friend and I drove out to Watertown and Syracuse to do some shopping. She picked me up nice and early on the Saturday and we were off!  We first stopped in Watertown to have some breakfast at Cracker barrel

They have amazing food there!  We both had hot chocolate and enjoyed some pancakes, which we should have shared a plate because 3 huge pancakes each is way to much food!  It was delicious though.  We also shopped around in their store, and each bought a small cast iron skillet. Then we were off to Syracuse, and stopped in a mall and spent quite a bit of money, but had a good time. We did of course break for lunch, which we had to go to the Outback. Use to have one in Ottawa but it shut down and we miss it!  Their bread is delicious!!!!

We also shared some appetizers for our lunch, I know not healthy whatsoever but it was good!

We continued our shopping after lunch and spent more money  =)  We decided to go back to the Outback for supper, which was a late supper, we showed up around 7 pm I believe. I went for their fillet mignon, mashed potatoes and a salad.

The steak was perfectly cooked! I enjoyed my supper with a glass of red wine. We then had to drive back to Watertown (about an hour drive) to get to our hotel room. Sunday morning we slept in, then had a small breakfast, courtesy of the hotel, but it wasn't that good so we didn't eat much. We then went to Walmart because it was a must that we go see the Pioneer Woman's new kitchen line, and we were like two kids at Christmas! We went crazy over the beautiful things she has. We bought a lot of things!!  If you don't know who the Pioneer Woman is, check out her website here, and you can also find her on the food network. We then made our way back home, but got stuck at the boarder since we spent quite a bit of money, so we had to pay taxes on it all. It was an amazing trip. Something we both needed, to just talk, go shopping and just have a great time.

This past weekend was Thanksgiving and my hubby's parents came down for a visit. We had a thanksgiving supper at his aunt's place, which I of course ate to much food, and Sunday I went out shopping with my dad during the day and while my hubby and his dad were gone to the hockey game, I relaxed at home. Monday my niece, dad and father in law came over for supper and I prepared a Sheppard's pie but made it with turkey, carrots, celery, onion in a chicken gravy sauce that I made, then topped it with mashed sweet potatoes. We then enjoyed a strawberry and rhubarb pie. Something else I also had time to do was the Chocolate Banana bread muffins, which you can find the recipe in my previous post.

So I am still keeping myself nice and busy. This weekend will be another busy weekend, but hope to have more time in the kitchen, to prepare healthy meals and snacks for next week. Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving!