MAKING A FAKE TURKEY FOR THANKSGIVING

Here's what this is supposed to look like. It's stuffed, it's got carrots and celery in it, and. We're going to see how this turns out. She did get injured in the process, cut her finger a little bit. All right, guys, I made a fake turkey. OK? I hope it's delicious. Good morning, everybody. Hope you guys had a great Thanksgiving. Speaking of Thanksgiving, today we are celebrating our friends giving. And it's really our Thanksgiving. We went to my family's yesterday spent the day with them, but we didn't actually eat anything because of gluten. Every Shabbat is Thanksgiving, but this one, we're spending the night before with our friends, with a traditional Thanksgiving dinner and a not so traditional Thanksgiving meal that John has crafted. Look. And it is called Tofu Turkey. Don't act like you've never heard of this. It's a vegan turkey roast. So at Thanksgiving, we used to always buy this fake turkey roast and it was pretty good, but we can't ever find it in the stores. Normally we buy there's a brand called Quorn, and they make really good like vegan things, and they had a fake turkey that was gluten free and everything we could have wanted. And I can't find it anywhere this year. So sad day. Jon came to the rescue and decided to make his own with tofu and tomato paste. And I'll link the recipe, if you're interested. It's stuffed. It's got carrots and celery in it, and. We're going to see how this turns out. Turning it into a bake now or some sort of log shape. It looks good. You did a good job of it. better than I was going to do. Well, that is part of the reason. That you jumped in to the Rescue. At Grams house. They had brownies and half of them had rainbow sprinkles mixed in it, man. OK, well then we won't be giving you any of these pie pie pumpkin pumpkin pie pie, pumpkin pumpkin pie, pumpkin pies, My oh my I love that pie. out of the kitchen. Mommy made pumpkin pie. I made peach and blueberry crunch. OK. And I made gluten free, challah bread and a cute little baby, with what was left over. I didn't want to waste it. I also made a real turkey. I'm about to get that, I guess after this bakes I'm going to pop that in the oven. Then we need mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans, which I prepped last night. I really like French cut green beans. For green bean casserole, they did not have any, so I hand cut like four bags of fresh green beans last night , which was tedious and maybe not worth it. I'm not sure, but. Whatever mommy wants... We'll see uh, corn. what else do we have to make. Mac and cheese. Mac and cheese. Anyway, it's going to be a great day. We're going to have a great day prepping and then we are going to have the best Friendsgiving ever. What did you say? Oh, I love you. I love you. I love you. Don't bounce too hard. Don't bounce too hard. The baby's bouncing too hard, dad. Was it too hard? Yes. Here's what this is supposed to look like. We will see if it turns out I didn't put stuffing in, though we did just carrots and celery. So we will see how it turns out. Oh my goodness. Look at this amazing bread. Look, look. Gluten free. Does that look soft? Gluten free. So we got some spinach artichoke dip started here. Turkey started here. The tofurkey came out. It looks like it's going to taste good. Let's see. Elena peeled the potatoes. Got a little bit of mess, but it's her first time and she did pretty good, did a good job. She did get injured in the process, cut her finger a little bit and then and just a little bit. And then I was making... finishing for her and I cut my finger, which shows that, you know, we can all get hurt right? None of us is too good to get hurt by a potato peeler. Even grandmas. That's true. How many grandmas out there still cutting themselves on potato peelers? Raise your hands. I don't know. Wow! Look at the speed and the accuracy. AHHH! that would scare you guys. Real bad. That was. Yeah please don't. All right. The whole crew is here. It's a party. up in here. a party up in here a party up in here. Why aren't you dancing, Aron? Come on, you're ruining my video. A party up in here. Happy Thanksgiving. We have 1,000,000 children here, which we always do anyway. This is Aaron. Hello. And this is Aron. double A. Are y'all the same person? I don't know. It's the only reason why we can coexist in the same house is because there's a difference. one A. of letters. So and because I'm only one a, I'm just slightly below. Thank you, Thank you. Come on people. He's epic Aaron that's nature Aron. Nature Aron? I've never heard that. What, because he eats grass? and I don't use the bathroom indoors. And that's what we get to deal with today. All right, guys, look at this spread. We've got a delicious looking meal happening here. I just want the real food to come out. I know. this is like appetizers. All right, girls, come sit down time to eat! Alright guys, I made a fake turkey, OK? I hope it's delicious. But be honest, No, that is not the fake turkey. I wish. Maybe next year. Alright y'all reay? We're about to say some blessings here. Blessed, are you Lord our god king of the universe. Who has sanctified us in your word and given us Yeshua our messiah and commanded us to be light to the world. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength. On the seventh day, God finished his work of creation. So he rested from all his work and Yah blessed the seventh day and declared it holy because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation. Shabbat Shalom. So as you can see, we ate, we had conversation, we laughed and just had a great evening with each other. I forgot to mention that the tofu turkey turned out pretty good. Most of our girls ate it and enjoyed it. I will say it could’ve used a little more seasoning. But nothing a little salt can’t fix. We ended the night with delicious desserts and more conversation that could have gone on for hours. You know you’ve found good friends when it’s gotten late and you don’t know where the time went. I wouldn’t have ended this friendsgiving any other way. And we can’t wait til next year. Dishes done. We've got a bowl of scraps for the chickens they're going to love that the dogs had some turkey they loved it. Jon is ready for bed. It's midnight. Is it only midnight? This is an early night. Usually when we have friends over, it's til like two. Hi, buddy. Hey. look at those ears. Oh my goodness. You're so cute and I love them so much? Look. Jon. That's a wrap on our Friendsgiving, but it's only the start of our rest today. Shabbat Shalom. Our friends are coming back tomorrow so we can study the scripture together and hang out and rest and just enjoy each other's company, because that is what life is all about the people you love. All right, I'm going to bed. Love you guys. We'll see you soon.