The College Student's Guide to Thanksgiving: Leftovers

 It was worth the wait. An unparalleled meal for sure. I cannot wait for next Thanksgiving. However, for the next couple weeks, leftovers will do. Now, there are probably several people in your family vying for the leftovers. Here are a couple lines you could drop that may help your cause:

"It was really nice to eat real meat for the first time since the semester started."
"It's a shame my stomach expanded so much, I am going to be starving when I get back to school."
"I'm your favorite, right?"
"Maybe I could collect enough change under this couch cushion to afford some mac n cheese for next week."

Put that together with some puppy-dog eyes, and you're sure to get your leftovers.

With turkey, you can pretty much do anything. But don't put it in your cereal, that's gross. You CAN make sandwiches, put it in soup, or warm it right back up!

I just had a piece of leftover pumpkin pie, and it it still just as good.

The College Student's Guide to Thanksgiving: Veggies

Let us continue on in our excursion through Thanksgiving, the college way. To me, it seems like the vegetables served on Thanksgiving are a cut above the rest.  They are greener, they have more flavor, they are the royalty of all veggies. Please do not think that the college version of these Thanksgiving dishes can act as a replacement. No way. These are simply for your enjoyment as you wait a whole year for the masterpiece meal to come back around.

Green beans. Usually baked into a delightful casserole that took days to prepare. If you aren't preparing for your exam until the night before, what makes you think you can tend to a casserole?  For my daily dose of veggies, I like to use frozen veggie steamers.  All you do is slip the bag in the microwave, and poof! You have a your veggies! For green beans, maybe spice them up a little bit.  Put some french fried onions in it...you can never go wrong with those!

The College Student's Guide to Thanksgiving: Mashed Potatoes

Obviously, if I love to cook, I love to eat.  As a result, Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays--because of the food.  Personally, I think everyone should always be thankful for what they have in life... but I am not complaining that there is a marked holiday for eating a feast.  In the weeks leading up to thanksgiving, all I think about it falling asleep after heaping portions of mashed potatoes, turkey and stuffing.  Then waking back up to finish some pumpkin pie.

For the next week or so, I will be focusing on the college student's guide to thanksgiving. There can be elements of the meal that you don't have to only eat once a year. I will start with my favorite: mashed potatoes.

Now, you have probably seen your mother/grandmother/whoever cooks in your family slave over mashed potatoes by boiling the potatoes, vigorously smushing them, adding the perfect amount of butter... basically, it's a major time commitment. So, when you're craving that delicious dish try potato buds. You literally just add water, milk, butter and salt (depending on the recipe) and it is done within 10 minutes.  They are creamy and delicious, and I honestly cannot tell the difference.

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