We have had a turkey in the freezer for about 4 months. We bought it right before summer started. At the time we had planned on having some family over and were going to serve turkey dinner. We ended up doing something else and the turkey hung out in the freezer taking up space for the summer. Who wants to eat a turkey dinner in the middle of summer? With the weather getting a bit more fall like lately. Although, the past few days have been more like spring. The windows are open and the fans are running. It is beautiful outside and I am sitting inside working and not outside enjoying it. Anyway.. back to my turkey. I decided it was time to put the thing out of its misery and enjoy a turkey dinner. With thanksgiving coming up in just over a month, we decided to make the turkey a little different than what we usually do. Usually we roast it with lots of good veggies like celery and onion and carrots and packed full of homemade bread stuffing that I have been perfecting over the years. Each year it gets a little bit better. This time though, we opted to use a recipe we tried once before saving the traditional bird recipe for thanksgiving day. Yesterday’s recipe was a maple, bacon turkey. More specifically, this was a 13 pound turkey covered in two pounds of tasty bacon and smothered with a full flask of 100% pure maple syrup. Now, seeing as I am trying to lose weight, I know I’m not supposed to be eating things like this. But, sometimes you just need to say, what the hell. And I did!
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