Happy Thanksgiving!

Being Greek-American we find ourselves eating essentially two Thanksgivings. We have our American foods and out Greek good either one alone would be a complete meal. 

What will you find on the table this year, you ask? Here you go: turkey, sausage leek stuffing, ritz cracker shrimp stuffing, homemade gravy, glazed green beans with bacon, cheesy baked mashed potatoes, corn, spanakopita, stuffed grape  leaves, tzatziki, salad, and I am pretty sure I am missing something. 

That is so much food that you could just do without dessert all together but that wouldn't be fun so we are having two Greek desserts. I thought well we have definitely embraced a real Thanksgiving meal but we haven't added anything American (store bought apple pie doesn't count) to the menu. 

Since my fiancé loves sweet potatoes he suggested I make a sweet potato pie. At first I wasn't too sure but I figured it he wants one then Ill make it for him. 

I began researching recipes and came across Martha Stewart's recipe and figured that Martha hasn't steered me wring yet so I went for it. 

Martha Stewart calls for homemade pie dough but because I wasn't convinced the pie would be any good I decided against it and bought ready made dough.  

I just rolled it on to a 9" glass pie pan and  trimmed the edges. 

Since this was my first pie I didn't know what to do with the edges so I did some research on Pinterest and I came across the decorative pie crusts using fondant/mini cookie cutters so I jumped on it.

I had small flowers so I started cutting out flowers out of the other piece of pie dough and attaching them using water. 

I added some holes with a fork because I think I heard of Food Network at some point you should. This part really didn't take a lot of time. 

During this time I was baking my sweet potatoes. They were in a 400 degree oven for about 45 minutes then I got tired of waiting and popped them in the microwave for 5 minutes and they were perfect! I peeled the skins of and let them cool off. 

I don't have pictures of the next part because I am new to this blogging thing. But I will explain! The recipe says to beat the sweet potatoes in a mixing bowl with a paddle attachment and the stringy pieces will wrap around the paddle and you can toss them. This did not happen for me... I am not sure if many my sweet potatoes maybe didn't have strings? Not sure but it looked fine.

From there I followed the directions exactly. Except for when I forgot the lemon juice... Its ok though I doubt anyone will notice. 

The pie baked at 375 for about 55 minutes and it looks beautiful! 

We haven't tried it yet but I hope my very American dessert makes the cut! 

Adapted from Martha Stewart

Have an awesome Thanksgiving! 

xoxo Moumsy

Vintage Market

For some time now I have wanted to visit the SoWa Open Market in Boston but really haven't had the chance, I have heard awesome things about it. In the warmer months it is an indoor/outdoor market with lots of vendors selling anything from vintage clothes to large furniture pieces. In the winter they have the market in a large indoor space in the South End of Boston, which was amazing!

I was so inspired after walking around and I can't wait to have a place of my own to decorate and incorporate some of the awesome vintage and repurposed items that are on the market today! 

I came across these suitcases and wished I could have brought them home. I think they would be amazing for storage as well as a statement piece. You could store throws, photos, flatware, anything really! I loved these and I would have never though to stack suitcases. 

 As soon as I walked away from the suitcases I came across this beautiful hutch. It is metal and distressed and amazing. I think it might have been love at first sight. I sat there thinking about all my future china and stemware that I could put in there. Then reality set in and since I live at home and have already filled the attic and basement with things I probably shouldn't buy it. I was a little sad to see it go!

Don't feel too bad for me, I was able to bring something home with me! I found the most gorgeous sugar and creamer. They are 1950's milk glass and I already have two other pieces to match that I found in New Hampshire at an antique store. I cannot wait to use these.

I recommend SoWa to anyone it was really a great time and I plan on going again in the next few weeks to see new things. 

http://www.sowaopenmarket.com/

Has anyone else been to SoWa? Did you love it? I bet you did. 

xoxo Moumsy

Weekend Baking Ideas

I love to bake. Statement. So much that I will make anything. My family does always say that I make things that even I don't like or eat. The only problem is that they don't mean its because it is inedible it's because I am so picky that I just bake things that they love and I just don't care for.

Doesn't sound like such a bad thing, huh? Especially if you are them...

So this weekend I know I want to bake something but I can't decide what. I am between an apple braid which is the fan favorite but not so much mine. (Weird dislike of apple products. Not the tech kind.) Or...

Funfetti cake batter (baked) donuts. These are so cute and are so easy to make... And I LOVE donuts. So I must decide if I should go with the group's tummy or my own? :)

What would you do?

xo Moumsy

My First Post!

This is a very exciting thing happening during a very busy time, I have always wanted to start a blog and now the time has come! Welcome.

So what do you do, you ask? Well I work full time as a Financial Analyst, go to school part time for my MBA, I help out a few hours a week at the family business, and try to devote as much time to my family and loving fiance. (Haven't even accepted the fact that wedding planning will be added to this list shortly!)

On top of all these I still try to find time to do some my favorite things: read, craft, cook, bake, and just create. Also, just started thrifting!

I hope to share my experiences of all the above and I hope others are our there for the ride.

Happy blogging I am so happy to start this.

xo Moumsy