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I'm so fraking sick of being sick. And yes, I realize I am watching to much Battlestar Galactica because now I am starting to curse like they do.

I first noticed that I was getting sick about 6 weeks ago and it's been a pretty miserable existence since then. I've been getting sore throats and some really crappy congestion off and on and I've been neglecting most of my chores since then. Jenn caught whatever it is this week and is lucky that she gets to stay at home and fight it off. I did go to the doctor and they told me I had allergies. I've had allergies since I was about 1 year old and I know when they are effecting me and this ain't it.

In the midst of all the suffering, I found time to BBQ on Sunday night. Food Network is doing a big Thanksgiving event for the next two weeks and I caught the Bobby Flay grilling show. He made an Turkey Breast with an orange sauce that really got my interest. So with all of this inspiration in my head, I went out to the store to get me some turkey breast and was pleased to find out that the five stores that I went to (including my beloved Plowboys) only sold from turkey breast with the rib cage still intact. I didn't have either the patience to wait for it to thaw nor the will to de-bone it so I settle on making his recipe with chicken thighs. Really good stuff! After rereading the recipe, I noticed that I omitted about half of the ingredients for the orange sauce (I only used orange juice, honey, lemon juice, onions and garlic) and the sauce was still pretty tasty. Here's a link to the recipe:

Brined Turkey Breast with Spanish Spice Rub and Sour Orange Sauce

Hopefully in the near future I am going to retry this recipe as it was intended. I still can't believe I couldn't find the type of turkey I wanted, two weeks before Thanksgiving. Oh well.

For Thanksgiving we are going up to Victorville and I am in charge of dessert. I am going to make the Pumpkin Cheesecake that I made for Halloween and try making an apple and pumpkin pie as well. Should be fun. I also found out that my family is serving ham for Thanksgiving. Now I love ham and all but it just seems a little to against the grain to not have turkey available. My parents have a pretty good grill so I'm thinking I will sneak some turkey legs up with me and make this recipe. It was also featured on the same episode of Boy Meets Grill and looked really good as well.

Note: just a quick note, that picture was one of the first to appear when I typed in Orange Chicken in google. Man I love the Internet!