Lemonade

It was Thanksgiving morning. My mother had cooked most of the food the day before, and all that was left was the Turkey. At 11am, she went to pre-heat the oven; only to notice that the oven would not light. It is a modern-type oven - the ignitor is electrical, not manual. So there was no way to light it - the oven was done. What's a dietitian daughter to do to help out mom and save Thanksgiving?

It was 25 degrees outside and snowing, but I knew that the old reliable Webber grill would do the trick. We left the turkey in the roasting pan, put some liquids in the bottom of it, and put the top on. We fired up the grill (dad was in charge), and in went the turkey.

Two and a half hours later, out came a DELICIOUS cooked 18 pound turkey. We warmed the side dishes up on the stove-top and in the toaster oven, and no one would have known that the oven never lit.

Lesson learned - you can always make lemonade out of lemons!