PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) – The fictional character Forrest Gump once told us that “life is like a box of chocolates.” News 5’s Drexel Gilbert is spending time with family this weekend, and says she’s thinking that life may be more like a pot of gumbo… a lot of work, but definitely worth the effort! Here’s this week’s Minute with Drexel.
Hey y’all! What have you been doing this weekend? I’ve been spending time with my family… making gumbo!
If you’ve ever made gumbo, you know that it practically takes an entire weekend to make it! So many vegetables and all that chopping! Making the roux! (We took a shortcut and bought the version in a jar.) Cooking and dicing the protein. We used chicken and sausage. Then, cooking it all low and slow for a long, long time. It’s a lot of work, but oh, so worth it.…