We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. Fourteen people rounded our table and it was so fun to have good friends join us for good food. This was the least stressful and most tasty thanksgiving dinner ever! Brandon was home for the week and it was nice to have him around for a few minutes here and there between his busy social calendar. As you can see above, the little kids helped me peel potatoes.
We started with awesome appetizers including two very different and delicious artichoke dips, thanks to Jenee and Kathleen. My contribution was a pan of stuffed mushrooms that were thoroughly burned to a crisp and taken straight to the back porch to smoke off. The artichoke dips were great.
Next, the menu included: Pumpkin soup (with a cranberry/apple/onion relish) and Strawberry Spinach Salad and Whole Wheat Crescent Rolls (all of the above courtesy of our friends Deon and Steve (see http://deonjamesphotography.com/main.html).
For the main meal we had a wonderfully moist turkey that Ron cooked (I brined it this year). Accompaniments included cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes with pecans and coriander, golden mashed potatoes, stuffing with cranberries and a wonderful, tangy green bean casserole with sweet peppers, goat cheese and breaded onions. Oh and of course, the gravy!
Dessert included two kinds of pie - a chocolate pudding pie from Kathleen and a maple pumpkin pie (http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/13429) that was really good.
3 comments:
What a fun, festive dinner! We missed you out here...
Glad you all had fun! I think brining a turkey is the way to go- i want to try it some time. We sure wished you were here but it looks like you all had some yummy times and food.
That sounds delicious!
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