our first thanksgiving


It was delicious. We spent several days preparing, of course, and worked non-stop day of to pull off a whole thanksgiving meal. What did we make? Turkey – of course, mashed potatoes (which took over my plate as you can see), fresh cranberry relish, brussel sprouts with pancetta, cranberries and pine nuts, and chantrell mushroom and pear stuffing. For dessert, pumkin pie (made with egg nog) and pecan pie were the final sweet touch to the meal. It was a different thanksgiving making all of the food, but it was really fun to do and I’m glad we had family over to celebrate with us.

turkey prep

getting the turkey ready, above… and my mom and I, below.

turkey family

turkey drumstick

my cousin, Jack – loved the drumstick.

Well we’re all recovering from yesterdays indulgence, but we’ll probably work it off with a run and spend some time outside. We didn’t get to run a turkey trot yesterday since we were busy cooking, but kudos to those of you who did. Well I hope you all had a great holiday, and in the spirit of thanksgiving I wanted to let you know I’m thankful for all of you faithful blog readers, as well as my wonderful clients who I love to work for! hope you have a great weekend and look forward to hearing any thanksgiving stories.

December 3, 2009 - 3:15 pm

Mary Dougherty - I know I’m not sure why I took it on at once, but luckily it turned out great. it was so fun to have thanksgiving with everyone over – lots of work, but fun

December 2, 2009 - 1:12 pm

Mary Lou Michnovicz - Mary, I wanted to comment last week about your Thanksgiving dinner and also redecorating your big room. I was impressed with both. My goodness, just whip up a table for lights – no problem! Great dinner and I loved seeing Jack with the huge drumstick and nice picture with Mom. Love Mema

December 1, 2009 - 2:19 pm

sarbob - Mary, I love the pictures of Thanksgiving, especially of you and Mom. Can’t wait to see more. Food looks amazing…have you ever thought of going into food photography?? not quite as fun as cute babies and beautiful brides but you’re really good at it. a good thing since you want to do a food blog! love ya

November 30, 2009 - 8:34 am

Sarah Knight - Hahaha, the cousin jack with the drumstick cracks me up! Looks like you guys had some good food and you were definitely rocking the plaid, way to go ;)

November 29, 2009 - 9:24 pm

Mary Dougherty - yep, I’m exactly the same way. love em and can’t resist them every time!

November 29, 2009 - 9:12 pm

Molly - The mashed potatoes and gravy always dominate my plate too :-) as in there are usually twice as many of them as there is everything else combined!

November 28, 2009 - 5:56 pm

meg - everything looks delicious! as i told mary, matt looks like he is on “Iron Chef Thanksgiving” :) and a hello to “aunt” toni–nice to see you on the blog! glad you all had a wonderful day together!

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