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Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
November 28, 2019
December 4, 2015
Thanksgiving 2015
Last year we had no power and a almost a foot of snow! This year it was 50 degrees and sunny! No matter what Mother Nature throws us, there is one thing for certain...the food will be plentiful and the company the BEST!
This is now my 5th time hosting Thanksgiving and each year is easier and better than the last! I began my prep on Wednesday and having the new fridge was a huge help and time saver since I could prep that much more and keep it out in the garage fridge.
It's not a completed Holiday at my house without the required photo op!
This is now my 5th time hosting Thanksgiving and each year is easier and better than the last! I began my prep on Wednesday and having the new fridge was a huge help and time saver since I could prep that much more and keep it out in the garage fridge.
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| The famous sausage stuffing prep! |
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| Alton's Famous Turkey Brine! |
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| The cornbread for Pioneer Woman's Cornbread Dressing! |
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| Making pie crusts! |
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| Getting fancy with my first lattice crust! |
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| BOOM! I am damn proud of that pie! |
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| Stuffed mushrooms |
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| Fresh from the oven! |
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| My sister made a veggie platter turkey! |
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| Ham (because not everyone loves turkey...something I cannot comprehend!) |
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| Turkey |
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| Stuffing central |
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| The BEST sweet potato casserole you'll ever eat in your life! |
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| Sides and more turkey! |
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| Our big happy family! |
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| My Sous Chef! |
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| This years turkey carver! |
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| Mangia, mangia! |
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| Kids table! |
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| Love seeing people enjoy my food! |
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| DESSERT! |
November 30, 2014
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving 2014 is one we won't soon forget! Mother Nature dumped about 10 inches of heavy wet snow, knocking out our power for 17 hours. We are fortunate to have a generator, but our oven is not hooked into the power so we had to improvise a little. Power came back by 12:30 and we were ready to roll. The Turkey, even though it was not cooked in a conventional way, came out perfect! It certainly will make for fun stories down the road.
With the oven out of service, I had to improvise. I shoved my 28 1/2 pound turkey into the electric roasting pan I had purchased to cook my ham. We cooked the ham on the grill. The power came back at 12:30 and with my brother's help we got the Turkey into the oven to finish cooking.
With the power back, I was able to make everything on my menu. It was touch and go for a bit. We had Turkey, ham, homemade candied sweet potatoes, roasted brussel sprouts with cranberries. homemade stuffing (and the box stuff), squash, mashed potatoes, rice pilaf and rolls.
And no snowy day would be complete without some sledding!
Mother Nature was not going to foil my plans for my annual Thanksgiving family portrait! My brother helped out by shoveling off the new deck.
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| The storm began late Wednesday morning. The time difference between the top and bottom images was THREE hours! |
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| So pretty! |
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| The snow was so heavy that it bent a lot of our trees. We did not have any damage though which was lucky! |
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| The Sun working hard to make an appearance! |
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With the power back, I was able to make everything on my menu. It was touch and go for a bit. We had Turkey, ham, homemade candied sweet potatoes, roasted brussel sprouts with cranberries. homemade stuffing (and the box stuff), squash, mashed potatoes, rice pilaf and rolls.
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| Official family turkey carver! |
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| You can see where the electric pan burned the wing...but it was still juicy and delicious! |
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| The ham |
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| Family! |
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| DESSERTS! |
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| Billy playing some songs on the new piano! |
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| We love having GG living closer to us! |
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