This evening, after Jonny and I went for a long walk in the woods, I started baking for tomorrow. We are hosting two families of friends and there will be more than 20 of us all together, adults being outnumbered by children nearly 3 to 1. I had forgotten how much I enjoy preparing Thanksgiving dinner (I’m not a huge fan of cooking in general.) I started with pies: Amish apple pie and milk custard from this cookbook. Both are longtime favorites. Then I made a basic pumpkin pie. We also did some prep for tomorrow. I’m making maple scented sweet potatoes, collard greens, black eyed peas, cranberry sauce, and a grain free stuffing made with turnips, sweet potatoes, sausage and sage. I’m not making a turkey because my family doesn’t really love turkey. Instead I’m opting for something much easier: crock pot barbecue pork. I’ll start it before we go to bed and it will be ready in the morning. Our friends are bringing a roast goose!! I made a buttery, yeasted, overnight roll dough and it is waiting in the fridge. It will be hard for me to resist those tomorrow, but I think I will.
Tonight, while I was baking and prepping, our neighbors (the family who bought our old house and are walking distance from our new one) stopped in for a game of Catan with some of the kids and everything felt so warm and cozy as we just enjoyed being together. It’s nice to have friends so close. I am absolutely overwhelmed with all that we have to be thankful for this year, and every year. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you who will be celebrating with us.
playing catchup after visiting my sister, I hope your thanksgiving was filled with love family and friends and too much food 🙂
That is the pie I like to make too! 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving..
and thank you for your beautiful blog posts, such a visual treat and heart felt writing. A balm for my busy self on many an evening.
Blessings ~ Linda
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family 🙂
Wishing you , your family and friends, a blessed Holiday!
Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving weekend to you all Ginny! 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you had a great day! God bless and comfort you always!
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope it was a sweet day with friends. You are a blessing!
Happy thanksgiving from Canada your dinner sounds beautiful. Blessings to all
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you had a joyous day.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Ginny, you are a Blessing to so many .. thank you for allowing me to share in your life even if it is from afar.
Blessing
HAPPY and a BLESSED THANKSGIVING to you and your beautiful family. Larkspur is a lovely young lady.
Marion and family
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! Go ahead, have a yeast roll; God knows you deserve it.
Wasn’t that a prayer of yours, that the people who would by your house would become friends? Sounds lovely. Happy Thanksgiving!
Sounds wonderful Ginny. Happy Thanksgiving to your beautiful family.
Happy Thanksgiving, Ginny! Hope you, your friends and family have a wonderful, cozy day!
Happy Thanksgiving! The menu sounds delicious!
Love the pictures of your daughter- she looks a lot like you (at least on the pictures). Love the skirt she’s wearing and the huge amount of happiness that she radiates.
Hope you have a wonderful day.