Earlier this week, I wanted to make time to wish all my friends a lovely Thanksgiving, or at least a Happy Thursday. I think I got part of that message through, because I can see my friends chatting about menus for the meal. *G*
\nFor the first time in years, I didn’t have to cook the turkey! I wonder if they were worried that I might forget to turn on the oven again??
\nWe spent the morning cooking. I made Mother’s famous brownie recipe, and Vernice Kastman refrigerator rolls. Dear Husband did his world renown lasagna, and I steamed cauliflower and made buttered bread crumbs with green onions for the topping. I washed three heads of Romaine, and we gathered the rest of the ingredients for Caesar Salad. We don’t normally eat this way, for those of you who are worrying. This was what we contributed to a MUCH larger meal.
\nThere were about 24 people from three branches of my family. My niece did a spectacular job decorating her house and providing seating for everyone. She cooked the turkey, her mother brought a ham. There were appetizers, lots of veggies, and of course, pumpkin pie for dessert.
\nIt interested me to read the comments to the previous post on Thanksgiving dinner. It seems that every family has it’s own expectations as to what should be served. When I married DH, I quickly learned that lasagna was the meal for special occasions. His children don’t care for my lasagna recipe, so DH is always invited to cook. Now, MY family has come to expect lasagna on the sideboard!
\nI was good. I took very <\/b>small servings of those things I wanted to try. Since there was such variety, my plate was full, but when we walked away from the table, I wasn’t too full, or uncomfortable. We left the lasagna and brownies for my niece. One of my sisters took the refrigerator rolls and the cauliflower home with her, so we didn’t have to eat leftovers for a week.
\nTonight, we’re having a beef and potato soup that I’ve whipped up from the broth left over from cooking a sirloin tip roast in the crock pot. A simple soup and salad sounds just right following Thanksgiving, don’t you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Earlier this week, I wanted to make time to wish all my friends a lovely Thanksgiving, or at least a Happy Thursday. I think I got part of that message through, because I can see my friends chatting about menus … Continue reading