Well now it is all said and done….Thanksgiving dinner went amazingly well. Grade A-.<\/p>\n
Everyone who came to last Thanksgiving agreed that this one was even better.<\/p>\n
The minuses come because I didn’t have enough time to make the salad (but at least no one wanted salad because of all of the other food), the parsnips had a very strong flavour (because of the way I stored them prior to roasting), and I ran out of sparkling water.<\/p>\n
The plusses were definitely the turkey (the best brining recipe yet!), the roasted sweet potatoes with honey butter, the 4-cheese baked mac & cheese, and the pecan pies.<\/p>\n
It was also nice to include people into the group who never had a traditional Thanksgiving dinner before \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
So I already have to think now about how to make next year even better! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well now it is all said and done….Thanksgiving dinner went amazingly well. Grade A-. Everyone who came to last Thanksgiving agreed that this one was even better. The minuses come because I didn’t have enough time to make the salad (but at least no one wanted salad because of all of the other food), the … Continue reading Thanksgiving Progress Report – Last Update<\/span>