shelli's thoughts and pics: thanksgiving!

This was the second year that chris and i just cooked at home. Last year, i worked the night before, and came home in the morning and slept for a few hours. Then we cooked all day, ate dinner with our friend curt who joined us, and i had to go back to work at 9 or 10 that night. It was such a bummer! I was only at work for a few hours that night, i'm sure i was home by midnight or 1. This year was great, I didn't have to work, which was a bonus. I miss my family, i haven't had thanksgiving with them for years. But we have fun cooking together, and the results are delicious! On the menu:

Herb and parm rolls
Green bean casserole
Mamaw's sweet potato souffle
Slow cooker mashed potatoes
Gravy
Cranberries (fresh - yum!)
Stuffing
Turkey!
Dessert - vanilla pumpkin pie with whipped cream

I got most of the recipes from allrecipes.com, but have modified some of them a bit. This year i sort of made up the turkey recipe from a few different recipes, and it came out delicious! So moist. I'll have to write it down so i remember what to do next year. I decided that this year, i'm thankful for the dishwasher! We didn't have one last year. Chris reminded me that he did all the dishes while i went to work. It is much better this year.

I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving, i know i did!

The whole spread:
(Can you believe all this food, just for two people? We're going to have leftovers for weeks!! Yay!)