We celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday with great friends and a great feast. I took all of 5 pictures! It really was yummy. I stayed up til 3 the night before working on my part of the meal! Sunday was stake conference at 10-12, and our first guests arrived around 3. Jennie and Brent Cowan and their 3 kids, Becky and Brian Gillespie and their boy, and we also invited our neighbors, Anna and David. She's from California and her baby girl is just 4 days younger than Geneve. I made sweet potatoes, stuffing, Turkey/roast veggies/gravy, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pies. We also had pear/pecan salad, homemade rolls, artichoke/spinach dip and crackers, veggie/cheese platter, sparkling apple cider, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, banana cream pie and sugar cookies! It was amazing!
I brined this turkey all night (soaked in salt water) and then rubbed it with herbs. most recipes from allrecipes.com
Its still a bit surreal to me that I am now the mom who stays up super late and slaves all day and night preparing for the feast and then sits and chats with friends while all of the children are blissfully unaware of this and run wild and happy through the house. I remember so well being one of those children and now I'm the mom. Its wierd and hard to explain I guess. It feels like it hasn't been that long since I was a self-centered kid who really didn't understand all the effort that was put into the amazing meal I just got to enjoy. Its fun to be the Mom and of course helps me really appreciate all my Mom always did.
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Wow, I am super impressed!!!! I must confess that with my mother and mother in law living so close I am still the kid and not yet in charge of the feast. Probably a good thing, I do not think I am ready to shoulder that responsibility yet.
That turkey looks so moist and wonderful, was it? Congratulations on pulling off a great feast! It is so nice to hear that all the work your mom always put in is appreciated.
It was wonderful. I couldn't finish all of the stuff on plate, having eaten a ton of appetizers and heaping my plate up with stuff. The turkeys don't show up here until the end of this week or next week, so we didn't have a whole turkey, but a bunch of thighs/legs and breasts pieces. It turned out really well, and we were probably able to cook more that way even though our oven is really small.
Towards of the end of my meal I had this euphoria where I could've fallen asleep in my food and been perfectly happy. Turkey is wonderful that way. Oh, and the pumpkin pie was good enough that I actually ate a whole (small) piece (I try it every year, but never have liked it).
Great job Harmony and Jennie and Becky, but mainly Harmony for setting it all up and doing so much.
WOWIE ! Great job, Some how that wild little girl took notice of the great food and learned that she could also make a fabulous Thanksgiving feast to share. I'm proud of you. I am glad you were able to enjoy your company too, I sometimes am so tired that I may not make the best company after that and a full stomach. Actually I never enjoy the meal much when I do it. The stress and strain of it takes it toll and I never feel very hungry but it's great to watch everyone else eat and enjoy. The best part for me is the next day when I can relax and take out the leftovers and then it all tastes so much better. That's a Mom thing I'm sure all Mom's can relate to. Happy Turkey Day. We will leave for St. George in the early morning and will have to write back later about our experience. We will miss Brian and Doreen and ofcourse you guys in Switzerland too.
i am toally impressed and ashamamed of mysel. I have yet to feel competent enought to have more than one couple over to our home. Ihave never attempted thanksgiving. I can't see it eveer happening really. good job sounds delicious.
You need to quit making such comments on my blog about not "being able to do it all anymore" because you ARE wonderwoman! Look at that fabulous meal, not to mention everything else you have on your plate [pun intended]! And if I recall, you did the exact same thing last year and your circumstances were almost as dire (no new baby, but new everything else and just barely moved in... did you even HAVE an oven then?).
You. Are. Amazing.
(And yes, I am realizing a little bit more every Thanksgivng, or rather EVERY holiday, that they are much harder on the mom than anyone else...I think I'm OK with that.)