Hi Friends! I decided to join in on the fun and link up with Erika and Shay today as we LOOK at our Thanksgiving menus! Woohoo!
Thanksgiving became one of my favorite holidays once we had our girls and moved into our current home. We had the room to host everyone and I love cooking for people..it is my language of love.....
We love our Thanksgiving Weekend traditions- we celebrate a Friendsgiving on Wednesday night, then walk the Turkey Trot in town Thanksgiving morning with the kids then we host our parents and my brother for Thanksgiving Dinner. That night, we started a new tradition a few years back and Rob and I along with Diana and Eva pile into our bed and watch Christmas Vacation for the first time of the season! The next day I enjoy Black Friday with Cass and then we enjoy Nutcracker the rest of the weekend! Geesh...it is a lot but adrenaline keeps us going and we enjoy every last drop!
Anyway, I digress! Our menu is pretty traditional and I love that everyone helps me so it all doesn't fall on me...we all have contributions that make it the best meal all year!
It is funny, we tweak one or two things every year but most stay the same. My mom and I are getting together Thursday evening to plan this year's menu but again, you can pretty much count on the following:
Appetizers
Stuffed Mushrooms- Mimi
Cheese Board and Relish Tray- Holly
Cocktails
Caramel Apple Martinis
Wine
Dinner
Roasted Turkey- Holly and Rob
Bread Stuffing- Holly
French Pork Stuffing- Papa Bob
Mashed Potatoes- Papa Bob
Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallows- Mimi
Onions and Cream Sauce- Mimi
Green Beans with Shallots and Bacon- Holly
Fried Corn- Holly
Sweet Peas- Holly and Rob
Rolls- Uncle Matt
Cranberry Sauce- Holly
Dessert
Pumpkin Cheesecake- Holly courtesy of Trader Joe's this year!
Chocolate Cream Pie- Mimi
Applesauce Jumbles- Mimi
So...what's on YOUR Thanksgiving Menu?
6 comments:
You have such great Thanksgiving weekend traditions! Your Thanksgiving menu sounds really good. We will have our traditional Thanksgiving meal on Friday.
Applesauce Jumbles!!! We've already eaten through a whole batch this week :)
I always love reading your menus!!
I have yet to make up our thanksgiving menu but I know we'll have roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, butternut squash, rolls, and my favorite bread stuffing with pecans. We have apple pies made but I haven't given any thought to another dessert yet; I'll probably let Alec whip up something.
Beautiful blog
@Joanne I know your menu will be delish! I can't wait to see what Alec whips up! :)
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