This may all be off, depending on how soon we can get Brittany cured of giardia.

Bèsame*, I am dying to know what's in a 24 hour fruit salad, and also a pumpkin dumpcake (sounds easy! maybe?) Could you please post the recipes here if you have the time?

I posted those requested recipes in the recipe thread.

Bon Appetit!!

Usually for Thanksgiving, I cook a huge meal. I spend days in the kitchen cooking, hundreds of dollars on groceries, and I'm exhausted when I'm done. I'm already pretty fried, so the thought of all that work is daunting. This year is just going to be the two of us, so I ordered dinner from Whole Foods. It will come with a small roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans, cranberry sauce and gravy. I even ordered a pumpkin pie. All I'll need to do is pick it up the day before and heat everything up on Thanksgiving. Way less work, I know it will be good because I've eaten food from there before, and it actually cost less than buying the ingredients to make everything myself. That means I'll get to relax, watch the parade, watch the dog show, and not have to worry about burning the turkey. I'm very excited about this.

I considered ordering the Whole Foods meal, too. There will only be the 3 of us. I don't remember why I didn't do it, but I think I will reconsider. It sounds like a winner! (We should compare our meals afterward.)

i'm not sure, something fun...either have a few close friends here or attend a friend something...i feel more comfortable having something intimate at home..but i go w the flow, we'll see...it would be fun composing a menu...my homemade gravy will make you a believer:hk35:

This Thanksgiving will be spent with my good buddy and her family. They're a lively bunch and I'm happy to spend it with them. I'll be a sous chef and will help with prepping the food.

I'll bring an apron for the chef a bottle of vino for everyone else.

Hoping y'all have a nice holiday whether you're on your own or with others.

Last year we bought dinner from Whole Foods, and it was so good we're doing that again this year. Max and I decided to stay home for both Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. The last six months have been so hard, full of deaths of loved ones, we both had COVID, and me unexpectedly starting a new business after my boss died. I really don't want to travel for the holidays this year. So for Thanksgiving, same as last year, we'll be home in our cozy clothes watching the parade and dog show, and eating food we didn't have to cook. For Christmas, we'll be doing basically the same thing, except I'm cooking dinner.

I used to cook Thanksgiving, dinner at my house, with lid and table, clause, and fancy centerpieces, matching, winterberry, dinnerware, and crystal goblets. God, I loved it!
But now, it’s my daughters turn. She always has a houseful of family and friends. She’s a great cook! But she uses paper plates. There’s no tablecloth. No decorations. And that’s OK. That expresses the two different styles between mother and daughter!
The one great thing this year is that they already put up their Christmas tree! And they have the silly cat named Kevin. He’s named after the kid in Home Alone. And he has crawled all through the tree many times since it’s been up! There are no ornaments on the tree because of him, lol.