The only weird thing is the decorating. It's Thanksgiving, then Halloween, then Thanksgiving again, then Christmas. Not that I'm a big decorator, but at least the grape vine wreath on the door will be sporting leaves, spiders, leaves and then some sort of green and red thing - hopefully in the correct order.
I'm usually a healthy eater - even with five athletic kids to feed who seem to only need calories, calories, calories. Case in point? I made 10 cinnamon rolls and 2 lbs of bacon yesterday. I didn't eat a bite of any of it. Only because I was the slowest to the table.
Thanksgiving is another story. We are hosting 20 people at the homestead and this is the time for comfort food, people!
The menu: (so I can remember for American Thanksgiving in another monthe:)
Turkey
Ham
Mashed potatoes
Roasted Potatoes
Gingered carrots
Roasted brocolli, cauliflower and brussel sprouts
Spinach salad with oranges, almonds feta and basalmic vinagrette
Cornbread stuffing
Fig and walnut spread (because it's easy and I love figs.)
Sweet Potato Casserole (Never mind it has over 100% of your daily allotment of sugar. Zoiks! I cut out the butter and halved the sugar, still tastes great)
Onion Poppy Seed Bread (but I broke my jar of poppy seeds, so I used sesame seeds...)
Rice Krispie Treats
Fudgy Brownies
Someone is bringing a homemade pumpkin pie - cooked down from a real live pumpkin -
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!
