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Happy Thanksgiving!
« on: November 23, 2017, 10:04:45 AM »
Happy Thanksgiving from my little turkeys!




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Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2017, 10:53:45 AM »
Thanks KFDANCER!  Looks like we've got Thanksgiving lunch at my work canteen, then a visit to Toby Carvery for dinner.  I'm not worried at all about having two Thanksgivings in a row


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Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2017, 11:20:51 AM »
Oh, I forgot to say that's a lovely picture


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Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2017, 11:31:21 AM »
Happy Thanksgiving from my little turkeys!



I could gobble them up. 🦃

DH and I had (veggie) Thanksgiving dinner last night. It was my first time trying to do a proper Thanksgiving dinner for us (we usually just do mash, gravy and veg sausages).

We had cheesy mash, mushroom gravy, lentils and spinach, cranberry sauce, corn, veggie sausage and stuffing made with my homemade seedy sourdough.

We've got leftovers to last a week and DH gets to be the coolest kid at school today with leftover Thanksgiving dinner for his work lunch.

Dessert was cherry pie since DH doesn't like pumpkin pie, but I made mini pumpkin pies to bring in to work today. I had a mini pumpkin pie for after breakfast this morning (quality control  ;) ) and it was yummy and at 7.5cm across, didn't require a fork. Just stuff it in your face and you're good to go.

Tonight we're Skyping my family before their Thanksgiving dinner with friends and family, so we'll have a nuked T-day dinner.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2017, 11:53:17 AM »
Fab picture! 

And veggie Thanksgiving - sounds fab as well!

We are having turkey dinner tomorrow for just the two of us, and then family and friends are coming round next week.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! x


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Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2017, 11:57:30 AM »
I’m off to an American friends for lunch!   ;D


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Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2017, 12:35:57 PM »
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. This is another one of those days where I have to avoid too much social media.  My last family Thanksgiving was 2011.

My husband isn't home 'til tomorrow, but I did order a turkey breast joint (and a turkey drumstick for dark meat and flavour), and tomorrow I'm going to do what I can with them in the slow cooker.  I'll also make stuffing from a mix that I'll add to the slow cooker about an hour or so before we plan to eat, mashed potatoes (zap a few potatoes in the microwave, then mash them skin-on in a bowl with some cream and seasoning), pan-fried green beans, microwave-steamed sprouts, and I hope to make turkey gravy out of the drippings from the turkey.

Hopefully, this will all work out and not result in eating any later than we normally would on a Friday night.  My husband's job interview is on Saturday morning!

I'm determined to have some semblance of Thanksgiving dinner this year.  We missed it last year, because I moved into our house that week (we were expecting deliveries and utilities activations, so I had to be here), and my husband stayed behind to finish cleaning our rented house... and we were only just learning how to live without a kitchen.
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2017, 04:38:44 PM »
Since I'm all alone I made my GF stuffing and a little chicken, cuz the smallest turkey breast I could find was still > 6lbs! Doing some mashed sweet potatoes, homemade cranberry sauce and steamed green beans. :)

Your kids are the cutest KFDancer :) Happy thanksgiving!


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Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2017, 04:53:04 PM »
Wow, they're so big already! You made those people KFd!  :D

Happy Thanksgiving!  ;D


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Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2017, 05:15:07 PM »
Your kids are the cutest KFDancer :) Happy thanksgiving!

Oh, yeah!  I meant to say that, but I was all wrapped up in myself!  They look so cute in their Thanksgiving duds.  :)
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2017, 06:44:55 PM »
Oh, yeah!  I meant to say that, but I was all wrapped up in myself!  They look so cute in their Thanksgiving duds.  :)
Your plans require so many things to go right that it's understandable you got carried away listing them! I hope your husband's interview goes well. Mine was the sweetest and said that next year we're taking a holiday so we can start a new tradition and cook together. Our first "thanksgiving" meal was a bust 2 years ago (when we got engaged) due to lack of planning so we had a chicken, chips, and I baked some apples for dessert.


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Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2017, 08:52:28 PM »
Your plans require so many things to go right that it's understandable you got carried away listing them! I hope your husband's interview goes well. Mine was the sweetest and said that next year we're taking a holiday so we can start a new tradition and cook together. Our first "thanksgiving" meal was a bust 2 years ago (when we got engaged) due to lack of planning so we had a chicken, chips, and I baked some apples for dessert.

Aww... I'm going to make Thanksgiving a proper thing for us in the future.  I love your plans for next year.  We might be a few more years before we get to that stage, but someday, we'll start our own traditional Thanksgiving (for two).  And I'll have my leftovers to enjoy!
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2017, 09:03:45 PM »
Aww they are so cute and so big KFdancer
! Happy thanksgiving everybody. We had "turkey parcels" from Aldi..turkey breast stuffed with stuffing and wrapped in bacon. I took my bacon off but the flavours were spot on. I also made mash, some fresh green beans with bacon cooked in, scalloped potatoes for the OH, Steamed veggies, crusty rolls, and candied sweet potatoes which the OH and British daughter (first time doing thanksgiving for her) could not understand lol. Overall it was small but decent. I hope you all had a good day


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Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2017, 09:04:43 PM »
Oh yes, I also made chocolate pudding pie, pecan pie cheesecake, and pumpkin pie. Safe to say some of this food is going to work tomorrow


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Re: Happy Thanksgiving!
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2017, 09:24:58 PM »
Happy Thanksgiving to me!

I made a low carb pumpkin cheesecake. No fancy plating, just scooped out with a spoon and topped with brandy cream.

Then when I got home from work Nandos brought me wings, mashed potatoes and corn on the cob. That will have to do.

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