Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!
Thanksgivings Past
Our turkey took longer to cook than anticipated, so the appetizers were set out early.
Salami, Hickory Farms cheeses (from the Foodbuzz basket) and Matt cracks
The salami was a gift from my friend Jessi. She represents the brand professionally and sent me a few for the holidays. I also asked Jessi about the source of the meats prior to serving, and she reported back that they are hand-crafted and are made from all-natural pork free of antibiotics, hormones or other chemicals fed 100% vegetarian feed on small family farms.
We tasted the Black Truffle Creminelli – amazing! Dry and rich, probably the best I’ve ever had.
The chefs!! Sportin’ Great Harvest attire ; )
As Matt proclaimed, “One For Me, One For The Pot”
Karen brought her famous oyster pie and pineapple sweet potato casserole
I made the Figgy Wild Rice & Sourdough Dressing! Except in lieu of sourdough we used Great Harvest High Five Fiber. If you want to have the best stuffing ever, use a really good GH bread!!
Matt is one devoted chef. He butchers his turkey, brines its, sears it and then roasts it in pieces. Makes for one tender bird. Our turkey was a local Virginia bird from a nearby farm.
Had to feed him sips while he worked!
Mocktail for cocktail hour. (Plus nibbles from the platter!)
We served two wines with dinner – the Edna Valley Chardonnay and Jefferson Vineyards Meritage. Yum!
I had a glass of each with dinner.
Plus an elegant water vintage for those who crave a more refreshing beverage
Menu
Herb Roasted Turkey
Homemade Gravy
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Figgy Wild Rice + Mushroom Dressing
Garden Greens with Roasted Hazelnuts, Dried Berries + Pumpkin Vinegar Dressing
Karen’s Oyster Pie (Betty Crocker)
Karen’s Sweet Potato Pineapple Casserole (secret recipe!)
Buzz’s Cranberry Sauce
Homemade Cheesy Rolls
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Apple Bars with Ben & Jerry’s Peanut Brickle Ice Cream
We were a smaller group of 5 at the table – we missed Matt’s other family half this year! My sister + Matt are making a late appearance tomorrow for leftovers.
I had a taste of everything – plus seconds on the salad! And an extra bite of this or that. I’m full, not stuffed.
We took an interlude to clean up the kitchen (which was quite the mess!) and then put out dessert.
Caught in action!
YUM! Thankful for tiny silver plates or I’d have eaten twice as much!
Happy Thanksgiving to all, and to all a good digestion.
Lovely pics, looks sooo yummy!
Looks like a wonderful day! Happy Thanksgiving to you and all of your family! 🙂
nice pics,..:-)
That Peanut Brittle ice cream is fantastic! Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving, Kath!! Full and not stuffed here too–wahoo.
That’s one fabulous looking spread!
What a lovely meal!! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!! : )
happy thanksgiving.
looks like a delicious feast, i’m glad your not stuffed
That salami looks incredible! It’s one of my favorite appetizers. Happy Thanksgiving Kath!
Looks delicious Kath!! Great post and awesome photography as usual. Your stuffing sounded amazing!
Happy Thanksgiving, Kath!
Yummy looking, meal sweetie!
I am… STUFFED. 😀
Happy digestion for sure. XOXO
Satisfied but not stuffed. Thankfully. I only ate the things I know I love and skipped over the things I like so-so.
Sifting thru the ads now, seeing what I am going to miss tomorrow!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family~
What is oyster pie?
XO
Layers of oysters, saltines, butter and cream.
Glad you got the post up 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving!
Your Thanksgiving looks fabulous!
Wow! So elegant; I love it! Can I be invited next year? 😉 Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Looks like a fabulous feast 🙂
Oh my – everything looks AMAZING!!!
Happy Thanksgiving! If there’s anything to make em regret not being an American in America on this day, it’s those desserts. Peanut brittle ice cream? OMG.
It all looks so lovely! I’m overly impressed with matt’s turkey dedication! Mmmm I would love to sit down to this scrumptious spread right about now 🙂
Heidi xo
p.s. yay for leftovers!!
Everything looks fabulous, Kath! Love everything on your menu. 🙂
You and Matt make quite the chef duo!
Looks like a marvelous feast.
You have a lot of good food to be thankful for.
Oh yum, that spread looks delicious! Are you a fan of Chardonnay? I just tried a Sebastiani from Sonoma and it’s so oaky and buttery, it’s delicious! Highly recommened 🙂
Yes, I love buttery, oaky ones (and ALSO crisp, apple ones) and hate it when wine snobs talk down on butter and oak!
Happy Thanksgiving! I love that we can all share t-day via blogs 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving guys!!! Wow, the 4th Thanksgiving for KERF- how cool is that?!!
I have to thank you for the Pumpkin Chiffon Pie recipe. I made it for today and it was a big hit, so lite! All you food looks great!
So glad!!
Hah, I love the last line, Kath RD. My belly has a lot of digestin’ to do! 😉
That looks like some great food and even better company! Karens’s pineapple sweet potato casserole sounds VERY good!
Looks like it was truly a wonderful day!! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! 🙂
Sounds like a very nice Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving – looks like a great meal!
Everything looks delicious! This post definitely made me jealous that our Thanksgiving was so long ago. 😛
Just wanted to say Karen looks so lovely in these photos! Happy (American) Thanksgiving! 🙂
Oh sweet, I will tell her 🙂
Love the first picture of you and Matt! So cute!
Looks like you had an amazing thanksgiving!
I love your last line! So true! We attended the largest vegan Thanksgiving dinner in the country yesterday. Oh, it was like heaven on earth.
Oh yum – looks like you had a nice intimate Thanksgiving! Happy holiday season!! 🙂
What a feast! All the food looks gorgeous. I can’t believe how much effort Matt puts into the turkey – that’s impressive! I think you guys did a great job – and whoever polished the silverware did a great job! 😉
looks like such a great time!!! All that food looks amazing!!
Aren’t all Great Harvest breads “really good”? 😉
The biggest thing that stuck out to me on this post was how happy everyone looks 🙂
I hope you had a wonderful day!
Looks like a fabulous meal!!
Looks perfect, Kath! Glad you had such a happy Thanksgiving! 🙂
everything looks so yummy!
my mom makes pumpkin chiffon pie too! it’s her specialty! YUM!
What lovely family pictures! (And Karen is a knitter, hi fellow knitter!)
WOW! This looks like a great Thanksgiving!
Great photos, Kath! 🙂
looks delish!