Remember Thanksgiving? It Happened.

14 Dec

It was weeks ago already, and I’ve been totally missing in action ever since. Probably because I just came out of the resulting food coma. I know, I know, it’s halfway to New Year’s already, but I’m just now getting around to posting a wrap-up of the big day.

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Ari, my cousin, made the turkey. He’s been doing this for a few years now, and he’s really good at it. Look at that turkey thigh! It’s moist as can be. And I got a wing, which is always fun, because, you know, it’s like a chicken wing, only HUGE.

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I made the stuffing I talked about earlier, doctoring up some Whole Foods’ brand stuffing mix with Dipaola turkey sausage (IT’S THE BEST) and a ton of fresh celery and onions. It was really good, just what I was hoping for.

I also made a bunch of roasted root veggies: blue potatoes, purple carrots, shallots, and jerusalem artichokes mixed with a ton of fresh rosemary and minced garlic, pimenton, salt and pepper. What could go wrong? Nothing, that’s what.

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There was also a lentil salad I brought along. It was really good–lentils cooked in vegetable stock, some chopped up carrots and shallots, lemon zest, sherry vinegar, mustard, olive oil, salt and pepper, mixed just til combined. This one’s great to take to a party because it keeps really well, and it tastes even better if you make it a few days beforehand.

I also made an incredibly large–3+ gallons–batch of the Potato Leek Soup, a recipe that I’ve now made more times than I can count. How can just three ingredients come together to be so rich and satisfying? It’s particularly good for tiding people over while various sides go in and out of the oven in preparation of the big feast.

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So, that was Thanksgiving! Thanks to Aunt Susan and Uncle Jay for hosting everyone (I believe there were about 300 of us in total) and to everyone who brought or made some form of deliciousness, and especially to Mom for decorating the tables and making everything so pretty (that’s her handiwork pictured above). I am truly thankful for such a large, loving family that I genuinely look forward to spending time with. And that’s to say nothing of how thankful I am for all of you out there reading this. There’s more on my list, but those two will have to do for now. Hope you all had a great holiday, and good luck with all the Christmas, Hannukah, New Years’, and whatever else parties you all have coming up!

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