Thanksgiving

Another Thanksgiving has come and gone.  And even though this year was the latest Thanksgiving could be, it seemed to come way too fast!  And more so, be gone even faster!

Since we celebrated a little early this year, we had a relatively small Thanksgiving with just Eric and I and his parents. And we actually had Thanksgiving DINNER... you know, at dinner time, not mid-day. Which I must say, made it quite nice, as there was no rush to get things done, and we could even sleep in and not worry about having a slow turkey.

Yes... we did still have a full turkey, with a 24+ hour brine and all. It's the only way to have a turkey. Shoot... probably something every meat would taste better by doing. But the Thanksgiving Turkey, especially, is way better when brined. We still had mashed potatoes and green beans, and stuffing and cranberry sauce (fresh!). So still a very traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

Complete with apple pie for dessert, which I made for the first time in a few years. I've been having fun trying other desserts. But that doesn't mean I completely stayed on the tried and true route. I made a few tweaks. And no regrets there - turned out awesome! Dare I say, perfect?

It was also the first Thanksgiving for all four of us with no kids around in quite awhile. That, too, was a uniqueness to this years Thanksgiving. The kid to adult ratio seems to have grown every year Eric and I have been together, so to have just adults to sit around and chat with was quite different! But at the same time, the kids were all missed.

All in all, another nice Thanksgiving. Still crazy to think that Christmas is even closer than normal, now... lest than 4 weeks!

Hope everyone else had a wonderful Thanksgiving!