Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving this year was pretty quiet.  Since 2 of our family members were out of town, there were just the 4 of use left, with one other guest, it made only a gathering for 5 people.

We thought about going out to eat, but Thanksgiving's just not quite the same without the turkey and all its fixings at home.

I volunteered to cook the entire dinner this year, bought a small turkey (11.4 lbs.) and started out wanting to do something simple, but ended up being sort of so ... but the menu turned out to be:

Roasted Turkey
Stuffing with mushrooms and maple syrup sausages
Mashed potatoes with truffle shavings
Home made Cranberry sauce
Mushroom Gravy
Roasted Aspharages (white and green) with cheese and lemon juice
Green salad with apple slices
Beet salad
Roasted vegetables
Sweet potato cheese pie
Cherry pie
Ice Cream

I'll have to say ... while turkey turned out juicy and rather painless to make, the gravy was my favorite.  I happen to be able to get to a farmer's market the day before and scored a bunch of different kinds of fresh mushrooms, so ... sauteed chantrell mushrooms, roughly chopped, add in slices of brown mushrooms.  Stock, turkey drippings and flour to thicken ... ummm ...

Then there's the cherry pie ... D made it himself and I have to say it was awesome!

All in all, we were full, but not stuffed to the gill.

We didn't end up with too much left overs either.  I managed to take one turkey breast home and it's all gone by now.

I think we're doing it again this Christmas.