THANKSGIVING -- a recap

Although it would have been nice to have the whole family around for Thanksgiving, we've become accustomed to *not* travelling on amateur weekend. Even though it was just the two of us, I brought out the good china and fancy table things Anne Wright made us register for. :p We even used the sterling silver eating utensils from Aunt Pat and Grandma. It was fancy indeed!

So below is my attempt at napkin origami (sp?). Not the best but hopefully I will be even better by Christmas.


Even though mom never made this, and I'm pretty sure no one in our family makes this, I thought I'd make green bean casserole to add some traditional kitsch. I have to say, though I love all the ingredients, it was totally overrated.


But the cheese fondue was absolutely perfect. Ted baked fresh sourdough bread and made the fondue -- I picked greens from the coldframe for the salad. They are GREEN. Apparently that's what happens when you pick them moments before the meal.


For dessert I made pumpkin pudding, which is a Weight Watchers recipe. Make a box of ff sf butterscotch pudding and mix it with a can of pumpkin and add pumpkin pie spice to taste. Top with whipped cream and you have crustless pumpkin pie. We chose this not because we were dieting on Thanksgiving, but because regardless of its low cal low fat properties, it rocks. Tastes just like pumpkin pie without the crust. And we all know crusts are hard to make.


I hope everyone had an equally lovely Thanksgiving!!!