If you’ve been visiting our blog for long, you know November 29th is Jonah Day. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, see this post to catch up. 🙂
Every year on November 29th, Craig and I count our many blessings and thank God for our precious baby, Jonah, who will be joining us one day! This year, not having been able to spend Thanksgiving together, we whipped up quite the feast to celebrate Jonah!
Today, since I’m sure we are all still in a turkey/leftovers coma, I’m going to spare you a full-on blog post and just share some pictures of the food we prepared. If you want any of the recipes, click on the photo to be re-directed to a close facsimile. 🙂
I started off our morning with completely from scratch Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls. Here they are ‘resting’ and ‘rising’ before they went into the oven.Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls – The finished product!
Hot Mulled CiderOur ‘Appetizer’: Caramel Havarti with Candied Pecans & Granny Smith ApplesLucy never leaves my side… 🙂 #loveherCranberry SauceZesting a Meyer Lemon into the cranberries while they were bubbling away. The recipe this links to calls for orange juice, but I find the zest of a Meyer Lemon does the trick without adding anymore sweetness.Skillet CornbreadSkillet Cornbread as the butter is melting in…Yummmmmm!Chop Chop Chop!Talking with my hands…about the corn casserole I’m preparing!Corn CasseroleCorn CasseroleVery interested in the cooking that’s going on…The BirdCraig was in charge on the turkey – So of course we had to grill it!Yummmmmmm!Sweet Potato Souffle just before it went into the oven…Adding a few more marshmallows for the final 5 minutes on the Sweet Potatoes… You’ll note the recipe doesn’t call for ANY, but I HAVE to have marshmallows with my sweet potatoes! 🙂Sweet Potatoes (pre-oven again)Oh the marshmallows…Delicious Turnip Gratin… SO decadent!Turnip GratinOyster Dressing – a throwback to our year in New EnglandSo. Good.Pardon my messy hair. At least I don’t have roots! 🙂Those sweet pups…Don’t let their innocent angel smiles fool you. Lucy totally stole some turkey while Craig and I were eating!Broccoli & Cauliflower CasseroleBroccoli & Cauliflower Casserole – I added more cheese than the recipe called for…And I highly recommend it! 😉Almost Done!!!So delicious! I wish I could share the recipe for this but to be honest, I have no idea. It was all Craig and the grill. I will say: it was the BEST turkey I have ever eaten!! Super moist and flavorful!!!Pecan Pie!!! (Made even more delicious with some French Vanilla Whipped Cream!) I used the recipe for the Perfect Pie Crust and then the recipe for the Pecan Pie at the link.Blondies!!!!!Seriously one of my favorite desserts…No walnuts…Just add Vanilla Ice Cream please!
And there you have it! I’d have to say Jonah Day was pretty successful as far as both thankfulness and cooking were concerned! We ate at 3pm yesterday and neither one of us TOUCHED a morsel of food again until breakfast. 😉
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