Thanksgiving menu

Just us and my parents tomorrow here at our house. I am headed to bed soon now that I have completed a good chunk of the cooking prep for tomorrow's feast. Here is our menu:

• Cranberry bean soup with basil pistou
• Fuyu persimmons with gorgonzola cheese and walnuts
• Green salad (my mom is bringing)
• Green beans satsivi (cold green beans with a walnut-cilantro sauce)
• Macaroni and cheese casserole
• Mashed potatoes
• Roasted butternut squash with garlic and parsley
• Swiss chard strudel
• Stuffing/Dressing sans bird (mom is bringing)
• Cranberry sauce (the real deal, not the stuff from a can)
• Pumpkin pie (mom is bringing)
• Cranberry-apple-persimmon crisp
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I plan to get two meals out of all this tomorrow with significant leftovers for Friday. It's a whole lot of cooking...need to make it worth it!

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it.

nap time

We had our dinner a couple of hours ago. It all turned out quite well. I was quite pleased with the super-easy and really tasty homemade cranberry sauce. We haven't managed dessert yet...too full. S. and ptor are napping and I am about to join them. So exhausted. Mom and dad are at their hotel and will come back later for round two and dessert. I kind of over-produced, but that's OK because it just means more later.

I hope everyone is enjoying their day, whether it be Thanksgiving or just another Thursday.

And with that, I am off to meet my pillow.