Thanksgiving 2015

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.  While I love Christmas (the other probably obvious choice), fall is my favorite season, and for whatever reason, there is just something about Thanksgiving that makes my heart so full.  Is it the food?  Perhaps.  But, in my memory bank, I can play various Thanksgivings over and over in my head and just feel the love, the warmth, the comfort. And, there's not even presents! ;)  I just love Thanksgiving.  I love going through recipes and deciding which ones to make.  I love envisioning what the dishes will look like.  I love waking up and getting the food prepped and smelling all the delicious rosemary and sage and onions. I love seeing the turkey carved. I love sitting at a large table full of family and friends and talking about what we are thankful for one by one.  I love playing football after a huge meal (even though someone always gets hurt).  I love choosing which pie to try (and then sneaking in a few more slices throughout the evening).  It's such a great day.  I love it.

I wasn't able to celebrate the last two Thanksgivings in the US.  In fact, last year, I didn't celebrate with food at all.  This year, however, I got my chance.  I made a turkey, cornbread stuffing (without two major ingredients!! SAGE was one!!), cranberry sauce, and cheesecake (no pumpkin here!). We took it over to our friends' house, and celebrated with 25 other people with swimming and football (it's summer here, remember?).  We had a lot of fun, and the food was wonderful.