Happy Thanksgiving 2022!
/We are at home for Thanksgiving. Our daughter and son-in-law are coming for the midday feast. I started cooking on Wednesday – making rice pudding and pumpkin custard (pecans on top) for the desserts. I hadn’t planned the rice pudding originally, but we had leftover rice from Chinese takeout…and I decided making pudding was a good way to use it! It was a full oven!
The appetizer this year is Impossible Burger meatballs (with a variety of sauces). This is a first – an experiment to see if they are good enough to be one of the “heavy hors d’oeuvres” for my parents’ 70th wedding anniversary later in the year.
The meal with be brisket (our tradition since my husband does not like turkey), sage dressing with added cranberries, Waldorf salad (apples, celery, raisins, walnuts).
There will be mulled cider – to drink and to make the whole house smell wonderful.
I made a mosaic of Zentangle tiles under a clear plastic mat for the center of the table.
There is so much to be thankful for this year….some of the ones I think of immediately are below but there are so many more. 2022 has been a good year.
The addition of a grandnephew to our extended family…the first baby in over 20 years
My elderly parents enjoying some recent changes we made to their garden room and the flower bed just outside --- their health and well-being
Adding more face to face activities with our daughter now that we are living in Missouir
Realizing that we successfully made a long-distance move…enjoying our new house…home
The waning of the pandemic…and our improved understanding of mask wearing for avoid respiratory infections
Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the flurry of celebrations for our family: my birthday, my parents’ 70th wedding anniversary, Christmas, New Years, our 50th wedding anniversary….a lot to look forward too!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
