Turkey day is almost here!
Where have I been? To busyland and back, that’s where. I’m running to keep up. Fortunately for me soccer season is over for my boys and coach dad. And that reminds me . . . I’m suppose to be calling about basketball sign-ups today. *sigh* The to-do list is never too-done, right? But, alas, Thanksgiving is planned and shopped for. Embarrassingly I overspent by a landslide after adding dishes per request and reviewing portion sizes. I heard on the news this morning that the price of turkey has gone up this year and I agree. I swear my little five-pounder was only around $10.00 last year. Honest! This year it was around $15.00.
So, where’s the menu I promised? Here is what we’re so very blessed to have this year for Thanksgiving dinner:
Turkey
Ham
Macaroni and Cheese
Cornbread Dressing
Sweet Potato Casserole
Mashed Potatoes
Gravy
Cranberry Sauce
Two types of rolls
Biscuits
Green Beans
Carrots
Pecan Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Cherry Cream Cheese Pie
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cranberry Grape Juice
Cranberry Sierra Mist
This will feed us on Thanksgiving and straight through until the weekend is over. Given what I did and did not have on hand already(such as the turkey brine ingredients that I assumed I had already but did not) I probably spent about $70 on Thanksgiving. That’s four days of meals for five people. We’ll have leftovers of turkey pitas, turkey salad, turkey and ham sandwiches, etc. I also will cook a whole chicken to use in the cornbread dressing, so we’ll have those leftovers as well.
Now, enough talk about the planning and preparing! I’m ready to eat!
I hope that you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you are blessed this entire holiday season.
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Will you be watching any football over the Thanksgiving holiday? We’re big Auburn Tigers fans here and our rival game with the Crimson Tide is Saturday. War Eagle!
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