We get married in September and then wouldn't you know, we host The Hepburn Thanksgiving at our house. Dad said we were officially the first "kids" to host one of the big holidays. I have to say, it was fabulous. Fortunatly for me, it was a smaller crowd of 9 (wonderful guests) and my Mom and Sister and fantastic cooks. We all divided the menu and put personal touches on each part. Mark even made the pumpkin pie. We were also delighted to share the day with Lisanne, our dear friend that is getting ready to move to Australia in February. It was a pretty sweet time of sharing with her too - AND she brought rather tasty appetizers. I was so sad to eat the last candied pecan last night!
Our meal was a 15 lb. organic and free range turkey, gruyere and garlic smashed red skinned potatoes, roasted fennel, brussel sprouts, carrots and cabbage, sauted rainbow swiss chard with golden rasins and sunflower seeds, Ina Garten's amazing sauage and herb stuffing, sauerkraut and homemade cranberries to top it off. Of course we had homemade rustic pumpkin and lattice apple pie to finish. What a meal it was!! Tasty and went down well.
The whole day I just felt thankful and grateful for all that is in my life. I went to bed with not only a full belly but a very full heart too!
