For the holiday weekend, we have company here from Dallas, our good friends Matt and Rachel. They flew in on Friday morning and we headed for Whole Foods where we bought food for our planned Thanksgiving meal that night. We spent the better part of the day cooking. Shel and Randall (on the right) joined us (and brought a bounty of food themselves) and here we all are (minus my hubby who is taking the picture), albeit candidly, enjoying our feast.
Our menu consisted of:
Ramaki (water chestnuts wrapped in bacon)
Spiced pecans
Holiday salad
Turkey and gravy
Cornbread dressing
Homemade cranberry sauce
Angel biscuits (Shel's famous recipe--delish!)
Mashed potatoes
Sweet potato casserole
Green beans with gouda and bacon
Chocolate pecan pie
Pumpkin chiffon pie
Christmas chex
Homemade ginger snaps
We stuffed ourselves silly and have continued to eat leftovers for the days following. It was much fun to host our first guests over a spectacular spread. Good times had by all.
The rest of this weekend has been filled with just hanging out with Matt and Rachel. We went and saw a movie last night, today we went to eat at a fantastic breakfast spot called Toast (if you come and visit, we'll be going there), and later went to Grace Chicago Church (Shel & Randall's church). The afternoon has been filled with hours of playing Rook (a fun and addictive card game) and a trip to Oberwiess for the best ice cream around. We are now settled in for the night and watching the Bears vs. Patriots game.
Glad to hear that you had a good Thanksgiving. I was just thinking...is this our first Thanksgiving apart? So sad. ;( Please tell Matt and Rachel "hi" for us. Sounds like you are having a great time with them.
ReplyDeleteYes, sista, I think it is our first Thanksgiving apart (well, there was the year I was at RC, but...). We miss you guys like crazy!! :( Will pass along your greetings to the Maples.
ReplyDeleteWhat a festive affair! Happy to hear you had such good company for Thanksgiving. Wish we could've all joined you guys.
ReplyDeleteWhat a tasty sounding menu! How can I get the recipe for the gingersnaps?? I love those!! You guys have done lots of fun things with your friends -- so jealous of Oberweiss! Pumpkin shakes again?
ReplyDeleteLa--will pass along the cookie recipe--it is the best recipe for gingersnap cookies I've ever had, seriously. It has molassas in it, so a little different flavor than the traditional. MMMM!!
ReplyDeleteMisty--join us next year. :)
Those cookies were faboo. Thanks again for hosting us....
ReplyDeleteGlad Matt and Rachel got to experience Oberweiss -- I hope they were duly impressed! ;)