HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU! I hope you have a wonderful day, full of things to be thankful for! These are trying times, I know many of us are staying home this Thanksgiving, missing family and friends. I am among them.
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ONE WEEK! One week until it’s Thanksgiving Day. You may have been thinking about what to make or make to take… I snapped a photo of Fred’s plate a few years ago, this is a fairly quick and simple Thanksgiving Day meal to prepare – especially nice for smaller groups (for larger groups roast a turkey vs. a turkey breast). (Links are in orange below!) Continue reading “How to make the perfect Thanksgiving Dinner!”
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! This is a photo I took last year while visiting my parents… I was up and out early taking photos of a beautiful sunrise (something to be thankful for all in itself!)… I was walking back to the house and saw that my dad plugged in the Christmas tree and the lights in the window… When you look at it you can see the reflection of the sunrise…
I am so thankful for my wonderful husband, my awesome family, for our little beastie wonder, Charlie, for the sunrises and sunsets, good health, good friends and of course, for you!
Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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O N E Y E A R A G O… Thanksgiving! Thank YOU! I am grateful…
T W O Y E A R S A G O… Bowens Island Seafood Restaurant Menu!
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Thanksgiving. The perfect day to think about all the things that you’re thankful for. I try to do this on a regular basis, because I have many things on my list!
Here is a tiny fraction of some of the things I’m grateful for…
Health. Family. Husband and Best Friend. Charlie beast. Color in the trees. A roof over my head. Electricity. Water. Freedom. Chocolate. Waking up in the morning. And…
YOU! Thank YOU for taking the time out of your busy day to stop by and read my daily post!
Like I said… a tiny fraction!
I wish you a very Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving! We’re going to eat good food today, visit with family and hopefully fit in several walks…!
Hey, just in case you need this today… from the Butterball Turkey Talk website, you can call the Butterball people if you have ANY questions about what to do with your turkey today:
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Open to residents of the United States and Canada. Bilingual assistance is available (English and Spanish).
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Years ago my mother-in-law made this bean salad as one of the side dishes for Thanksgiving… Cold bean salad… hmmm… thank you, but no thank you… I wasn’t a big bean fan, and definitely not cold beans. She urged me to try it… it’s good with turkey she said. Trusting her, I took a tiny taste. Bite of turkey, yummmmm, ok, here goes nothing… bite of bean salad… HOLY COW! This stuff is GOOD! Is that hilarious or what? We’ve had it every single Thanksgiving since, I know we’ve had this recipe at least 17 years. So trust me when I say, THIS IS GOOD… and it’s a great dish to make to take with you. You can make it ahead and it’s even better!
SCANDINAVIAN BEAN SALAD
1 can (16 oz.) small green peas, drained (I buy Le Sueur very young small sweet peas, I buy low sodium, but you don’t have to)
1 can (16 oz.) French style green beans, drained
I use a small bag of frozen shoepeg corn (sometimes I use 1/2 bag, original recipe calls for 1 small can white shoepeg corn, drained)
1 1/2 – 2 cups diced celery
1 onion, chopped (this time I used red onion, which is oh so pretty!)
DRESSING
1/2 – 3/4 cup sugar (depending on how sweet you like things)
1 cup red wine vinegar
1/3 to 1/2 cup olive oil (or canola oil)
DIRECTIONS
Mix together beans, peas, corn, celery and onion. If you haven’t already drained the veggies, drain them now.
Mix up the dressing and pour over the bean/corn/pea mixture. Let stand 2 hours or overnight in refrigerator.
Serve by scooping out with a SLOTTED spoon. This keeps indefinitely (kinda like those toaster pastries, hee hee, but this is better for you!).
You. Won’t. Believe. How. Good. This. Is!
Wow, tomorrow is the big day… take time to think about all the things you have to be Thankful for…
I am thankful for you… reading this…
Happy Thanksgiving Eve!
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Happy Thanksgiving to you! Enjoy your day… I’m going to try to not eat too much, take a long walk to help burn off some of what I’ve eaten and since I’m cooking… I’m going to try to relax. I should be fine unless I lose my sticky notes of what to do when, ha.
What are you thankful for this year? I am thankful for many things, and try to think about all the things I’m grateful for each and every day (they say that makes you a happier person and I truly believe that to be true)! Some of the things I’m thankful for…
Fred (husband and soul mate). Charlie (dog). Family (parents, Fred’s parents, sister, brother in law and their families, nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles, friends, acquaintances and the list goes on… as well as all of you who are like family to me).
Health.
My mom being ok after a cancer diagnosis, surgery, chemo and radiation.
YOU. (Thanks to everyone who prayed for my mom, I am overwhelmed).
For sun on a cold day. For clouds on a hot day.
For living in a city so rich in culture.
For living in an area where I can walk most everywhere.
For walking each and every day, and for my walking buddy.
For those of you who reached out to me (thank you for sharing your experiences and your information). I am thankful that you read this blog. No kidding. I started it on a whim, and have worked hard to create a post each and every single day. I’m hoping I make it all the way to the end of the year. BIG accomplishment.I have met many cool people!
For that I am thankful…
Catch you back here tomorrow!
I know “Red sky in the morning – sailors take warning, red sky at night – sailors delight” but what is a pink sky? Beauty! That’s what! This photo was taken several years ago when we spent Thanksgiving at Amelia Island in Florida. The weather was perfect, the meals were to die for, the accommodations… HEAVEN and the sunrise on the beach each morning… WORTH. GETTING. UP. FOR! You can see the silhouette of the big Christmas tree to the right, can you believe that’s just around the corner?! Eek!
Go get your Christmas shopping done, hee hee… KIDDING! Enjoy your week! Catch you back here tomorrow!
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