Every Thanksgiving for the last 14 years that we’ve lived in the U.S, we’ve always spent it with family and friends. It was a little sad going into this year knowing we would be spending it by ourselves as the regulars have all moved away. But little did I know that I would be sharing with a bigger crowd; all of you who are reading this.
Ironically our very first TG, we went hungry! We along with two other families decided to take advantage of the long weekend and head out to Washington D.C from Indiana where we were living at that time. We were fresh off the boat as they say, we had just made our own ‘pilgrim’s journey’ from England and did not know E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G would be closed on TG day. We were driving for about 11- 12 hours, the roads were deserted and nothing was open and that’s how we all came to celebrate our very first Thanksgiving. On the road; hungry, cold and tired! Of course we got smart by the time the next year rolled around and we dived right into all the TG shopping festivities like true locals.
Our TG meals are of course vegetarian but no tofurky, thank you very much. Somehow a bread stuffing has become a keeper year over year but everything else changes and I have a lot of fun creating dishes with all the familiar flavors and themes of Thanksgiving.
This year I felt like going with the ‘less is more’ theme. I made a corn dish as a nod to the grain[maize] that was a staple to native Americans, my ‘bread stuffing’ took the form of a ‘stuffed bread’ and some salad greens from my garden. The roasted sweet and red potato was made entirely by ‘numero uno’ who would be my first born, sibling to ‘second to none’ . It is best I give them some anonymity so they can be protected from my blabbing! A maple flavored dessert to end the meal and that’s how simple our TG lunch was.
Menu
Sparkling Cranberry/ Apple Cider
Corn Au Gratin
Stuffed Roll Pull Aparts
Oven Roasted Sweet And Red Potatoes
Salad Greens With Cranapple Dressing
Maple Syrup Pudding
Will post some of the recipes in the next few posts.
Thanks for dropping by
Best, S.
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December 3, 2010 at 10:10 am
Aruna Sateesh
I know what you mean about friends moving out but thanks to blogging, it has brought friends closer too. You have a great blog and look forward to your posts.
December 3, 2010 at 5:47 pm
mahes
Wow! What a simple and elegant spread. I am going to copy this next year 🙂
December 6, 2010 at 8:23 am
My Little Expat Kitchen
The “less is more” thing is something I HAVE to try. I always think that the food I make is not enough and everyone will be left feeling hungry. Your spread looks amazing! I bet you had a great Thanksgiving, even if you didn’t have your friends and family around, which I can understand exactly how it feels!
Magda
December 8, 2010 at 5:48 am
Deeba @ PAB
YUM…I love how you wove the same flavours of TG into your meal. Waiting for the pull apart bread recipe, and the corn au gratin too. Well done!
December 8, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Ananda Rajashekar
this is soul reaching recipes for the day looking fwd for maple syrup pudding!
December 8, 2010 at 2:49 pm
vegetarianirvana
Hi to all my visitors, now that you have asked me to make good on my promise, I won’t make you wait much longer! Thanks for dropping by.