We hosted the event and had friends over, starting with drinks and appetizers and then a full Thanksgiving meal. For the wedding, Adam and I received plenty of wonderful cooking utensils and pieces of our china pattern: Spode Woodland. It was such a great time putting these presents to good use!
The chaos started the night before. We were on the hunt for placemats and couldn't find any to match our unique china pattern. So, that meant a field trip to the fabric store and making our own placemats. They had a wonderful canvas fabric that matched the pattern perfectly.
Thanksgiving day, meant picking up fresh flowers and arranging them for the tables. I picked up ornamental cabbages, mums, goldenrod, and a few sunflowers. I was thinking more along the lines of oranges and yellows, but the mums were in yellow, purple, and red. All in all, it worked well with the cabbages.
Then the cooking began. We had jalapeno and cilantro marinated shrimp, the famous Prairiefire dip, cheese and meat trays, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, green bean casserole, salad with dried cranberries and walnuts, Grandma E's homemade rolls, cranberries, turkey, sweet potatoes (my favorite!), and a homemade pumpkin pie. It feels like there should be more? My friend Becky brought over a delicious pumpkin roll, which I have never had in the Midwest but its amazing! Other friends brought over a sweet potato pie, Bang Bang shrimp (similar to Bonefish Grill, one of my favorite hangouts), and collards.
We were absolutely stuffed and struggling to stay awake afterwards.
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, filled with great food, friends, family, and maybe even a little football!
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