How is it possible that we have no photos from Thanksgiving? No photos of food preparation, no photos of finished dishes, no photos of GORGEOUS dry brined and maple glazed turkey, and no photos of happy friends and family spending time together and feasting semi-healthfully. Might be in part due the theft of Maddy's camera, but still, we all have iPhones!
I planned a vegetable heavy meal, with every dish vegetarian, except for the turkey. We did not make any weird, faux turkey vegetarian product. Maddy never liked turkey, anyway, and doesn't miss it.
This was the menu:
Hors D'oeuvres: cheeses, carrot sticks, olives and Marcona almonds, mini sweet potato latkes with both cranberry-apple and Fuji applesauces in a nod to Thanksgivukkah, smoked salmon canapés on cucumber slices with a (very) small dollop of creme fraiche and a little dill.
Seated dinner for 18: I thought the hors d'oeuvres selection was heavy enough that I opted to skip an appetizer course at the table. That way we saved one plate which reduced dishwashing and meant we could dig right into the main event. We had turkey, challah stuffing, green beans roasted with fennel and shallot, butternut squash and parsnip puree, cranberry sauce, roasted brussels sprouts, salad (thank you Karen), and store bought rolls.
For dessert, we had Paula's delicious brownies and sugar cookies, fresh fruit salad (thanks Wendy) and a crumb top apple pie from Jennycakes in Kensington. The piece de resistance, though, was Maddy's vegan pumpkin pie. Her crust was ground speculoos cookie with coconut oil and was stunning.
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