You know, I've had and hosted crazy fancy Thanksgiving dinners and super casual Thanksgiving dinners. I am not sure which I prefer. There is something to be said to the endless hours of planning, grocery shopping and preparing that goes into a fancy dinner. In fact, one year I even sent out special invitations with the menu.
And there is also something cool about doing it different: going away for the Holiday and eating out, or doing something totally different like a Low Country Boil. Or spending time at the beach and grilling the turkey.
This year, we are spending Turkey day with Craig's family here in San Diego. Amy (Craig's sister-in-law) and I have been doing the (albeit minimal) planning. We have decided not to stress ourselves out this year (so we will still have energy left for Target at midnight). We are doing a pretty traditional dinner and have divided the duties so that neither of us will be overwhelmed. There will be about ten of us, so a medium sized get together.
Menu and Duties:
- Roasted Turkey with Compound Butter and Butternut Squash (Craig)
- Stuffing (Amy)
- Cornflake Potatoes (Amy -- this is a Slike family tradition)
- Sweet Potato Balls (Jennifer)
- Cornbread (Jennifer)
- Green bean casserole (Amy)
- Impossible Pumpkin Pie (Amy)
- Cranberry Sauce (Jennifer)
- Lots of wine and champagne (Jennifer, duh)
Plan for the day:
- 9-noon: Watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade (with mimosas and monkey bread)
- noon - 2: Watch the AKC Dog Show while putting finishing touches on the food (my duties can be done the night before and simply finished right before we eat!)
- 2-3: Dinner is Served
- 3-5: Napping, lounging and more wine
- 5-6: Round two of grazing
- Midnight: Target shopping
- Turkey from Alton Brown (and Craig will be putting some of his own flair into it)
- Sweet Potato Balls from Paula Deen (I thought these would especially fun for the kids)
- Cornbread from my very own archives
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Can a turkey be cute-ugly?
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