Our First Thanksgiving

I recognize that Thanksgiving is next weekend but I decided, in light of the fact that this is my first turkey day as a wife, that I wanted to cook a full meal for my husband. We are going to Oregon to spend the holiday with my family next weekend so this was my only opportunity.

Using all of my mom's special recipes (no one cooks as good as mom) I made everything from scratch. Suprisingly, it all turned out really good! My absolute favorite part about the big Thanskgiving meal is the stuffing, and why do we only make this fabulous recipe one time a year? Ours is really simple -- bread crumbs, celery, onions and broth -- amazing! Having a husband was great too. He took on the traditional male roles; cleaning the turkey, cutting the turkey (moving it in and out of the oven --muscles!) mashing the potatoes. He was a great helper. Yet another added bonus of being married.

I also decided to make an apple pie from scratch. My best friend turned me onto this amazing recipe of her grandma's. It too is so simple and the pie was delish. We even whipped up some whipping cream from scratch for the pie.

As much fun as it all was, I must say that it was a whole heck of a lot of work for two people to eat dinner for one night. However, I think it is a tradition that we will continue for many years to come, maybe next year we will invite some friends to enjoy it with us. Just another wonderful thing I get to do during my Life As A Wife.