Thanksgiving Weekend Recap

Another turkey week has come and gone, and The Thanksgiving Feast is no longer. But oh boy, was it good! 

My mom does a very classic Thanksgiving meal – roast turkey (no brining, no spatchcocking, no roulade, no complications – just perfectly roasted turkey), my Grandma’s amazing stuffing recipe, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce (homemade!), yams, and rolls. And did I mention three pies? Pumpkin (from me), pecan (my sister), and apple-cranberry (mom).

And my mom always sets a beautiful, Thanksgiving-inspired table:

Perfection.

Plus … mimosas (thanks, Dad!) and lefse clings with scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, bacon, and cheese the morning after Thanksgiving. (Think … Norwegian breakfast burrito with the lefse as the wrap instead of a tortilla.) 

Does it get any better than that? (My family’s lefse recipe is here, by the way. I can’t wait to make it … hopefully next weekend!)

And did I mention family time? We’re blessed. 

And now it’s Sunday night, the long weekend is over, and I’m not quite ready to let go of the easy pace of a few days off. And by “easy pace”, I mean this:

• We picked our Christmas tree at The Rustic Garden, a local nursery in Buffalo.
• We decorated the house and the tree while catching “The Match” between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods – albeit, a little different than Christmas tunes playing but it was quite fun! (We were #TeamPhil by the way.)
• We took Joe to Bohemian Rhapsody, which was a great show. How could it not be with all that awesome Queen music?
• Jerry and I snuck in a little Saturday afternoon date at Haye’s Public House in Buffalo. (I recommend a pint of the Dullahan or the Peanut Butter Porter!)
• We watched A Christmas Story and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, two of our favorites.
• I snuck in some online Christmas shopping this afternoon – plus ordered our Christmas cards. (#winning!)
• I baked some peanut butter chocolate chip bars, because well … I just need to bake sometimes. 

Joe’s nutcracker collection is really growing! I’m afraid next year, we will need to find a new space. 

Now I sit, switching between the new Hallmark Channel Christmas movie and the Vikings-Packers football game. 😉 

Plus – I found these amazing clogs and now I can’t stop thinking about them. I know what you’re thinking … clogs? But yes, clogs! “Abba” clogs in fact. It might be fate. 😉 

This is the trouble with Cyber Monday sales starting on Sunday … too dangerous.

How was your Thanksgiving weekend?

xoxo – Lara