We've been celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving this past weekend. Today is actually the day but we always have the dinner on the Sunday. Once Rascals go away to Uni the Monday becomes a travel day it seems.
I had all kinds of organizing and decorating deadlines for this past weekend and I'm sorry to report that I didn't quite meet them all.
I guess I have American Thanksgiving for my new deadline. I much prefer the timing of American Thanksgiving anyway.
I did move some art around, even if it's not quite hanging on the wall yet:
We hauled out our straw turkeys:
And of course I made a pumpkin pie!
I'm going to share with you my killer recipe for cranberry sauce.
It is so easy and fast, but very French. Of course I don't think cranberries are big in France but never mind. Here's what you do: wash up a 12 oz package of fresh cranberries and place them in a pot with 1 cup of sugar, 2 tablespoons of butter, a quarter cup of chopped fresh parsley and a giant swig (2 tablespoons or so) of brandy.
Boil for 10 minutes or thereabouts and voila!
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| Delicious fresh cranberry sauce. |
I prepared a beet salad which was colourful and healthy. I prefer to roast the beets in their skins, wrapped in foil. Then I chill them, peel and slice them, throw over a red wine vinaigrette and sprinkle the whole thing with parsley.
It looks quite special but it is dead easy.
Here's our table with a couple of the other side dishes before the food was devoured:
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Some roasted squash and bread stuffing.
MrBP was just putting the finishing touches on his World Famous Mashed Potatoes. |
It was a gloomy day with clouds and rain but cozy inside:
I know you're wondering, wondering, what did I wear?
The
Brora Star Silk Blouse with a black skirt and some black ballet flats of course!
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| A detail of the Brora Star Silk Blouse. |
Isn't it festively Thanksgiving with the orange and brown little stars? I wore an apron as usual and good thing too, it saved my blouse from a few disasters in the kitchen.
I hope you have a wonderful day and a lovely Thanksgiving if you are in Canada!
xoxDani
