Monday, October 14, 2013

Mop Philosophy Monday

 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!
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:
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!
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