Now that the Feast is over it’s mandatory that I post some shots of our 2011 Thanksgiving. Sadly I was so busy in the kitchen hovering over the food to make sure that everything was going on schedule that I only managed one action shot, which happens to be of Jeremy and my Brother playing Mortal Kombat on the PS3.  The rest are all food porn photos.

*explode*

I’m happy to report that the starving children in Africa won’t starve because we cleaned up our plates pretty well. I was actually a bit worried that we didn’t have enough food since our menu consisted of cranberry-onion turkey with gravy, Dr. Pepper ham, green bean casserole, scalloped potatoes, and rolls. Luckily we not only had enough food to feed two big male appetites as well as my own small one, but we were also able to make two take home plates for my Dad and Grandma who couldn’t attend while only having a small portion of turkey and ham left over for ourselves! WIN! WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN! :D

I was really worried about Thanksgiving Feast this year because it was my first raw turkey cooking adventure and I decided it would be awesome to try a new recipe for how to cook it. Apparently I had bigger problems than “would it taste delicious” because the turkey managed to cook an hour and a half faster than I estimated using the whole “20 minutes per pound” directions on the package. Since I didn’t have the sides even started the turkey cooked another forty five minutes before everything else was done, THANKFULLY it still turned out moist. *pumps fist in the air* Both Jeremy and my Brother gave me many compliments on how wonderful and delicious the whole meal turned out. So huge ego boosts to me.

Before I part, you see that photo of the Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake Pie up there? I have not even touched that yet. No one has. We were all too full. My plate was small as you can tell, but I still had no room left to gobble up some pie. I honestly do not see how anyone can eat pie almost immediately or within an hour of finishing off a feast.

How was your Thanksgiving? Assuming you celebrate, if not do you celebrate anything similar?