Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Thanksgiving is not a huge deal in my family since we’re British, but I love our little celebration nonetheless :O). My mum, dad, sister and I started our day off with “The Phillips Trot.” Just like The Turkey Trot except it’s shorter and starts at 11AM instead of 8. hehe.

After our run and showers it was time to get cooking! My contributions to the meal were Sweet Potato Casserole and Corn Bread. The casserole was the same as the one I made for my work party last week and the cornbread was a new recipe, which my friend Jamie’s mom gave me. My dad says this is the best cornbread he’s ever had!

My little sis worked as my beautiful assistant and with her help everything came together wonderfully. Although I must say after cooking two dishes (with help) I have no idea how people pull together an entire meal on their own! I have a whole new level of respect :O). While everything was cooking up, we enjoyed some champagne, shrimp and nuts.

Fab. And then it was time for the main event :O).

And my plate:

A bit of everything except the sweet potatoes which I’m sick of after eating leftovers all week :O).

After some clean up and rest, it was dessert time.

Louisa was in charge of dessert and rumor has it this was the third attempt after a couple mishaps :O). hehe. But this one was delish!! It contained candied ginger which added a really nice touch to the standard pumpkin pie.

After all of that food I was more than happy to sit and watch “Love Actually” (love that movie!) for a few hours while we all digested. Then my sister had her best friend Ann over and me my best friend Emily. The six of us had a super fun evening of Cranium playing, which Emily and I dominated :O).

S o there you have it! Happy Happy Thanksgiving. I hope everyone enjoyed their day, whatever you were up to.

I will see you for a Friday recap very soon.

- Beth