Thanksgiving 2010 (first Thanksgiving)

With advice from our respective parents and our only cookbook, Garrett and I felt confident that cooking our first Thanksgiving dinner would be easy, or at the very least, delicious.

(Garrett concentrating very hard...)

Along with the turkey, we made stuffing (of course!), gravy, cranberry sauce (with plenty of leftovers to make cranberry muffins), broccoli, creamed corn (a la Chuck, and my favorite thing in the world).

Graham and Adam brought salad, Curtis brought buns, Kelley brought Tina fudge and homemade brownies, Peeps brought blondies, Liezl brought homemade pumpkin pie, Matt B brought apple crisp and Jesse rounded it off with a tray of cheese and meat for snacks.

Our oven runs a little hot, so we knew it probably wouldn't take as long as people recommended. We were a little concerned that the internal temperature was right even before people arrived, but an emergency phone call (thanks Sharon!) confirmed that tin foil is the greatest thing ever.


Solo celebrated Thanksgiving as well. For those who know Solo, you know he's old (15) and very thin. He got to munch on the giblets, which I think is the main reason that he's now a little bit hefty.
He also eats pumpkin regularly, so we gave him a little bit extra.

Giblet naps

All in all, Thanksgiving dinner went really well. We made a lot of turkey stock with the leftover bones and have some frozen turkey leftovers for future soup. My camera died just as people started eating, but as I type this I'm working on a roasted tomato basil soup for Sunday Night Football! Go Packers!