I have the turkey in the oven, I’m also making mashed taters, stuffing, cranberry sauce, rolls, greens, and I picked up a sweet potato pie and whipped cream. I wanted mincemeat pie but my butch spouse hates it so I didn’t bother to get it for just me. I would have ended up eating the whole thing! Her son is not doing well at all since his surgeries so this is the first Thanksgiving that he won’t come see his Mother. His wife is only having her Dad over for dinner, which is fine because after a family drama thing a few years ago we no longer want to be around her anymore. We are enjoying Thanksgiving with just the two of us and my bff will stop by later.

I'm making a fruit salad from my childhood, but I pray it don't take me 24 hours to get it made.............:giggle:

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share the fruit salad :)

Oh, this must be all fresh fruit cut up and and diced, etc etc My mom used Del Monte can fruitcocktail ..............

Eschew, don't chew, the butterball
 

First what we did *not* have today;

We did not go to my parent's house and have a platter of disappointment laced with recrimination. There were no side dishes of mashed feelings, creamed egos, or baked grudges from years gone by. The meal did not end with a big slice of negativity and whipped anger. There was no Tupperware container of depression to cart home.

Instead my teen and I have been enjoying a week in the Fl Keys with sunshine, laughter and loving memories. The actual meal was black bean soup, fresh Cuban bread, grilled grouper with lump crab and lemon butter sauce, fresh grilled asparagus, "good" rice and mojito to drink. Key Lime pie for desert.

But even had we not had such a lovely meal there is still truth in "better a crust of bread in peace, than a feast in a house of strife."

Katniss~~wishing everyone a lovely season of blessings and thankfulness

I cooked cheese and Chile chicken in my instapot.

A pound of frozen chicken breasts take just 10 minutes, so I had dinner on the table in 20 minutes after being gone all day.

Dinner
 

Today I am making Rachael Ray's turkey and stuffing soup. It is so good, I make it every year.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/r...pe-1939582.amp

I work my double shifts all weekend so I’ll be brown bagging turkey sandwiches!!:hangloose::hangloose:

Had an open-faced chicken sandwich with stuffing on the side. Will probably have the same tonight.

Finally - enough rewards points to cash in on a free pizza before the full weight and misery of New Years resolution time hits.

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Italian braised pork chops w/ vegetable salad

Dinner
 

I had the turkey and stuffing soup that I made over the weekend. Cold peppermint tea to drink.

Yummy!