Just my wife and I for Thanksgiving as we are making sure we don't get exposed to our nieces and nephews who are all nurses.

Thanksgiving Dinner:
Sliced Boar's Head Turkey Breast
Heinz Turkey Gravy
Bob Evan's Mashed Potatoes
Bruce's Canned Yams which I will make into my Candied Yam Pie, adding Brown Sugar, Butter, and Marshmallows.

Skipping my Green Bean Casserole w/ Cream of Mushroom Soup and French's Fried Onions

As a side note, I will be putting together the furniture I bought to make my Memorial to Bayani. I am looking at numerous rescue organizations trying to find someone to adopt. A few I visited just haven't been the right fit as of now. My wife says the right one will show up, just give it some time.

I agree with your wife. Don't rush it just because you are feeling the emptiness . This is a long commitment as you know....you are bringing a new family member home . Unfortunately there are always way too many dogs and cats looking for homes. Thank you for looking for a rescue .

Frozen turkey is good for curry (look up various Indian recipes) or you could use in Thai curries instead of chicken......basically saucy dishes help combat dryness.

Cast iron pork chops, roasted sweet potatoes and red onion, with a maple laced pan sauce. An excellent autumn meal that went well with a few glasses of Pinot.

I agree.

As far as dinner today:

• Butterball turkey breast
• Mashed Potatoes
• Corn
• Green Bean Casserole
• Stuffing
• Gravy
• Cranberry sauce

It's just three of us, so the turkey breast made more sense.

Classic! Our table almost the same.

I can't believe people will spend so much money for a purebreed pet. The best ones are usually mixes who have many different traits of each breed. Before I got Bayani, I looked at purebred Shitzu's as my brother had one. The shops were asking for $K's and even though I spent more than $4K on Bayani to restore his sight due to cataracts, I wouldn't spend that kind to acquire a pet. There are many stories of people who bought pets that ended up passing away because of either sickness or inbred diseases.

Anyways, to get back on topic, I decided to add a pumpkin pie I bought at Publix yesterday to tonight's dinner with whipped cream for dessert. However, the way my wife eats, it probably will be here for the next week.

Final menu...

Pre-dinner nibbles:

• Assorted cheeses, including marinated feta
• Assorted crackers
• Nut mix

Dinner:

• Turducken with cornbread stuffing
• Pork sausage and sage stuffing
• Scalloped oysters
• Maple glazed sweet potatoes
• Green beans with ginger and garlic
• Roast Brussels sprouts
• Mashed potatoes
• Gravy
• Homemade bread with Kerrygold butter
• Cranberry relish with orange and pecans

Desserts:

• It's a surprise! (The other couple is bringing them.)
• Frozen cranberry salad (one of the other couple's family recipes, which most eat with dinner but I love as my dessert

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Socially distanced dinner table

I am babysitting this week for an expensive designer dog....he is absolutely the cutest and sweetest dog ever but I am with you---love a mutt!

Perfect!

It is just me so I will be doing a zoom cocktail hour with some friends so to start:
Cosmopolitan cocktail
Union Square Cafe bar nuts

Turkey meatloaf that has stuffing mixed in and cranberry/jalapeno on top
Joel Robuchon mashed potatoes (almost equal parts butter & potatoes) https://www.saveur.com/article/Recip...ee-1000070040/
roasted brussels sprouts with maple and pecans
sweet potato souffle with lots of toasted marshmallows on top (being dropped off from a friend who makes them every year--yum)
Pumpkin pie & whipped cream
Pinot Noir.

Catering by Whole Foods:

Cider brined smoked turkey
Maple mashed sweet potatoes
Cornbread dressing
Green bean casserole
Cranberry orange sauce
Turkey Gravy
Scarlett Pie

I have an estate vineyard and a Alisos vineyard Syrah by Andrew Murray lined up for the wine, which I hope to be a nice compliment to the smoked meat.

I have had WF turkey dinner before...they do an excellent job.
What is scarlett pie?

Roasted turkey (herb garlic butter under the skin, Apple, orange, onions, and herbs in the cavity)
roasted garlic mashed potatoes (2 cups of roasted garlic, cream cheese, butter, heavy cream, Parmesan and Asiago cheese)
roasted Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, and cranberries
Trader Joe’s stuffing
Pomegranate, walnut, and cabbage salad,
deviled eggs
raw veggies and ranch dip made with Greek yogurt
pickles and olives

Cherry Pie, Sweet potato pie, and chocolate fudge pie.

Cabernet Sauvignon, with coke for the non-drinkers

Well, you got me Googling.

We also had the apple-brined whole small cooked turkey. It was not as good as I was hoping (kind of dry), especially considering the cost.
The cornbread dressing was good, but not as good as the kind they used to have with sausage in it.