Just a couple of lines as we celebrate our Thanksgiving Day at home here at the Matrix Compound. Due to my work schedule and Al wrapping up his first semester of grad school next week, we chose to graciously decline invites from friends to share a Thankgiving Day feast in order to stay close to our work and give thanks for all that we have. We are thankful for our health, our families and our livlihood.
Although there is the focus on work, I am also focusing on a feast for two that will resemble a feast for 12. We love turkey, fresh and leftover. I figured it takes about as much energy to roast a smaller bird that an large one so I have a 15 pounder in the electric roaster that should be ready to eat around 1. Not a lot of fancy sides so just the basics: dressing, smashed potatoes, gravy and the fresh asparagus to green things up. My dressing is always full of veggies too. :-) Of course the homebaked goodness of a Marie Calendar's pumpkin pie and homethawed goodness of a Marie Calendar's coconut cream pie. Gotta love BOGO's at King Soopers!
Of course the leftovers will go into multiple packages with turkey and gravy frozen for soup starter for the winter, dressing just to slice and eat fried, on bread (yea right, like you have never heard of putting a healthy slab of cornbead dressing between two slices of bread with a dollop of mayo.... ), or nice dry pieces of leftover breast meat on a sandwich with butter.
For some reason, it is really hard for Al and me to get a good picture together. Perhaps it is the scurrying around with tripod/camera timer. Who knows. But just a quick hello photo shot from us on this very beautiful sunny Thanksgiving Day in Ellicott, CO
