Happy Thanksgiving!

Now that was a pretty good day!

Our home has had the smells of Thanksgiving nearly all week long. Carol and I had different Thanksgiving agendas. I was going to my Mom's, she was going to Tracy's.

Monday she began cooking pieces of her Thanksgiving meal. She had made a plan and put it in motion.

This year at my Mom's we spread the meal across the family. On a Sunday after lunch a menu and duty roster was put into place. I ended up being responsible for a spiral ham, candied sweet potatoes, and a broccoli cauliflower and dried cranberry salad.

On Tuesday evening I cut and sliced and diced and built my salad. Whew! Three crowns of broccoli, one crown of cauliflower, a large red onion, yellow and orange bell pepper, mozzarella cheese, dried cranberries, bacon bits and a dressing made with mayo, red wine vinegar and Truvia sugar substitute.

I sealed the salad and put it in the refrigerator to chill.

Today I woke about six and hopped from bed serious about making my assigned candied sweet potatoes. I had looked at recipes all week long. I finally decided on one that called for fresh sweet potatoes, chopped pecans, butter, dark brown sugar, and Kahlua coffee flavored liqueur. It also called for a final step of marshmallows for topping.

I loaded the rotisserie and my spiral ham in the pickup, followed by the candied sweet potatoes and then the salad.

I arrived at Memama's just after noon, and the only people there were Stephanie and Chloe.

Gradually the house began filling with people and food, along with the smells of Thanksgiving!

Actually things went well. A very good meal!

I like to cook. Especially holiday meals. Of course the biggest meal we ever did was at the seasonal jobsite when we cooked for all of our people, the other contractor's crews and the coop. 150 people in all. Of course we did it with a group of about seven.

Lots of work, but very fulfilling. It was always interesting to me as roles were reversed and bosses became servers. But a very appreciative group.

Hope your day was a good one!

FATHER, thank YOU for all our blessings!