So, Jody and I hosted our first Thanksgiving this year. In case any of you have forgotten (or did not read my earlier posts) let me remind you… my house is TINY!! So, to think that we had a fairly successful Thanksgiving and served 15 people from my itty-bitty kitchen…. I am proud! Let me just say, I could not have done this without my sister, Nissa. When we headed out to the Thanksgiving lunch at my sister-in-law’s house (which was amazing!), she stayed behind and basted the turkey, finished the sides and made Jody’s favorite pie. So maybe Nissa hosted her first Thanksgiving at my house haha!

This little gathering took me (and Nissa) a week of cooking and prepping to be ready. Somewhere in our delusional state of mind we decided to make all our pies from scratch including the crust. So, 9 pies later… we realized we were crazy for attempting this. They were amazing! But it was exhausting to make pie crust from scratch, roll these out and then still make the filling. I should also mention that we learned to make the pie crust from my Godmother, Sylvia, the Sunday before Thanksgiving! We were pushing our luck, lol. But it all came together and that is what matters! It did make the pies so much better! But to say this was a lot of work, that is an understatement.

Half way through our pie crust learning ceremony I realized I should have taken pictures and recorded all our shenanigans for a blog post… but I did not! Maybe a re-do?

The turkey…. Well that came out amazing! Nissa and I used the recipe from America’s test kitchen and altered it slightly (because we honestly did not get enough ingredients at the store). But for our first turkey ever… it was great! It would have been great even if we had made 1,000 others! I was impressed! It was not dry and the skin was crispy! I can’t wait to make another one! I would totally recommend their method/recipe to end up with a delicious turkey.

The sides are always good. Jody made his sweet potatoes! Mom made the dressing! And we had all the normal things… Mashed Potatoes, Green Bean Casserole, Corn, Salad, etc. I was just partial to the turkey and the pies this year, lol. The coconut pie… AMAZING!!!

Everyone ate and hung out… nothing too exciting. But someone broke my toilet seat… not sure how that happened and I won’t call anyone out here, lol. But overall it was a very pleasant night, with way too much food.