Happy Thanksgiving! It was just the three of us having a very relaxing Thanksgiving at home together. I had a nice time preparing our big dinner...
The menu:
Corn Chowder (vegan)
Green Salad
Tofurky with gravy
Honey Millet Cornbread, pictured here...
We set the dining room table. Jake asked if Sara and Corky were coming to join us, since it seems the only time we use the dining room table is when they come for dinner once every 2 months!! We should change that.
We were all excited to sit down and eat.
Our meal.
We finished with this yummy pumpkin pie. It wasn't vegan as we used eggs from our farmer's market, but instead of condensed milk I used half coconut milk and half hemp milk. It was great.
Oh and the tofurky? This was our very first time, ever trying it. It was... disappointing. I'm not a big fan of "fake" meat anyway, and neither are Mike or Jake (especially Jake). Suffice to say, we will not be making this again. We'll stick with corn chowder and other delicious real food.
Then Mike and I took little index cards and each wrote a note to Jake and then a note to each other saying why we are grateful to have each other in our lives. Without reading them, we put them away and will (hopefully) pull them out to read at Thanksgiving next year.
We have so much to be grateful for. We are so thankful for all of our loving family and friends. Thank you for being in our lives.
This dinner was so awesome I had to take a picture. Carrot Cauliflower soup, homemade bread (gluten-free for Jake, whole wheat for Mike and myself), as well as a salad of baby swiss chard, wild lettuce mix, snap peas (all from the garden) with avocado, pine nuts, and homemade dressing. Very satisfying!
And Jake doing one of his favorite things: reading Calvin and Hobbes. He truly does laugh at some of the pictures.
The menu:
We set the dining room table. Jake asked if Sara and Corky were coming to join us, since it seems the only time we use the dining room table is when they come for dinner once every 2 months!! We should change that.
We were all excited to sit down and eat.
Our meal.
We finished with this yummy pumpkin pie. It wasn't vegan as we used eggs from our farmer's market, but instead of condensed milk I used half coconut milk and half hemp milk. It was great.
Oh and the tofurky? This was our very first time, ever trying it. It was... disappointing. I'm not a big fan of "fake" meat anyway, and neither are Mike or Jake (especially Jake). Suffice to say, we will not be making this again. We'll stick with corn chowder and other delicious real food.
Jake liked it!
The pears disappeared first.
Then the popcorn.
It took awhile, but then all the carrots were gone. Leaving the nuts and a yellow car.
I'll do this a lot more, as neither of us realized how hungry he was when he immediately gobbled it up.
Jake and I love to eat this dip that tastes best when eaten with carrots. It is one of the very healthy things I can get him to eat easily. After I found that it was well-liked by my family, a friend, and a gathering of friends, I decided I would post it here although I cannot take credit for it. It was first posted by nakedjen on her blog (but I can't find the link to that post). I don't think she'd mind me reposting this recipe because as she herself says, she wants us all to eat healthy, organic food!
