I’m hoping to get a lot done today, but I took a lazy morning. Now to shower and get going. Turning off the tv and putting on some music.

my father raised me to believe that everything is better with nuts in it.

Same. A good friend, and regular attendee at stuff I host, is also allergic to nuts. So I've gotten in the habit of avoiding/substituting for them. But she's not coming to dinner tomorrow, so I'm going to have candied pecans as one of the appetizers and walnuts in the Waldorf salad. It feels transgressive, but delicious.

Mmmm, nuts. Fortunately no nut allergies in my family. We do have some vegetarians. I added some of the Whole Foods vegan chicken tenders for the kids. Starting to cook side dishes today. Alas, my nesco roaster is nowhere to be found. Probably in the attic or storage, so I have to put the turkey in a roasting pan in the oven. (grateful to have 2) I think I'll do it the way Mom did roasting it overnight at a lower temperature.

Still haven't heard back from house dude. Dude, come on already, make your offer! He did take like 4 months to get back to me the first time he saw it, but he knows it will list for a much higher price very shortly. Giving me heartburn here.

historically my family would have had shrimp cocktail at a holiday, but no more.

I will be serving shrimp cocktail tomorrow! Come to my house.

Also coconut shrimp with Thai chili sauce for dipping.

Also grilled shrimp in the Mac & Cheese. Shrimpsgiving!

We are smashing 6 people into our kitchen for Thanksgiving this year since Emmett's girlfriend, Kalena, is joining us. We're going to move the corner cabinet out to make room, but that will allow for a thorough (and overdue) floor mopping today.

I've got so much to do today. I'm trying to cook as much as I can ahead of time so it's just turkey tomorrow.

I am at work as usual. Our ERP was down most of the day on Monday because, from what I am told, somebody tried to improve something and that broke it, but it was fixed in the evening and we had a pretty normal day of functional software yesterday but today it is down again and OF COURSE all the people who I put off on Monday but were too polite to pester me yesterday are now asking if we are able to answer their questions and no we can't but I just do not have it in me to explain why.

As a nut-allergic person, please do enjoy my share! Nuts are delicious and I miss them. Other people getting to enjoy them fully gives me a warm glow of vicarious yum

Shrimpsgiving!

Man, I want Shrimpsgiving!

All I have to do is bake a pumpkin pie tonight. Thanksgiving is at Tim's nephew's house (we think he and his GF wanted to host b/c they're going to announce that they're engaged and/or pregnant), so we're bringing pie, wine, rolls, and a big ol' cheese and charcuterie plate for before dinner. I love shopping for wine, cheese, and charcuterie, so it's a win-win.

I'm eating with my parents and mom ordered premade meals from Whole Foods, so no prep for me. The only things she asked me to bring were wine and vegan "whipped cream" and Raley's was out of the whipped cream so we will have to eat our pumpkin pie with no topping

We have/had various allergies/intolerances in my family. Mother was and sister is allergic to shrimp, so no shrimp in the family meals (although my mother would occasionally, when I was young, purchase some of the shrimp cocktail in a glass for me). I can eat anything except lobster - more for the rest of you! - and I've developed an aversion to meat (which is probably good for my food budget).

For those who can't eat nuts - I had a recipe for oatmeal cookies that contained pecans (also raisins for those who are averse, as my sister was) so I'd make the cookies and substitute butterscotch chips. That usually went over well, so try it if you want.

Shrimpsgiving is not the way of my people but I do like the sound of it

I tend to like nuts themselves, but I don't like them in anything. Unless peanut butter counts.

We're planning on doing a nuclear-family-only restaurant Thanksgiving tomorrow at Cracker Barrel. The larger family get-together is Friday in Memphis. For that I'm making a quinoa salad with chopped kale, avocado, tomato, and feta, and Mom's making an apricot bundt cake.