My older son's Covid test came back negative last night, and he's isolated for the past two weeks, so he's here tonight.

Excellent! Good news!

I'm having a turkey roulade with chorizo/cornbread stuffing, collard greens, mac and cheese, rice, gravy, and apple pie with pecans and dried cherries.

I made the stuffing, pie, and mac an cheese today, so tomorrow, all I have to do is stuff and roll the roulade and make the greens. The pie is an invention - last year I made apple pie and a maple pecan tart. At the end of the process, I had some apple bits, crust scraps, and some bits of pecan and cherry in the syrup. So I made a little snack for my niblings by rolling out the scraps, tossing the apple bits in the syrup, piling them on the dough, and folding into a crostini. It was really tasty so I decided to try to recreate it.

I made a regular apple pie and a gluten free version Sunday, froze them, and mailed to bro and family. I'm sad I can't be with them, but they got the pies today, so they'll be thinking of me tomorrow.

I decided to try something new and thus I am now the proud owner of a purple sweet potato pie. The color is surrealistically saturated and turned wash water blue. So pretty! Purple sweet potatoes were everywhere this year and I really liked them baked steak cut style with dipping sauce.

I’m prepared to spend the holidays without seeing my family but I’m beginning to wonder if I’ll be overly anxious next time I talk to more than one other person. I hope I haven’t lost the knack for it.

At work I started wishing people a "Safe and Healthy Thanksgiving" because this is the year to stay safe. Next year, we can have a "real" Thanks-giving that COVID is no longer a threat.

All these posts are making me hungry. Off to take a walk to get rid of the virtual calories, IOW, keep it up. All I have to add is my deep gratitude for all of you being in my life!

Good morning, and Happy Thanksgiving, all. Or, have a good Thursday if you are not of the turkey day holiday land.

The only things I did yesterday were the pie and the cornbread so it could dry out for the stuffing, but nothing is particularly challenging, so I have my list of things to prep/chop this morning, and then it's just assembly and baking. I plotted out the oven timing a couple days ago.

In oatmeal news, I added the little bits of leftover dark chocolate from the pie prep to my oatmeal this morning, and as you might imagine, it was yum.

Apparently it's getting up to 68 degrees here today, so there will be a walk in it for us, too, Laura.

Delicious and healthy day to you all. I'm grateful for this place and the people who make it what it is. And I'm grateful to be able to eat this year, I gotta say!

We're having a lazy morning watching cooking shows, drinking our morning hot beverages, and not really worrying about timing because it doesn't matter. I kind of love it.

and not really worrying about timing because it doesn't matter. I kind of love it.

We were just saying this. It's so laid back and awesome.

Also, we didn't have to worry about cleaning the whole house while also cooking a big meal.

It's the Thanks that keeps on giving!