Jeff and I decided to celebrate Thanksgiving on Friday here in Australia because he did not have time off from work and that it was still Thursday in the States! We figured this way we could celebrate with everyone from far away!
So after several trips to the store looking for our normal ingredients, we were all ready to start cooking.
We found almost everything we needed for the dinner but never did find the fried onions to top our green bean casserole. :(Another thing to point out - we never did find a uncooked turkey so we used what we had - this guy! He was a precooked 6 lb Turkey. Sorry Ellen - we did not have Dingo as you were told!
Here is Jeff ready to perform his Thanksgiving day task of carving the turkey.
Looks yummy!
I also made thanksgiving cookies instead of a pie. Jeff and I are not big pumpkin people so we wanted to make a chocolate pie. I looked all over for Jello to make my grandma's chocolate pie recipe, but there was no Jello to be found! Cookies did just fine.
After everything was cooked we were ready to eat. We had homemade stuffing and green bean casserole with the mashed potatoes and turkey.
What a spread!
Jeff and I were ready to dig in! It was great!
My only suggestion for next year - do not use the bag of pre-made mashed potatoes. They tasted a bit like cookie dough and were not kept for leftovers!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with their family and friends. We are so thankful to everyone who is a part of our life.
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