Happy Thanksgiving!

I wrote this yesterday, but for some reason blog spot had a problem and I couldn't post it till today:

Yippeeee, now work today...or tomorrow!! So happy turkey day to everyone.

Megan had to work yesterday and tomorrow, so she stayed in Fairfax and had a gathering at her house with her mom and Scott. Soooo, Mac and I got up and this morning and started cooking. Yes, and I helped!! hahaha

I found a recipe that sounded so good in the November Martha Stewart magazine. It's a turkey breast, butterflied. Then you spread out a layer of dressing (which has italian sausage, golden raisins, sliced mushrooms, onion, celery, bread crumbs, roasted pecans, thyme and white wine), roll the turkey breast tightly, wrap it in cheese cloth, and bind the ends with twine. Rub it with butter and put it in the oven for 2 hours. When it's done you slice it and serve it with a chutney, which we also made...cranberries, onion, golden raisins, shallot, granny smith apple, lemon juice, lemon zest, thyme, and sugar (we used a new sugar replacer I found online). OMG it was delicious!

Chef Mac in action...

Cooking the Pecan, Italian Sausage Stuffing...mmmm

This is the Cranberry Chutney, mmm

So, all that plus green beans, yams, rolls, cranberry molded salad (Mac's mom's recipe), pumpkin and pecan pie.

Mac's mom's Cranberry Molded Salad


Sugar free Pecan Pie...delicious!

Mac's Pumpkin Pie

Before dinner we took a walk through CW. The place was packed! I love CW during the holidays because all of the buildings decorate their windows with wreaths and they all decorate them differently.

Window dressed up for the holidays. If you click on the pictures, it makes the images bigger so you can see the detail.

This is the shop were they sell bonnets/hats. I bought one for Bre when she visited us a few years ago. Their swag over the door has two bonnets. Cute!

Mac in front of the Jeweler/Silver Smith.

Wreath at one of the pubs, it has oyster shells on it.

The feast begins!

The Turkey and Stuffing!! Delicious =)

Yams

Tonight we took our walk at CW and once again, there were tons of people everywhere. The weather has been beautiful and they have one big tree in Merchant's Square.

Aww, Mac bought me my favorite hot choc at Blue Talon. It's sooo yummy, I told Mac I want to take a bath in it!

Today we just watched movies and hung out. Mac still wanted to fix a traditional Turkey and Dressing, so it just came out of the oven and he's pulling it all together. He rocks!

After dinner we're taking the boys to see the new James Bond movie, that's about all we got going on right now. We're happy to hear that Mac's mom is doing well and baking her pumpking pie and everyone else is doing well. We hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving!

xoxo