Holiday: Thanksgiving Day

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

This year Thanksgiving Day falls late in November. If you read our blog from last year then you know all about our family traditions for Thanksgiving. It is a fun day starting with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Family, Football and Food, Food, Food.

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The main dish for Thanksgiving is always always always TURKEY!!!

This year Connie & Jenn both decided to make "Turkey" appetizers.
Jenn made a Turkey out of fruit...

"Turkey" Fruit, Cheese & Veggie Platter

You will need:

• 1 pear (for the head)
• 1 cantaloupe or melon (for the body)
• red grapes (for the tail feathers)
• cheddar cheese chunks (for the beak and tail feathers)
• red bell peppers (for the feet and side feathers)
• toothpicks
• bamboo skewers

First you will need to cut a slice off the cantaloupe so that it is stable. Set it on a serving platter. Then attach the pear to the melon with a bamboo skewer as shown below. Then attach raisins as the eyes with toothpicks. Once finished with that cut a red pepper as the gobbler and a triangle cube of cheese as the beak.

Next, attach grapes and cheese cubes to a bamboo skewer and attach them to the cantaloupe as the tail feathers. then using toothpicks attach the peppers to the cantaloupe as side feathers. Finally create feet using the bell peppers. See my finished product below. It took me under an hour to create this festive appetizer dish. I hope everyone will enjoy it as much as I do.

 

 

And we both made rolls, with a special twist.

Thankful Rolls

 

 

As your family gathers around the table to give thanks these "thankful rolls" will help spread thanks.

You will need:



• Pillsbury crescent rolls (1 can)
• Foil or Parchment Paper
• A page of thankful notes and/or questions, cut to fit inside rolls

This is so easy! There are many ways to do this, you can have everyone write a note of what they are thankful for on a piece of paper. Everyone will have a 'thankful" note to read at the table. BONUS: make a game out of it & try to guess who wrote the note you got.

We chose to make a list of thankful statements for guests to read or questions to answer. Here are a few of the ideas we used:

• I am thankful for _____________ . (have the guest answer)
• My favorite part of Thanksgiving is _____________________ .
• My favorite food at Thanksgiving is _____________________ .
• We are thankful for ________ the wonderful host.
• We are thankful for the Pilgrims & Indians celebration of good harvest in 162.
• Thank you for the food before us, the love between us and the friends & family beside us.
• Happy Thanksgiving!

When making your rolls cover the "thankful" paper in foil or parchment paper before rolling.  Then follow the directions on the crescent roll package or you can create a homestyle roll.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving!!
Until we blog again, Happy Thanksgiving Day, XoXo Connie & Jenn