Thankful for Cooks... and Whole Foods!

I love Cole’s monthly blog hops. I mean the guy is only one year old and already hosting twitter parties! But this month, I can’t say I have too many words of wisdom. Well, okay a few, but no real recipe to share.

I have never cooked a Thanksgiving meal in my life. Or a Thanksgiving dish for that matter! Up until meeting, and getting “serious” with hubby, I ate with my family. My mom has always cooked the most FABULOUS meal of the year. Turkey (which even as a kid and a non-vegetarian I did not care much for), stuffing (The best! She lets the rolls sit out and get hard for days before making this), corn (from a can. God Bless America), the best sautéed mushrooms, and of course 10+ pounds of mashed potatoes. And she always buys the best pies at White Post Farm.

I think our first Thanksgiving in Maine was in 2005, with hubby’s mom. Who although has lived in the US for a long time, is a Brit and not really into the traditional Thanksgiving menu. So for a few years, we ate a fancy meal, but not really a Thanksgiving dinner. This was fine, but a couple of years back I insisted we at least have a pie for dessert and started ordering an apple pie from a local bakery. Last year, I decided that I wanted to eat Thanksgiving food on Thanksgiving (I’m such a bitch, I know) so we compromised and she made a bird (not a turkey, I cant remember what it was, I don’t eat meat anyway) and we bought a slew of vegetarian side dishes from Whole Foods in Portland (and of course pie from the local bakery).

Which turned out to be a great idea on so many levels. It was so easy to pick up the food the day before, and heat it up when we were ready to eat. I remember getting some sort of vegetarian stuffing (dressing to you Southerners), mashed potatoes, a root vegetable dish and some cranberry chutney. We had plenty for the meal and lots left over for the next day. And considering Thanksgiving 2009 will remind us of a time when C first started sleeping through the night, but was up each morning around 4:30am, hubby and I were too exhausted to cook, shop, or prep anyway!

So as for Thanksgiving recipes, that’s what I got. Have someone else do the work. Your mom, mother-in-law, sister, brother, uncle, friend, whoever. Or go to Whole Foods. But make sure there is a pie.

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