Thanksgiving dinner has come and gone. I’m a little frustrated at not having found the time to pre-blog the menu and some of the recipes, but things have been pretty hectic at work and at home. We did have a good dinner. Here’s what we ate:

Roast Turkey with Sausage Stuffing and Gravy
Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Green Been Casserole
Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Brussels Sprouts with Garlic and Pine Nuts
Pumpkin Cheesecake

The turkey was good. My stuffing doesn’t vary from year to year — it’s essentially a bag of Arnold’s herb stuffing, a stick of butter, chopped celery, chopped onion, and a pound of Italian sausage meat. The cranberry sauce recipe was pretty simple too: two bags of cranberries, two cups of sugars, two cups of water, the peel of one orange, and a cinnamon stick. The mashed potatoes were just plain ol’ mashed, the roasted sweet potatoes were chunks tossed with salt, pepper, and fresh thyme leaves. The green bean casserole was the standard Campbell’s mushroon soup/French’s onion rings deal, but I did use fresh green beans. And the brussels sprouts were cooked in a little water first, and then finished in a pan with olive oil, minced garlic, and a handful of pine nuts.

Dessert was a fabulous pumpkin cheesecake that Jim made.

I drank way too much coffee today but I’m relaxing now with an after-dinner cordial (Cuarenta Y Tres). Thanksgiving was good.