{"id":3070,"date":"2013-12-06T11:19:44","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T17:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/?p=3070"},"modified":"2014-01-03T11:05:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T17:05:52","slug":"first-thanksgiving-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/archives\/3070","title":{"rendered":"First Thanksgiving together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love Thanksgiving. Everything about it. This year we got to have 2 Thanksgivings, on different days, and it was great. I can&#8217;t even look at ham or turkey anymore, though. I had my sister-in-law&#8217;s help with the first round, and we split the making of the side dishes so it wasn&#8217;t quite as much work. We were still cooking most of the day, though.<\/p>\n<h3>Thanksgiving 2013 #1: sister-in-law &amp; brother-in-law&#8217;s home<\/h3>\n<h3><a title=\"The spread, minus the turkey. Mmm. by Sholeh Munion, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sholeh\/11107974474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The spread, minus the turkey. Mmm.\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3785\/11107974474_8aa2c732a6_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, GF stuffing, regular stuffing, gravy, honey almond carrots, brussels sprouts with pecans, \u00c2\u00a0wild rice stuffing, and cornbread.<\/p>\n<p>The turkey, prepared, cooked, and carved by my husband (20 lbs!):<br \/>\n<a title=\"The turkey by Sholeh Munion, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sholeh\/11230718263\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The turkey\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5532\/11230718263_08f0bceea0_n.jpg\" width=\"239\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Turkey carving. #firstthanksgiving by Sholeh Munion, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sholeh\/11107982144\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Turkey carving. #firstthanksgiving\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2881\/11107982144_cc5722f718_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I made a lot of gluten free pie from scratch last week. GF Pie crust is super time-consuming but it was worth it. (I used <a href=\"http:\/\/glutenfreegirl.com\/2010\/11\/gluten-free-vegan-pie-crust\/\" target=\"_blank\">this recipe<\/a>, if you want to know, but with real butter.) I made pumpkin and blueberry.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Pie!! I have been cooking all day but everything is in containers for tomorrow. by Sholeh Munion, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sholeh\/11096051264\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pie!! I have been cooking all day but everything is in containers for tomorrow.\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3699\/11096051264_71b84c2264_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 1.17em;\">Thanksgiving 2013 #2 &#8211; at our &#8220;Munion Palace&#8221; as I&#8217;ve named it on Instagram. \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/h4>\n<h3><a title=\"2nd Thanksgiving meal by Sholeh Munion, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sholeh\/11230714243\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2nd Thanksgiving meal\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2894\/11230714243_9108fb3d36_n.jpg\" width=\"239\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Ham, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, GF stuffing, gravy, and honey almond carrots. And pie, of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love Thanksgiving. Everything about it. This year we got to have 2 Thanksgivings, on different days, and it was great. I can&#8217;t even look at ham or turkey anymore, though. 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