Not counting the experiment in our Thanksgiving menu, 🙂 we had a lovely Thanksgiving celebration on Sunday. I used the table runner I made with some muslin, scraps of material and the kids’ handprints. Gobble, Gobble, Gobble   The centerpiece was simple.  I took the idea from Melissa at Life on the Farm – a candle setting in corn. I found the pinecones and other decorations on clearance at Wal-Mart. There’s my turkey plates that I got on clearance last year from World Market for $.69 each.  The red plates were being clearanced at Kmart a few years ago because of slight imperfections.  The napkins came from World Market.     The small cards…

So how did our healthy and nutritious menu turn out?  As you know, I was trying a lot of new dishes that were from Nourishing Traditions.  Here’s the complete run down on our meal. Turkey – Great! Onion Cranberry Compote – NT pg.392 (this was to replace the sugary cranberry relish I normally make and love!) This tasted very good by itself, but when I had it with my turkey, it just wasn’t the same as having the sweet/tart taste of cranberry relish.  You could definitely taste the onions. Mashed Potatoes (was going to make NT recipe on pg.401 but couldn’t find celery root at the store) – Great! Sweet Potato Puree –…

That was really cruel of me… to write a post about how we are killing ourselves with our white flour and sugar right on the brink of one of the biggest holidays of the year.  Really, I didn’t plan it that way, it just happened.  Promise. I started the food for our Thanksgiving meal yesterday.  I’m using mostly recipes from Nourishing Traditions and have never tried any of it before.  My family will love it, I’m sure. probably ban me from making anything ever from NT.  They’re good sports but I guess Thanksgiving’s like the sacred cow – you just don’t mess too much with tradition. I made the Onion…