Good morning Friends,
It is just the two of us for Thanksgiving, but that's ok with me. This morning I made up a big batch of cranberry relish-I always make mine from scratch. This year I added fresh blueberries and organic canned mandarin oranges.
I also just put a sweet potatoe pie in the oven. I used fresh sweet potatoes that I prepared last week and froze. For the crust I made a gluten free crust using organic raw walnuts and gluten free graham crackers with butter and splenda for the sweetener. My kitchen is smelling pretty good right now-smiles.
For our Thanksgiving meal, I decided to make us Belgium waffles-which are a treat for us, and serve with our smoked turkey. The cranberries will go well with this too. Perhaps a green veggie as well. We need to eat fairly healthy here, a few less carbs than potatoes, stuffing etc.
This week the pelicans have returned-really fun to watch. I also set up my luminaries with battery tea lights. My other bags were pretty worn out, these bags have snowflakes and are better quality bags too. Before retirement when we lived on the border of Illinois and Wisconsin we would get some pretty bitter winters. I would set up the luminaries with sand and real candles back then. Now I enjoy them on the ledge of our wall of windows.
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We have rain coming in today so it is pretty cloudy outdoors. I couldn't get a clear close up as they are on the other side of the lake from us
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you that celebrate
