Baby’s first Thanksgiving

Glazed Roast Turkey with Cranberry Stuffing Recipe via Betty Crocker Recipes

This year I am not going home be with my family for Thanksgiving. It’s a wrench being so far from home on the holidays, but it just wasn’t in the cards for this year.

Instead, I will be hosting a Thanksgiving dinner with my roommates. Including the three of us, we should have about 10 people attending.

Guess who’s cooking her first turkey?

I have to admit, I’m kind of excited. This is a pretty big first for me. And thankfully, I’m not married, pregnant, and acting as a buffer between in-laws. I’m just cooking for friends, and hopefully everyone will be nice about the results.

Of course, not everyone will be eating turkey. Ms. Cajones invited her family who have varying dietary restrictions, and The Veganess (yes, my second roommate finally has a name) – clearly, she doesn’t eat meat. So, even less pressure.

Overall, this should be a very...interesting...holiday. Each roommate is making her own dishes, which may or may not go together. Also, since we don’t exactly have a table to seats 10, we’re going to have beg/borrow/steal a table from our neighbors to make enough space.

If you can believe it, I am not actually making dessert. I was tempted, to be sure. And I’m super in the mood for apple pie topped with pumpkin ice cream. However, seeing as this will be my first turkey roasting, I want to have time to give it my full attention. Besides, Ms. Cajones is making pumpkin pie, and The Veganess is making vegan sweet potato pie. An apple pie on top of that would simply be too many sweets in the house.

I’m pretty excited! I’m going to be taking lots of pictures to document the occasion, and a home video, if my roommates don’t protest too much.

I can’t wait for my long-turkey-weekend to start.