I am so envious of all the Americans who were celebrating Thanksgiving today. This is kind of silly when you take into consideration the fact that I already celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving last month, so it’s not like I missed out altogether. Still, everywhere I went online (and also on TV) people were talking about their turkeys and sweet potatoes and stuffing and pumpkin pies. I was starving for turkey dinner by 10 a.m.!

Since I was having serious poultry envy I did the best that I could do up here north of the border on a regular old Thursday. I made chicken and mashed potatoes and vegetables. It wasn’t quite the same but it was better than nothing! I laughed about it on the phone with my mother and she told me that you can even get cranberry sauce at the dollar store so next time we go I’m going to get some and a box of stuffing and I’ll serve it up next time I make chicken.

Really, I should just buy one of those turkey breasts or the Maple Leaf pre-cooked turkeys. I love turkey so very much that I look forward to both Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. I used to love it when we had to do the dinners at my grandmother’s house and George’s parents’ house too just because that meant twice the turkey dinners. I never got tired of the leftovers either. I’d make turkey tetrazzini and as many turkey/stuffing/cranberry sandwiches as I could. My dad and I used to make the sandwiches (though he would skip the stuffing and cranberry layers) by 11 that same night, both of us already hungry even after such a big meal.

And I could seriously go for a slice of pumpkin pie, especially my mother-in-law’s because she uses fresh pumpkin. Or maybe the pumpkin cheesecake I made one year; that was really good too.

I am so hungry. Time to make a cup of tea and go raid the cupboard for some soft Brownie Chocolate Chunk cookies or maybe a slice of Breanna’s birthday cake from the fridge. I hope all my American friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.