We had a long weekend last week because of Thanksgving on Thursday. Usually, we do not celebrate Thanksgiving, but we decided to join in the fun this year and prepare a simple Thanksgiving dinner for ourselves. Since turkey is the centrepiece of Thanksgiving dinner, we bought a 13 pounds turkey last week from the supermarket. Frankly speaking, it was not easy handling the turkey that we bought as it was quite big even though that was the smallest turkey that we could find in the store. Daddy deserved most of the credit in roasting the turkey as he was the one who managed to stuff the butter, garlic and herbs underneath the skin. We finally heaved a sign of relief when we pushed the turkey into the oven.
Apart from the roasted turkey, we also had pumpkin soup, boiled broccoli as side dishes. Here, the turkey is usually eaten with cranberry sauce , so we also prepared our own cranberry sauce using fresh cranberries.
After the 3 hours of anxious anticipation, Daddy finally brought the much awaited turkey out of the oven.
Wow! What a great feast! It's time to dig in.
Of course, daddy, being the head of the household, was given the honor of carving the turkey.
This was the first time that we roasted a turkey for Thanksgiving and it tasted pretty good.
What can be more satisfying than to have a sumptuous meal after all the fun and excitement in preparing the food. Happy Thanksgiving!