A healthy gathering
Some snapshots of the Thanksgiving dinner I had in San Diego. Nearly everyone was vegetarian, and even those that weren’t were ardent turkey-haters, or pumpkin-neutral. So the idea was to make it a healthy meal, which we did.
Some Potatoes au gratin absolutely dripping with cheese:
Baked zucchini, with lots of cheese to neutralize any benefits of the vegetable:
Black bean soup, where the celery by no means dominated:
More beans (yes, these were appallingly low fat, inspite of all the olive oil they were drenched in):
Pear Crisp with whipped cream:
and a Banana Cream Pie with more whipped cream:
But the most important servings were large dollops of giggles, reminiscences and the warmth of college and grad school friendships with two beloved old roommates:
And, finally, stiff cosmos, good cheer and the promise of many more such healthy gatherings in years to come:
Hope everyone celebrating had a happy thanksgiving weekend! Thank you all for the generous comments on my Ogee Tunic! I think I replied to everyone, but in case I missed anyone, thanks again. I got a lot of knitting done these past few days too, so stay tuned for some significant progress pictures on my WIPs…
YUM! I spent Thanksgiving with old college friends this year too — it was lovely, and it looks like yours was too! I’ve been so busy I didn’t get a chance to comment on your Ogee tunic, but it is really excellent.
arre, great to see some familiar faces – looking good!! apart from the excellent company of old friends, looks like you’ll had the right idea about the food and drink. heh!
There is just nothing wrong with cheese and cream. At least on Thanksgiving.
I, meanwhile, came home from Thanksgiving to find my freezer door wide open and virtually everything within it thawed and gushy. I don’t know how the cat did it, but that’s all I can think happened.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Looks like your holiday meal was about as low-cal as mine.
Cheers!
Gotta love the holidays… yum.
you can never have too much cheese!!!!!
It all looks so delicious.
Sounds perfect!!
Yum! Your feast looks wonderful!