Our menu

Deviled eggs
Onion Cheese Dip
Fresh Salsa
Tortilla chips
Fresh vegetables

Turkey
Gravey
Tofu in Spicy Peanut Sauce
Sweet potatoes
Mashed potatoes
Cranberry Orange Relish
Green Bean Cassarole
Green Salad
Stuffing
Fresh sourdough rolls or whole wheat rolls
Pumpkin Pie
Pecan Pie
Berry Crumble

We usually get the turkey either free or for less than $.25 per pound by buying it with our regular groceries. The bread and stuffing we make from scratch. If you watch the ads over the month before Thanksgiving you can usually find 10-20 lbs of potatoes for less than $2.  The berries for the crumble are ones we picked in August and froze in the crumbe pan lined with wax paper, broken in half and then put in a zip lock bag. Pecans we get at a farmers market from one of our local nut growers,

Recipes for all of these can be found at www.myabundanthome.com/recipes

Many plans can be made for Thanksgiving weekend that cannot be made for other holidays. Not only is there a great meal cooked, served and eaten, but there are popular sports events televised as well as holiday parades to either attend or watch on television. It is easier to travel for a visit to long distance relatives when you have four entire days to enjoy the festivities. Thanksgiving is also the time when people start getting excited about December arriving along with the Christmas holidays. This is the time when many people put up their Christmas decorations and start their shopping.

The Thanksgiving weekend is also a very special time for children, although they may love this holiday because they tend to love anything that gets them out of having to go to school. However, there are other parts of the holiday that children enjoy. They get to visit with some of their favorite relatives as well as play with their friends. Older children may also be allowed to help prepare some of the food that will be served during the meal. Younger children enjoy getting some extra days of cartoon programs as well some cartoons that have been created especially for Thanksgiving.

However you decide to spend the Thanksgiving weekend, make sure that it is meaningful to you, personally. Customs have been started in a lot of families over the years that are handed down as time passes. This can be something as simple as a special dish or a particular way a dish is prepared to how thanks is given before the meal. There are many ways to enjoy this very special time with your family and it should be used to bring everyone together to remember just what there is to be thankful for.