Building Dreams

The circus that the modern day Thanksgiving has become is far from the simple celebrations of earlier days. Yes there was feasting and sharing, but it was newly harvested food and it was often a community affair, similar to our church suppers and potlucks. It is possible to have a feast for 20 for about $30 with careful shopping and planning. We have an abundance of good food and leftovers. Part of the fun for us has been encouraging family members tobecome experts on certain menu items, including seeing how close to zero cost we can get!

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