Maple-Orange Cranberry Sauce |
We celebrated Thanksgiving this past Sunday with my husband's side of the family. We started the day doing the Lincolnwood Turkey Trot. My husband and I did the 10K along with our daughter while our son and daughter-in-law did the 5K. Our other son came to cheer us on while our son-in-law stayed home with our grandson who had a croupy cough.
Green Beans Gremolata |
It was a cold morning, about 12-15 degrees but sunny and little wind. My husband paced our daughter-in-law for the first half of her run while I paced our daughter who hasn't raced or even run much since a half-marathon in April 2012. With pregnancy, bedrest and some postpartum surgery she hasn't been able to do much running. We wound up doing it in 1:04:40 which wasn't bad all things considered. My husband came in just over an hour.
Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Carrots |
Then it was on to I-Hop for breakfast. They were all out of hot chocolate so afterwards we stopped at Starbucks for some hot chocolate. How can you not have hot chocolate?
Cornbread Dressing |
The home for showers and getting ready for company. I had cooked all day before so it was mostly final cooking and making biscuits. I had put a couple of pork roasts in the crockpot with apple juice, onions, cinnamon and basil before heading out to the race. They smelled so good when we walked in.
Buttermilk Biscuits |
My son and his wife picked up my mom from her new place in Palatine. Our son-in-law came with our grandson. My sisters-in-law came, one with her hubby and the other with her daughter (her hubby and son had to work). My son's mother-in-law also came. We had 14 for dinner.
Apple Crostata |
We had the pork roasts with roasted sweet potatoes and carrots, cornbread dressing, green beans gremolata, maple-orange cranberry salad, and buttermilk biscuits. It was all delicious except the biscuits didn't raise and were not all that tasty. Probably won't make them again. The sisters-in-law provided the salad and wine.
Cinnamon Swirl Sweet Potato Cheesecake |
For dessert we had apple crostata and cinnamon swirl sweet potato cheesecake. The cheesecake didn't quite turn out as swirled but it was delicious!
Very thankful for a wonderful family. Happy Thanksgiving!