This Thanksgiving was the best yet!
Setting the standard with last years first organic Thanksgiving, there was high expectation from all who joined our feast, I am proud to say my daughters and I not only prepared a fabulous organic meal but also followed the 100 Mile diet Challenge!!
Our dinner was 95% local for us cooks, thanks to my two CSA box’s from my favorite farm Rancho Piccolo, a Local Mong farm stand and my daughters favorite farmers market in Santa Monica.
We selected most of our recipe’s from Williams-Sonoma ” A Farmstead Thanksgiving”, a right fit for our goal to celebrate our traditional feast with easy-to-find locally grown and produced ingredients.
We started our day with mimosa’s, Christmas tunes and cooking with a passion to bring forth this outstanding menu….
- Blue Cheese spread on crostini with a pear topping appetizer
- Natural Free Range Turkey (no additives)
- Sausage, Apple and chestnut Dressing
- Butternut Squash Mashed Potatoes
- Maple Glazed Carrots with Garlic
- Snap Beans with Caramelized Shallot and Roasted Mushrooms
- Maple Tarragon Sweet Potatoes
- Sweet Potato and Persimmon bake
- Pumpkin-Brulee Pie
I am thankful for the many blessings in my life, but spending the day in the kitchen with my fun loving girls and my lively family and friends gathered around the table are one’s I am most greatful for!
Stay tuned for Christmas Dinner…
Just Anna!
What a delightful story about your Turkey Day! I am going to get that book. Your menu sounds exquisite.
We had our annual day at Tom and Wendy Bender’s home here in Sonora. Tom is the sommelier for O’Briens Market in Modesto. He the wine-guy for the Pelandale Rd/ Dale Rd. flagship store. He also writes a very informative wine column in Sonora’s Union Democrat and teaches wine classes for Columbia College. This year he and Eric Davis from Sonora’s Diamondback Grill have helped to found Tuolumne County’s new Slow Food Convivium. Along with Bob Casey and some other foothill “foodies” they are bringing home the idea of shop local, eat local.
I will be sure to pass on your blogspot to these folks. They need to know more about your work. Keep it up!