Fiber Fool

1. Good times with friends and family are of course at the top of the list. Sharing stories and maybe a game or two or putting together a puzzle or watching a movie. I don’t care too much what we do. Just the getting together is nice.

2. Turkey! It is something I don’t often eat, other than ground in burgers or taco meat or as sliced deli meat, but I love a well roasted turkey and really look forward to having it.

3. Root vegetables! They may be startchy and full of carbs, but I love my root vegetables - rutabega, parsnips, potatoes, yams, onions, even beets. Especially when roasted in a light coating of olive oil, salt and perhaps some fresh herbs!

4. Squashes of all variety. It’s no secret I love pumpkin, but the other squashes all come in at a close second. We have a few new to us varieties this year thanks to the CSA. Anyone cooked with a Blue Banana Squash before? What is it best for?

5. Pie! I love that pie often plays such a traditional roll in Thanksgiving. Only problem is choosing which to have. I usually cave and go for a sliver of each :-)

6. Cranberries! It’s that love of tart fruit again (remember me and rhubarb). I could really eat them year around. So I do my best to make myself sick of them by the time New Years hits.

7. Pulling out the Swedish stars for our windows and lighting them to light the dark, long nights of winter!

8. Checking my 1.2 days worth of Christmas music in iTunes so it is included in my music rotation once again. Why yes, I do have a problem - I have 20 versions of Silent Night! Why do you ask? LOL!

9. I love putting up the rest of the Christmas decorations too. Having all the greenery and extra decor just makes the indoors seem warmer and cozier.

10. Dusting off all the holiday movies, including Hebrew Hammer (hey, we’re an equal opportunity holiday household here and enjoy attending a friends Hanukkah party too), White Christmas, Love Actually, The Holiday, Christmas in Connecticut (the old one, thank you) and many more.

This one was a bit bittersweet to write. This year neither of us really had the time to make the three hour drive to DH’s family gathering, nor did we have advance enough notice to arrange for kenneling for Emma and Brandon. Not to mention that making sure DH has enough vegetarian food for a meal when traveling that distance can be problematic. So this year, it will just be like any other day. The holiday may be the excuse I need to finally make enough time to make the Squash Risotto from The Poor Girl Gourmet’s cookbook again and perhaps I’ll venture to the grocery today and see about getting a small turkey breast for myself. Would it be overkill to make squash risotto and have pumpkin pie for dessert?

I hope you all here in the US get to enjoy everything on your lists and have a wonderful Thanksgiving on Thursday!