Canadian Thanksgiving has come and gone and we had such an amazing weekend with our family and friends. Friday night was a great night to catch up with some friends, eat some pizza and have a very in depth conversation about our Canadian Politics…who calls an election during a family holiday anyways?! Ha Ha!
We woke up early on Saturday morning to get prepared for our Thanksgiving Appy Hour! I came up with this idea earlier in the week as we have quite a few family members and didn’t really want to host a formal sit down dinner as many others were having that dinner again (including us) the following day. So, the challenge was to create Thanksgiving inspired appetizers to serve and to make sure the wine, beer and kid punch was a plenty! Here was the menu:
- Fresh Turkey Sliders with Swiss Cheese
- Dressing/Stuffing Bites
- Cranberry Brie Puff Pastries
- Mashed Potato Bar – Toppings such as gravy, cheese, bacon, onions
Our family also provided some delicious salads and sweet potatoes to round it all out.
IT WAS A HIT! For me, the whole purpose of these family holidays is to surround ourselves with the people we love and appreciate, eat food, drink wine and share many laughs. Providing this type of set up really allowed us to be relaxed and informal… and that’s the way I like it.
I was so proud of my boy to have cooked the turkey on his own in the morning (help from Dad) as well, what a great skill to learn at a young age.
I will be posting some recipes from the weekend that you might perhaps incorporate into your Christmas festivities. Stay tuned!
From our family to yours, we wish you the happiest of Thanksgivings!
