Gobble Gobble

Well to say the least, Thanksgiving was a success. From morning to night there was something amazing to nibble on, and the day started with these bites: bacon bark and spicy roasted chickpeas.

*I realize now that the bacon bark may seem a little scary if not explained. Basically it's bacon, pecans, and walnuts baked in the over with brown sugar, paprika, and maple syrup. Which equals salty, savory, sweet, crunchy nomness.


And it wouldn't be a day of my favorite type of eating without cheese. We had a variety of brie, cheese with cranberries in it, goat cheese, and here's a big block of gouda!


And the turkey. It was magnificent. Moist on the inside and golden on the outside - it was definitely some of my mom's best work.


The best part about Thanksgiving - sitting down at the dinner table with family. We had my grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins and best friends there. It was nice to be all around one table.


Lots o' pies. Because a normal pumpkin pie or apple pie isn't enough right? My mom knocked it out of the park with these and made a caramel crumble apple pie and a pumpkin pie with chiffon whip cream and chocolate shavings.