friendship thanksgiving dinner

hello lovely!

as promised, here are the pictures from the finished product!

mmm... turkey... 

each year we host a "friendship thanksgiving dinner." we love getting our friends together to celebrate how thankful we are to have each other in our lives. i make the turkey (as you can see) and the guests each bring a side dish. it is quite the feast, and everyone ends up rolling out the door.

i also save the wishbone from the previous year so we can make a wish! this year the top of the wishbone flew across the room! 

as you can see, amy was shocked. 

but her piece was larger and she finally won the wishbone! 

 the dinner was a great success. i love my family :)

xoxo,

alyssa renee

** photos 1-8 courtesy of amy

mice and birds cooks: turkey edition!

hello lovely,

with thanksgiving just a few days away i thought i'd show you how i make my turkey for thanksgiving. first i put butter all over the bird. 

its kind of a weird thing to do at first

then i add salt and pepper

next i make a turkey tent out of aluminum foil. make sure all of it is sealed. this makes for a moist bird

and voila! cook as long as you need per the size of the turkey.

*note you might want a trial run if you have a new oven, mine this year needed a bit longer to cook than usual because my oven isn't very good.

soon i'll post pics of the bird after it came out, and a fun turkey day surprise i prepared for my guests :)

xoxo,

alyssa renee