Thanksgiving Dinner

Like many families this weekend, our family enjoyed a hearty Thanksgiving dinner. We had the traditional turkey dinner with all of the trimmings. Our meal included: a whole roasted turkey, peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, gravy, and baugette. For dessert, we did not have a pumpkin pie, or any type of pie at all for that matter. We did not have a pumpkin cheesecake or pumpkin cake either. Actually, none of us really had room for dessert after our meal, but we did have room for sweets as a snack later on. My mother made pumpkin chocolate chip loaf, and a few days later she also made pumpkin chocolate chip muffins. They are basically the same thing, but muffins bake quicker. Both are moist, have a nice pumpkin flavor, and are chocolatey enough for us! We also had two types of chocolate squares, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, and a chocolate cake shaped like a turkey (I'll feature that tomorrow) around at some point this weekend. Now we will have a turkey noodle soup to use up the leftover turkey and vegetables, and enjoy it with homemade biscuits!