Thanksgiving for my family is a day to together and eat just like many other families.  Over the years since all of us have two days off we made it a tradition to, together and eat, talk and just have fun.  This year our gathering was split in half, I hosted a dinner with my cousin and invited a few friends and the other half was hosted by my aunt Melek for the rest of our immediate family.  Even though we were not together, at heart we were all one.

For this years dinner, I tried to prepare myself as much as I could.  A week a head I did all my shopping and the two days before the big day, I stopped by my dad’s to pick up the turkey.  The night before after work, I cleaned and did some cooking prep and set the dinner table.  This made the day of easier and a bit less work. 

Night before, my dinner table all set to go!  

Thanksgiving dinner table filled with food.

The cooking was mainly done by cousin and myself.  Duriye prepared:

• Red skinned mashed potatoes
• Blanched string beans & asparagus w/ sun dried tomatoes
• Lasagna

I prepared:

• Green lettuce, carrot & vegetable salad
• Oven baked mixed vegetables
• Tarhana soup
• Oven roasted Halal Turkey

Lasagna

Nese’s oven baked cigar borek

Aysegul’s oven roasted Turkey – broken into pieces

Thursday I spend my whole day in the kitchen and I great tired of my time in the kitchen.  Their was plenty of food and of course left overs.  I’m sick of eating and look at the food!  I will have the recipes to follow.  Hope you all had a nice and relaxing Thanksgiving break.

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Tags: mashed potatoes, string beans, thanksgiving, Turkey, Vegetables