Yummy Thanksgiving Feast

We had a nice Thanksgiving...small and quiet.  We ended up eating a Thanksgiving dinner instead of a lunch time meal...it was nice and because of my healthy changes I wasn't able to eat near as much.  Here was our menu:

The bread separating and getting hard to make...

home made stuffing: (which is the best)

http://www.whatscookingwithruthie.com/2012/12/23/homemade-stuffing/

Then I didn't want to have a ton of carbs and we didn't even have rolls or potatoes we had this:

Stuffed cauliflower...which hands down replaces potatoes any ole day now...just takes a lil longer to make but health over time any day

http://foodiejourney.blogspot.com/2009/02/smashed-cauliflower-potatoes.html

I love cream corn but I love home made cream corn much more and so I looked for a recipe and found one that tastes AMAZING...

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cream-corn-like-no-other/detail.aspx

And I don't have many casserole type dishes (need to invest in more thats for sure and more pots to cook in...sounds like great presents for myself over the next year if I do say so myself).  But what is Thanksgiving without some green beans but instead of using cream of anything I found it with onions and bacon and a few seasonings all cooked in a crockpot...

http://douglicious.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-cooker-green-beans-and-bacon.html

along with these dishes we also had ham (no picture) ... sorry...

but deviled eggs (I love these and mommy would be proud)

 And a pretty salad...which we didn't even eat...but its still pretty and full of color

for dessert I found a yummy recipe in a magazine called pumpkin bars...3 yummy layers of goodness and I topped it off with home made whip cream:

I was definitely exhausted by the end of the night and after eating...but my amazing Nate helped me with the dishes and so that helped.  Tons of left overs which isn't a bad thing.

here are a few pics of my two of my three Turkey day dates (minus Nate)...hungry beautiful girls ready to dig in and eat...obviously Paisley really wanted those blueberries

And then after dishes and cleaning up and getting ready for bed...we always have time for a little girl style wrestling which is usually roll around on the floor followed by a pillow or tickle fight:

And then the girls are fed, attention given maxed and ready for bed...

cause chewing on a necklace and standing on Nate is just so much fun?!

Hope everyone had a fabulous Turkey day...until next year...