Post-Thanksgiving
Friday: Chinese Dinner
Miriam in China: Real Chinese Food
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Miriam visited China in November, and brought back many food pictures, which she agreed to share here.
These are only a few of her fascinating photos. |
Saturday: Post-Thanksgiving Mashed Potatoes
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| Leftover mashed potatoes were made into potato patties. |
Thanksgiving: Once-A-Year Feast
In our family, there is no other meal than Thanksgiving with such a set selection of foods. In my childhood, my mother, father, sister, and brother and I would often have Thanksgiving Dinner with my mother’s sisters and their families, or my mother would invite a friend of the family to our house. Yes, turkey, stuffing, potatoes, and more. My aunts sometimes made the famous (notorious?) casseroles of sweet potatoes garnished with marshmallows or of greenbeans in mushroom soup. Our menu this year was close, but no casseroles.
A few photos:
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| Mashed potatoes cooking in my kitchen. (Made by Miriam) |
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We roasted two chickens with stuffing.
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| Gravy and squash on the stove near the pot of potatoes. |
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| Olive oil and Hellmann’s mayo: two items you’ll always find in my kitchen. |
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Roast beef and French-style potato salad. This is Trader Joe’s ready-to-eat roast beef, a new item for us.
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| Here I am, cooking in my kitchen. |
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| Making soup in my kitchen — a squash that’s equivalent to pumpkin. |
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| Falafel. |
At the Farmers’ Market
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| Carrots! |
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| Local produce in my kitchen. |
Blog post and photos © 2025 mae sander
Shared with Sherry’s November Kitchen Blog Post.
