Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  We had a fun thanksgiving, baking and cooking all day. Or house helper hasn't shown up for a week, but she miraculously showed up today in time to do my dishes all day long and it was NICE!  She also did all the cleaning so when our guests arrived the house was clean.  I could get used to this.

Finding thanksgiving food here was a challenge, no cranberries or cranberry sauce was anywhere to be found in the city.  However, we did find a turkey...
 

homemade rolls

french beans

mashed potatoes

 a family favorite, apple slices

and of course pumpkin pie

I'm not sure if you can tell, but the celery here is very skinny, about the size of Zoe's baby fingers

 I also made stuffing and sweet potatoes, which I forgot to take pictures of.  We had to roast the turkey in our microwave, it has a convection oven option, in a big glass bowl because I didn't bring any pots big enough to fit a turkey. Indian food is usually many small dishes that cook over high heat very quickly, so finding a roasting pan here was impossible.  We also couldn't find evaporated milk or ground spices for the pumpkin pie, so I evaporated some milk on the stove and ground the spices fresh-Yum!  We made what we had work, and all in all I think it was a success.  We had a neighbor and her daughter join us for the festivities and had a really nice time.  I am thankful that we had a delicious meal that resembled American food and nice time with friends as well as the many blessings in our lives right now..India, fun kids, health, friends, many things to be thankful for.  Happy Thanksgiving!