Thanksgiving Plans

With our having moved twice in three months and the baby coming next week, John and I decided to have a quiet Thanksgiving at home this year. Certainly, we don't need to be driving up to middle Georgia two weeks before my due date. And while I do have family here in north Florida, it will be nice to have a quiet celebration at home. (And we did invite my aunt and uncle over here, but they needed to stay home, too.)

Since we're having a small, quiet meal here at home, I'm not preparing too much, just some of our favorite dishes. John is frying a turkey breast which frees up the oven. And fried turkey is soooo much better than baked, don't you think? Oh, you haven't tried it? You need to! We are also having:

• sweet potato casserole
• green bean casserole
• 5-Cup Salad*
• Grasshopper Pie (Sarah Beth has been asking for this all year long. I haven't made it since Christmas, but every time anyone mentions a pie, she says she wants the "green one." She didn't care for my chocolate pecan pie.)
• Sister Schubert's rolls (I'm cheating this year and not making any homemade rolls.)

As I looked at last year's menu, I realized that I prepared these same dishes. Oh, well! I reckon we're making traditions!

*If you're wondering what 5-Cup salad is, it's a super yummy salad containing five cups, hence the name. There is one cup each of crushed pineapple, mandarin oranges, chopped pecans, sour cream, and marshmallows.