turkey tom

my first thanksgiving away from the fam! okay, i lie. i did spend thanksgiving in chicago with my friend and her family my freshman year of college. i suppose you would call this my first adult thanksgiving. can i just tell you, it was lovely! i feel a bit guilty that i had such a wonderful time without my parents :/ not to say i don't enjoy spending holidays with them, but it was pretty cool having more than 3 people at the table.

the bestie was hosting the dinner and we all split up the list so it was pretty even-stevens. i brought the green beans (none of that nasty casserole nonsense, just classic green beans) and these tasty sweet potatoes topped with fresh rosemary, garlic and chopped walnuts. i need to thank mr. bob greene for that recipe! i also volunteered to bring the thanksgiving dessert. i will admit, i love baking. absolutely love it! i'm pretty confident in my baking skills, but why i decided to bring an apple pie when i've never made any sort of pie in my life is beyond me. but none the less, that's what happened. this one was pretty apple-liscious and i topped it with streusel. check out the before and after photos.

i tried to scale it with the recipe card and the tea kettle, so as you can see it was chock-full of apples. nom! and after all of my worrying, the pie came out perfectly and everyone had a piece and loved it. perfection!

with only 8 of us, we had quite a spread. and i didn't want to be rude and neglect anyone's dishes, so i tried everything! check out this mighty tasty plate.

 

happy thanksgiving!!