Thanksgiving 2018 What We Made

I'm taking another break from posting about our trip to Europe to talk about Thanksgiving and what we made this year.

I like to be able to go back and see what was on the menu that year and having these posts to refer to definitely helps!

I started off by making a big pot of my No-Chicken Orzo Italian Wedding Soup. That wasn't for Thanksgiving but for the weekend and it was nice to have a big pot of soup bubbling on the stove.

We weren't hosting this year but I still made a lot of food to take with us. I started early in the week by making the cornbread and leaving the bread out to get stale for the stuffing. I've been making Pioneer Woman's Favorite Dressing/ Stuffing for the past few years and we still love it.  I sub out vegan butter when the recipe calls for butter, veggie stock for chicken stock and I make about 1/3 of her version.  It starts with corn bread and sour dough bread.  I always make homemade cornbread and this recipe from Happy Herbivore.

 This year I added in a mixture of pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries.

 The buttery/broth mixture.

Before and after baking the stuffing.  I mixed it up that morning and baked it right before we left.

 Of course Mr. Click made his famous mashed potatoes.  We He made 15 pounds this year and always keeps some aside for the vegans.

I made a batch of I Can't Believe It's Vegan Gravy and it's been my go-to gravy for the past few years

 City Girl made this amazing  Gingery Thai Kale Salad with Cashew Dressing from Minimalist Baker.  She tripled the recipe because it said it's for 2-4 people. We had leftovers and didn't mind a bit!

 She also made Ina Garten's hummus.  It's very garlicky but so good!

Here's my plate of leftovers. I tend to forget to take one at Thanksgiving. My MIL made roasted veggies and there was some cranberry orange relish too.

 I made something new for dessert, these Vegan Pumpkin Pie Squares with Gluten Free Graham Cracker Crust from Oh She Glows.

 I made mine with GF gingerbread men but didn't have enough so I had to use some spiced wafers too(not gluten free-but ok for us).

 I was able to make these ahead of time which was a big helpl

 The pumpkin filling went perfectly with the spicy crust.

I ended up cutting them up even smaller so people could take just a taste if they wanted to. There are always so many desserts.

 There's our salad!

See what I mean about so many desserts. I found some dairy free Reddi Whip and it was so good! I'm definitely going to get that again.

Here's the whole crazy gang that was there for dinner (missing one but she'll be home in 9 days!!)

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{Travel} Day 7 Dublin -Part 2; Dublinia and Christ Church Cathedral

Back to Day 7 of our trip and it was our last full day with College Girl so we made the best of it (she had classes starting the next day).  After our morning at Trinity College and The Book of Kells, then some shopping and lunch (see it all here and here), we went to Dublinia.

Dublinia is the Irish Viking Museum.

Did you know there were Irish Vikings?  I didn't!

 

 The museum was really interesting.

 

It was self guided and just a few floors.

 One of the coolest things about the museum is that you exit through this bridge over to Christ Church Cathedral.

 But first you can go to the very top of Dublinia and get a fantastic view of the city (even when it's wet and foggy).

 

You end up in the gardens of Christ Church which are currently under construction and can't be seen from the road.

This barrier blocks the view but you can see it from inside the garden.

 These doors are gorgeous and super tall.

Walking around Dublin, you see a lot of brightly painted doors and they call them "The Doors of Dublin".

The view from our flat's kitchen window.

 Ha'penny Bridge at night.

 Ending the night with a little wine by the electric fireplace.

to be continued..

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{Travel} Day 7 Dublin-Shopping at Flying Tiger

I'm devoting a whole post to this store because I loved it so much.  Flying Tiger is a company out of Copenhagen and has stores all over the world.  I didn't realize they also had locations in NYC until City Girl reminded me that she had gotten me one of my favorite candle holders from there. oopsie.  Anyway, College Girl had discovered it in Dublin and I was equally enthralled with its offerings. Especially the Christmas decor.

 I'm a sucker for gnomes at Christmas. This mailbox is too cute.

 Everything is very inexpensive, it was a shame I had such a small suitcase!

 We were able to shop for College Girl's dorm though so I could live vicariously through her.

 The stuff is just so darn cute.

 An Advent candle!

 Drinkware!

 Cozy sweater-ed coffee mugs!

 Cookies!

More gnomes!!  

 I did pick up a few things to bring back with me, but this carrot peeler wasn't one of them.  What do you think? Do you love Flying Tiger as much as I do?

to be continued...

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