{"id":14657,"date":"2011-11-14T11:22:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T15:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=14657"},"modified":"2011-11-14T11:22:09","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T15:22:09","slug":"something-old-something-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/11\/something-old-something-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Something old, something new"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/ohc-11-27-08_table.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1856 alignleft\" title=\"Thanksgiving table \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/ohc-11-27-08_table-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/ohc-11-27-08_table-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/ohc-11-27-08_table.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> For those of us in the US, Thanksgiving is fast approaching. Less than two weeks away! \u00a0I fully admit that this is my super favorite time of year.<\/p>\n<p>The last four months of the year are an amazing time! \u00a0September is full of embracing the fact that Fall is kicking off.<\/p>\n<p>October is about taking joy in the leaves changing and the air getting cool.<\/p>\n<p>November is all about Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n<p>December is all about the holidays and enjoying loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>My heart grows big during this time and I&#8217;m pretty much happy all of the time.<\/p>\n<p>Thanksgiving I love because I love cooking. \u00a0I get to cook a huge meal and prep and prepare for it all week long. \u00a0For someone like me, where cooking is therapy, this is the best time of year!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m making my list and will go grocery shopping this week to pick up supplies. \u00a0Next week I&#8217;ll pick up my turkey!<\/p>\n<p>For those of you that are in Columbus, check out my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/houndsinthekitchen.com\/2011\/11\/04\/local-thanksgiving-food-2011\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel&#8217;s post on where you can find local turkeys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have been cooking Thanksgiving dinners for Scott and I now over 10 years. \u00a0That&#8217;s a lot of birds!<\/p>\n<p>And stuffing!<\/p>\n<p>What I&#8217;ve learned is that to cook and make all the\u00a0traditional\u00a0stuff that we grew up with, makes a lot of food. \u00a0And for two people, it&#8217;s just too much and we would end up tossing leftovers. \u00a0Not something I want! And really that&#8217;s not what the holiday is meant to be about, so over the years we&#8217;ve changed and evolved with the way we approach Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>Now both of us explore more and I try to bring new dishes or new ideas to the table.<\/p>\n<p>Of course there will always be staples that we won&#8217;t go without:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mashed potatoes<\/li>\n<li>Gravy<\/li>\n<li>Stuffing<\/li>\n<li>Turkey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We will always have those but the variations might get tweaked a bit. \u00a0I might bring different side dishes to the table and dessert is a little different as well.<\/p>\n<p>This year I&#8217;m doing a Thanksgiving dinner with a nod to the South. \u00a0I&#8217;m working on a different spicy brine for the turkey and I&#8217;ll be making a HUGE pot of collards for a side dish. \u00a0I&#8217;m really excited about this meal!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve learned over the years that less is more. \u00a0Less components means more of a chance to enjoy the food and enjoy the moment. \u00a0Along with enjoying leftovers!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also learned that it&#8217;s okay to let go of some traditions to be able to experience new things.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Thanksgiving like for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of us in the US, Thanksgiving is fast approaching. Less than two weeks away! \u00a0I fully admit that this is my super favorite time of year. The last four months of the year are an amazing time! \u00a0September is full of embracing the fact that Fall is kicking off. October is about taking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[48,87],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-3Op","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}