That was an actual headline I saw online early last week. My reaction:
Um, what?
I know this is the time of year people tend to bust out
their family heirloom recipes, and go all out for the feasts and
festivities. And yes, you can certainly
feed 8 people at Thanksgiving for under $100.
But my opinion is, you can feed them for a LOT less than $100. I didn’t even read that article, I was laughing
so hard. I really don’t know what sort
of recipes they were promoting. I planned
to feed 10 adults and 3 small children.
As it turned out, and I knew beforehand that this was a possibility,
several people didn’t make it. We ended up
with 5 adults and 2 toddlers, and TONS of leftovers. In preparation for this I spent $38, which
included an extra turkey since they were on sale and is now safely abiding in
my freezer, along with bits and pieces of his already-cooked brethren. Oh, and let’s not forget, add the cost of a
couple extra pie crusts because we ate the chocolate pies the night before and had
to make more. I had made 2 pie crusts,
we bought 4 more and used 2 of them. The
others will be saved for later. I could have
made more but I wimped out.
Ask anyone in my family if they feel the food would have been
better if I spent more. Go on, I dare
you! Because they seemed to be enjoying
it, and enjoying it, and enjoying it…. I
don’t feel that spending another $60-65 would have improved our meal even a
tiny fraction. Looks good, doesn't it?
I think Ayla is now our official pie lady. She doesn’t yet know how to make crust, but
she can turn out a pumpkin or chocolate fudge pie in no time, and it’s
GOOD. Here she is, helping Drake make his
very first pie:
You’d think people who are 8 months pregnant would know
better than to get in the floor but she said it was easier than holding Drake
up to the counter while he helped. At least
there were people around to hoist her back up.
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