Nothing says Friendsgiving like a cornucopia! Thanks to Vishnu we were able to enjoy a very festive background image while we ate!
As for dinner…
Robin, Andy, Vishnu, and I enjoyed a delicious and VERY filling meal! Seriously you guys. I haven’t felt this full in a long time! After dinner I changed out of my jeans and put on my stretchy pants. I was THAT full.
Robin and I split up the menu and tackled it separately during the day on Saturday. Our kitchens are super tiny so this was the best approach. Plus I know absolutely nothing about cooking a turkey!
Robin and Andy prepared the turkey, veggie stuffing, and the best sangria in the world. I’m not kidding about the sangria – it was delicious (and potent!). I’ll get the recipe from Robin and share it here soon.
Vishnu (my taste tester) and I made:
- whipped sweet potatoes (I used half and half instead of heavy cream and cinnamon instead of nutmeg)
- quinoa salad with pears, baby spinach and chickpeas in a maple vinaigrette (I used toasted almonds instead of pecans)
- macaroni and cheese (will share the recipe soon!)
- a chocolate-pumpkin pikoozie for dessert (served with vanilla bean coconut milk ice cream)
EVERYTHING was amazing, evident by the number of times each of us refilled our plates!
My plate – round 1
A chocolate lover’s dream!
After saying thanks, eating until we almost burst, and cleaning up, we settled in for a night of YouTube videos. I’m not kidding. For two hours we sat and watched our favorite videos, which ended up being the perfect plan because the last thing any of us wanted to do after our huge meal was be active. Talk about a food coma!
Miscellaneous pictures from Friendsgiving 2013…
I wonder if Friendsgiving 2014 will be able to top this. I mean, we set the bar pretty high! Until next year…
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Annnnnd the Blue Nile necklace winner is…
Congratulations, Chayal! Please email me at parita84@gmail.com so that I can send you your necklace ASAP!!
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Happy Monday!
Oh how fun!!! I love dinner with friends and your Friendsgiving sounds perfect! Mmm sangria is one of my favorite drinks! I’d love to see the recipe!
It was perfect! And I’ll try to get that recipe up on the blog soon!
After I saw the sangria on IG I was like “does Parita not know how much I love sangria?” I figured you must not have otherwise I would have gotten and invite…right? 😉
Next year for sure 😉
i need that recipe for my party too please 🙂
Will try to get it ASAP!! I think it’d be the perfect party drink 🙂
Food looks so yummy! Also, what a beautiful background in your pictures? May I ask where you live? (I am new to your blog)
Thanks, Caitlin! We live in Miami 🙂
Stretchy pants are a -must- on Thanksgiving. I always work my outfit around them after making the mistake of wearing jeans one year 😆 But it’s hard to say no to food that good — Thanksgiving dinner is probably my favourite meal of the entire year.
All I could think about towards the end of our meal was when I would be able to get out of my jeans! Haha!
Chocolate pumpkin Pizookie sounds fab! Those whipped sweet potatoes – yum! And quinoa salad gaawsh! After reading your menu I feel I need stretchy pants!
So – I am just thinking my invite got lost in the mail right?!?!
You would love the pikoozie! It was delish and healthy (but not in the way where you could tell)!
Such a fun Friendsgiving.. I’m sick of hosting, I want someone to invite me over for a change. 🙂 it’s a good thing my family always hosts.. can’t wait for next week. Those sweet potatoes look so good!
LOL! You crack me up! I’m actually trying to learn how to be a better hostess, so this was perfect for me! It’s a little hard in a tiny apt but kinda fun nonetheless!
That looks like such a fun night- I was totally there too (on instagram lol)
Thank you for teaching me what a cornucopia is. I always thought it was some term used in the Hunger Games or something.
HAHAHA! When Vishnu put that up, the first thing I said was that the entire image reminded me of elementary school. Every year around this time we would learn about the history behind Thanksgiving and then we would color cornucopias! LOL!