change

In my experience, kids don’t like change unless they’re in charge and are the instigators of it.

I cannot tell you how many times I tried, over the years, to reconfigure Thanksgiving breakfast, for example. I got nowhere. Spice cake, apple strudel and bacon! We can't wait! The only way to  bring forth change was to introduce something new alongside the old and hope, HOPE that the new would catch their fancy, so that we could phase out the old.

That’s how I eventually switched Thanksgiving breakfast from spice cake and apple strudel to what we have now – cinnamon rolls.





After breakfast? Well, it s a nonstop cooking and eating day for us. Though... what a surprise -- many of the foods are the same as last year. Take lunch: squash soup with herbed goat cheese dumplings and chive scones.





Then comes dinner. No, actually then comes predinner. Snack foods. (This year's addition -- crostini with wild mushrooms.) The foods that keep everyone happy while the turkey takes its time.





Finally. The bird's done. With a kick.





The rest? Well, there's the chipotle corn, the whipped potato, the cranberry muffin, the mushroom gravy... You know, the usual. Except I introduce yet another vegetable (brussel sprouts). Shhhh! Let’s not focus on that wee change. Let’s just say things are the same. We like stability in foods and habits.There -- we finish with pumpkin souffles. Just like last year!





I do hope your holiday was stable and happy. The best ever!