We have this tradition for quite a few years now, as the children have grown, to have the Thanksgiving Day as a day of culinary catharsis. All the children, our kids and their cousins and friends, make a dish individually or collectively and share it with all. Most of them worked into the long hours of night before.
It has evolved into an energized effort by the kids to engage.
We had food, very eclectic, followed by a prayer and comment session. Everybody spoke what they thought they were thankful of, and prayed for the passed on souls, including my father who passed on 18 years back this week.
And in the end was, as their is always, a birthday cake for one of the cousins.
Here is the (almost) complete menu:
Appetizer:
- Chips and Salsa
- Spanakopita (Haleema)
- Mushroom and nut pate with crackers and celery/carrot sticks (Ali Bhai)
- Dip/salsa (Bhabhi)
Entree:
- Whole Roast Turkey (Ben's Kosher)
- Savory Stuffing & Gravy
- Vegetable Rice ( Nani)
- Chicken Salan (Nani)
- Bhindi (Gohar)
- Mac’n’Cheese (Anam and Ahmad’s Joint)
- Pasta with Pumpkin Parmesan Sauce (Faria)
- Mushroom Risotto and Seafood Risotto (Ali Bhai)
- Mashed Potatoes
- String Beans Almondine
Accompanied with:
- Cranberry-Pineapple Compote
- Fresh-Cut Coleslaw
- Assorted Relish Tray
Dessert
- Pumpkin Pie
- Kheer (Zoha)
- Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes (Haleema and Saleem)
- Chocolate Chip Cookies (Andalus)
- Oreo Cheesecake Cupcake (Faria and Sobaata)
- Gluten free pumpkin chocolate cake (Bhabhi)
- Chocolate Mouse Cake (Cardinelli)
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