What are you doing for Thanksgiving? We’re not doing anything. I don’t even know what we’re eating. We’re almost out of milk.
A low-key Thanksgiving is a break from our usual frenzy of cooking and entertaining half of Sweden on my husband’s side and all of Kentucky on my side. Sweden and Kentucky visited us recently. My best friend and her family drove off to Block Island this week. So it’s just us–six people plus two critters.
Maybe we’ll go to Sylvia’s in Harlem. It’s less lonely in New York City.
Here is what Montclair mom Jen Chaky of Go Lightly said:
“I am very excited about this Thanksgiving. After 20 years of eating a plant-based diet, and having my own separate dishes for my daughter and myself, I convinced my mother, who hosts the holiday, to do all the side-dishes vegan! I don’t think she’s ready to forgo the turkey yet (although…maybe next year) but everything else can easily be made vegan. This is not only good for the animals, but with my uncle having just had a heart attack and my dad having type II diabetes, this will be way healthier for them and the rest of us!”
My other friend, Dionne Ford, told me:
“I love your quiet Thanksgiving idea. I am actually going to visit my big, noisy family like I do every year. I’m one of five kids (and my husband is one of seven), but we decided long ago that we would share Thanksgiving with my side, the Fords. My parents always have Thanksgiving at their house in Morristown. My-93-year old grandma will be there as well, so that will be a treat. The one little thing I’m doing different this year is that I’m bringing a pecan pie baked from Stuart pecans, named after my third great grandfather. Hope you enjoy your solitude with your family whatever you do!”
How do you plan to celebrate? Send us any great turkey photos. And let me know if you have a brilliant idea for our no-plans day of thanks.