HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!

FROM OUR HEARTS TO YOURS!

Happy Thanksgiving!

From all of us at the cafe....

To all of you....

Wishing you a blessed and peaceful Thanksgiving Day.

Whether you have family around...

Or friends...

Or are eating as a party of one...

Please know that you are beloved. By God, by Christ and by so many others.

Life doesn't have to be scripted to be wonderful. It doesn't have to follow a protocol. It simply needs to be appreciated, so on this beautiful day of thanks and prayer, we wish you the very best. God bless you!

Jan, Mindy, Cate, Ruthy and Missy

Closed for Thanksgiving!

We've left the coffee pot on and there are a few sweet rolls on the counter, but we're not here today... We're home cooking and taking covered dishes or providing pies for parties... or the needy!

We'll see you tomorrow, and from all of us at Yankee Belle Cafe, may we wish you the happiest of Happy Thanksgivings!

God bless you! (And by the way, my table doesn't come CLOSE to looking like this! Oy!!!)

Happy Thanksgiving Nut Roast Style

Hello, Cafe dwellers. Happy Thanksgiving Eve.

This time last year, my husband, daughter and I were caught in a Maine snowstorm that began hours earlier than predicted. When we woke up Thanksgiving morning, we were mostly thankful to be alive. Driving through that snow was truly the most treacherous driving we've ever endured. The Mainers were smart - they all stayed home. We had to get someone but then we stayed put too!

I thought I'd share some photos and then the delicious nut loaf recipe that my daughter and I cooked. We were the lucky ones. Most of the town had no power, but the house we had rented stayed on grid.

Inside the cozy house we rented in Ogunquit, ME.

Thanksgiving morning!

I didn't take this one, but it's Ogunquit beach on Thanksgiving morning.

Wild turkeys that survived Thanksgiving!

More wild turkeys.

So food -

My daughter is a vegan so hubby had turkey, but DD#2 and I had vegan nut roast (which honestly I much prefer to the turkey!)  We followed this recipe. Mushroom Nut loaf.

I thought I had taken pictures of it and us making it, but apparently not.

For those who have never had a nut roast, I highly recommend them. Think sort of a veggie meatloaf but with ground nuts instead of beef.

This picture gives a pretty good idea of what one looks like. As for taste, my favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner is the stuffing. Because of the seasonings, nut roast pretty much tastes like one big delicious piece of stuffing!

Special thanks to Kav for her lovely review for Love by the Reins. This nut roast is for you!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!

No recipes today, we're all busy traveling.... visiting.... eating!!!!

From all of us at Yankee Belle Cafe, we want to wish you and yours a blessed and wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.

May God bless  you with health, warmth and happiness as you enjoy a beautiful time of sharing and gratitude!

I was inspired by Julie Hilton Steele's "remembrance" table on Facebook... and so I copied her!!! What a wonderful idea for November, the month of All Saints and All Souls and Veterans Day. Perfect time to think back... mull... be grateful.

I don't have all the great-grandparents yet, but I'll dig them out of the office for next year, God willing! There are pics of my parents, "Bud" and Mary Herne... and Dave's parents "Sonny" and Theresa Blodgett.  In the tiny frame are Dad and Mom Blodgett cutting the anniversary cake I made for them. And the bell was my mother's, it's the bell I take bell-ringing for the Salvation army.

This is the perfect time to think about the good of someone's life, to shovel off the bad, push it aside, and focus on the strengths God has given us. Good, bad or ugly, life goes on, a precious gift.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ruthy

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

The Yank here, and yes, it's my pleasure to wish y'all a Happy Thanksgiving because I live closer to the original settlement than Missy Tippens does.

Either that or it's Thursday, LOL!

Bless you all with good friends, faith, food and family this day and may we be joined in grateful prayers and praise for the God who is above all gods, the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.

Thank you, Lord of Lords!