Stuffed w/o a bird in sight

Oh I just had the most lovely Thanksgiving!! My wonderful sister Di and our dear friend Ms. Caroline came for dinner with me and my kids [plus the kid's gf and bf]...Di cooked an amazing ham and brought two pies -- one pecan and the other cherry...Both with wonderful stories of when they were obtained...She tells such funny tales...

I made all the side dishes and not only were they damn near perfect -- but they also went amazingly well together...It was such a good combination:
1. My newly made up black & mahogany rice - rice, walnuts, dried cherries, baby carrot shreds, chicken broth instead of water and a dash of nutmeg - was PERFECTION! I am so proud of what all I have processed watching all the cooking shows on TV!
2. Broccoli cheese soup was much easier to make then I had thought. I used 2 cans of the Campbell's soup, frozen broccoli and half a tiny block of velveeta cheese melted in with two cans of milk. Very yummy with freshly cracked pepper on it.
3. Roasted corn on the cob - wrap in foil, squish onto a tbsp of real butter -- sprinkle with garlic/lemon/pepper, close foil up and toss into oven at 400 from starting to warm [preheat] till you have finished baking dinner rolls. Oh and put on a baking tray...the butter drips out a bit...
4. YAMS - mandrin oranges and the juice of...one stick of butter may have been too much/next time half a stick...ginger to cover in dashing motion..drizzle with carmel syrup stuff...just before serving glop out marshmellow fluff stuff on top..[if I had a blow torch I would have browned the top] cook on stove top on medium heat..cooking the sauce down with time...
5. Dinner Rolls with choice of real butter or cream cheese - plain or with cranberry/chilpote sauce on the top
6. Oh and a pickle tray: sweet, bread & butter plus sour dill spears...

I am so damn full and someone has to put the few left-overs up....Ms. Caroline was the first to go home then my sister. The two oldest kids rolled back in from doing festivities all day and are eating now. I am glad it is done and went well...

Hope y'all got to eat good stuff with people who make you giggle too~ Lv M