Three Cooks One Kitchen: Friendsgiving

Three Cooks One Kitchen: Friendsgiving
I have a confession to make: I've been listening to Christmas music all day, every day lately. This is normally a huge no-go for me as I try to give each holiday its time to be celebrated, and reserve Black Friday as the official start of the Christmas season. (And we go all out for Christmas. Last year our apartment looked like Christmas threw up all over it. In the most tasteful way.) But with last weekend's performance of The Rockettes and a fun Friendsgiving at Joanna's house it's safe to say I'm in full blown holiday mode. Look out world. We thought Friendsgiving would be the perfect November edition of Three Cooks One Kitchen! In case you aren’t familiar, Three Cooks One Kitchen is a monthly cooking installment that Joanna, Hannah and I do. We pick one of our places to get together and a food theme we want to focus on. This month wasn't so much about a food but all the food. Everyone invited was bringing a dish, so Joanna, Hannah, and I decided to get together early to make a few additional dishes for the party. For our individual contributions Joanna made her famous cupcakes, Hannah made delicious fruit salad, and I picked up a tray of Creme Brulee pool potatoes from Wheatfields. ;) For our collective dishes we decided to make apple, shallot and herb stuffing, butterhorns, and butternut squash gravy. If you're in need of a vegetarian gravy this holiday I highly recommend making this butternut squash one. It's weird to imagine butternut squash in a gravy but it totally works and tastes so good. Here are some pictures from our adventure: Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Hannah and Joanna hard at work in the kitchen. Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Three cooks in the kitchen! Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Joanna working her cupcake magic. Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Time for another confession: Joanna and Hannah did most of the work in the kitchen. I got distracted playing with this cutie. Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild And eating lots of pumpkin cheesecake dip on vanilla wafers. It was so good! Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild You know we're in party planning mode when we forget to shut the cabinet doors before taking a picture. ;) And before we knew it it was party time! Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Joanna had pre-cooked a turkey breast for the night. It was delicious. Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Joanna's cupcake masterpiece. Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Molly's pecan pie muffins. I basically died and went to heaven. Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Wheatfield's cheesy potatoes and our stuffing creation. Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Jordan's amazing sweet potato crumble (that I need to remember to ask for the recipe for!) and our gigantor butterhorns. Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Hannah's fruit salad and our butternut squash gravy. Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Our delicious feast. Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild Jeff and Joanna's dog Ruby lined up for the food too. :D Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild My absolutely delicious meal. Friendsgiving Three Cooks One Kitchen Her Heartland Soul Erin Fairchild And my absolutely wonderful friends. (Minus Ben who accidentally got cut out of the picture! haha) It was such a fun night and the perfect way to usher in the holiday season. To check out Hannah and Joanna's recaps of the evening check out their posts here: [Tweet "3 Cooks 1 Kitchen #Friendsgiving Celebration #foodiechats #fitfluential #thanksgiving #recipe"] Questions of the Day: When do you start celebrating Christmas? Have you ever been to a Friendsgiving? Do you tend to cater or make your potluck contribution for parties?

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