November 26, 2022
I had one menu planned for our Thanksgiving in our RV, but we had a friend stop by in his RV van on the way home.
He was only able to spend Wednesday and part of Thursday with us, so we had Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday evening.
The weather was in the low 70’s F, so we decided to eat outside. Bruce spent part of the afternoon collecting wood for a campfire, while I was cooking. When it was getting close to time to eat, I turned on the awning lights and Bruce found the picnic tablecloth in the basement. Bruce put the picnic tablecloth on the picnic table and started the campfire.
Thanksgiving dinner was non-traditional with a Mediterranean twist and my beloved pecan pie for dessert.
The starter was crab, cream cheese and feta stuffed Shiitake mushrooms with smoked paprika and smoked balsamic vinegar. I made this up on the fly.
The main meal was rosemary roasted potatoes, roasted eggplant, onions and mushrooms with oregano, lamb chops with pomegranate molasses and pomegranate seeds, homemade yeast rolls, and a garden salad with a balsamic vinaigrette.
Dessert was a no corn syrup pecan pie.
I must say, I missed my serving platters and bowls. I used my metal mixing bowls as serving bowls and plates instead of serving platters.
After eating and cleaning off the picnic table, we sat around the campfire with Nox, talking until quite hours.
We made plans to have breakfast at our RV site and check out the Riverwalks on Thanksgiving and our friend headed back to his van.
Bruce and I cleaned up and set the alarm clock! We rarely set the alarm these days.
I didn’t take any pictures, so I am reusing this picture of a previous campfire.
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I love lamb chops but have never heard of pomegranate molasses. It sounds like a delightful meal!
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I was pleased with how well it came out. I love pomegranate molasses/syrup. It is both tart and sweet. It is delicious on lamb, pork, and chicken.
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The meal sounds so delicious! Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thank you! I was really happy we had our Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday, since I slipped on the stairs on Thursday.
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Good planning 🙂
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😂
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I’m interested, if you are able to post a recipe for corn syrup free pecan pie!
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Here’s the link to the corn syrup free pecan pie. I make the deep dish version, with all the pecans in one pie. https://retirementrvdream.com/2021/11/15/pecan-pie-with-no-corn-syrup/
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Thank you – I don’t know how I missed it when you originally posted it! It’s now in my recipe files, to try the next time I’m asked for a pecan pie. This year it was a chocolate pecan pie, but used corn syrup; next time I’ll try this!
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I love the maple syrup in this pie! It is so much better than corn syrup.
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Oh my, I’d love to have been there with y’all! Sounds delicious.
Hope you’re fully recovered from your slip. Ouch.
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Bruce and Chris assured me it was delicious! I’m feeling a lot better from my slip, but I have a nasty bruise we’re I hit the step.
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A lovely celebration of friendship. A lot for you to prepare after your fall. Take good care.
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Oh no, I did this the day before my fall. I just made breakfast the morning of my fall.
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That sounds like a very yummy dinner.
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I was pleased with how everything turned out.
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The menu sounded delicious! We don’t get fresh shiitake here but I bet I could sub with portobellos…making me hungry just thinking about it.
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Portobellos would be delicious. I had asked Bruce to buy mushrooms and he bought shiitake mushrooms. He was at the Asian grocery store.
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