:: Day 168 - Friendsgiving Dinner ::

Every thanksgiving, I bring together some old friends for a "friendsgiving" dinner. Last year I followed Rachel Ray's Thanksgiving in 60 recipes. This year, I pay homage to Heidi Swanson and Peter Berley and whipped up a 9-course (almost) vegetarian feast. Dyl contributed dish #10 which was a hearty spicy lentil stew!
Persimmon Salad with Pine Nuts

Baked Beans Tomato Soup
Green Onion Whole Wheat Biscuits
Firecracker Corn Bread
Golden-crusted Brussels Sprouts with Carrots
Vibrant Tasty Green Beans
Potato Leek Cabbage Gratin
Lasagna with Fall Vegetables with Gruyere and Sage Bechamel
Spaghetti with Turkey Specialty Sausage, in crème fraiche and Fresh Herbs
Fresh Baked Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies served with Vanilla Ice-Cream


Lasagne with fall vegetables in a sage bechamel sauce

My fave Heidi Swanson dish ever - Golden Crusted Brussels Sprouts

Green beans, turkey meatball pasta, tomato soup, persimmon salad with sesame seeds

homemade pomegranate tea (6 teabags, 1 pom, 1 lime, 1 orange)

Heidi Swanson's firecracker cornbread

Dyl's spicy lentil stew

Nikki's healthy bake cookies