The Durso Family feast

This year the Durso family had two Thanksgiving dinners. One was with my entire family on Saturday (everyone was there, that hardly ever happens!) and the other took place on Friday, with just the three of us.

I love baking pies. I just wish it didn't take so long. The dinner preparation started with baking the pumpkin pie. Above, the crust. I think I did a pretty good job with this one.

And pouring the filling into the crust. Then... we bake. The recipe said an hour, and I think mine took an hour and a half.

After the pie was done, then it was time for the turkey to go in the oven. Last year I just cooked a turkey breast. Two years ago, I did a whole turkey. But that one didn't get thawed all the way, so it didn't get cooked all the way. It was gross. This bird, however, turned out great!

The finished pie on the stove, and now its the bird's turn in the oven! Set the timer for three hours and then we eat!

Three hours after I put it in, I took the turkey out. Not only was the turkey done, it was a little overdone. I got temps of 175 in the breast and off the thermometer on the thigh. It only had to be 165.

And here's Dada carving. Since the turkey was done all the way, the carving was way easier.

I prepared a little plate for Allie. She had everything we had, except for the gravy.

Thanksgiving dinner was a big hit. She loved turkey, corn, stuffing, the bread, everything.

And then look at all those leftovers! There's plenty of turkey in our future! That's the remnants of a 10-pound bird! We've already started working on it, but there's still a lot left. I need to look for some leftover turkey recipes...

We kinda fell asleep and/or got too full to have pie after dinner on Friday. So we had the next best thing... pie for breakfast on Saturday! Allie loooooved the pie. She's had a lot of sweets over the last few days, her first ever. We need to keep that under wraps for awhile now so she doesn't think thats normal.

So in conclusion, the Durso Family feast was a smashing success!