[Diana in Wisconsin]

I like Thanksgiving Leftovers even better than the original meal!

I am hosting Thanksgiving this year for 10-12 of us. This is going to be the CHEAPEST Thanksgiving on record.

Roast Turkey Breast - $6 on sale at Piggly Wiggly (It looks like one HUGE turkey when frozen, but it’s two whole breasts. Oven-roasted ahead of time, sliced and into a crock pot with gravy (2 packs for 49-cents, each)

Appetizers - $ 0 Mom and 1 guest is bringing this

Roasted Butternut Squash - $0 - grew it myself

Garlic Mashers - $0 - neighbor gave me two 5 gallon buckets of Red Norland potatoes

Stuffing - Boxed, ‘The Fam’ demands it (3 boxes, 98-cents each)

Cranberry Sauce - Mom is making this

Jello Salad - Mom is making this

Green Vegetable - a guest is bringing this - no idea which veg she’ll bring, but she’s a good cook!

Relish Plate - Sis is in charge of this

Sweet Potato Pie - FREE! Our Food Pantry is connected to our Thrift Shop, so if you’re shopping there, they have a huge spread of extra foodstuffs they’re trying to unload, too. It’s in the freezer - got it two weeks ago. It’s HUGE!

Whipped Cream for the pie - guest is bringing this

Skipping the Dinner Rolls in lieu of Stuffing

Milk - $3.09 for a gallon

Wine - 2 boxes (red or white) leftover from a summer family party at the lake ($5.00)

Ice Water - FREE

Looks like I can bring it in for under $20.00 for a dozen of us. Beat THAT, Walmart! ;)

[BlackbirdSST]

Can you handle one more? I’ll bring the $20.

[FamiliarFace]

We will be going to my MIL’s house for most of the week of Thanksgiving. It will be just the three of us this year. She’s 96 and in decent shape though she has macular degeneration. Feisty lady and pleasant to be with.

I’ll be making a sweet potato dish with apples, pecans, and cranberries. We will roast a turkey breast also. Green beans almondine, homemade stuffing, homemade gravy, and a salad will round things out. Maybe I’ll make focaccia but I haven’t decided on the bread yet.

MIL still has a great appetite. She still eats 3 meals a day (we don’t) and a glass of whole milk. She may live to be 100 at this rate.

[Sacajaweau]

Awesome!!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

We will be serving Oprah Henfree our midget white turkey who came in at 12 pounds 9 ounces. Cost: a couple of tears because she was a good bird

:)

Turkeys are not that hard to raise if you are already raising chickens.