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November 9, 2015

A Mud Pie Thanksgiving + our favorite recipes!

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We host for Bryan’s family every year and I’m a pretty terrible cook. I make some easy family-favorites and set a pretty table to make up for my lack of skills in the kitchen. And are you ready for this… wait for it… we rented a bounce house for Thanksgiving this year. Because #SOMANYKIDSINTHEKITCHEN. Seriously, though. I think its a brilliant idea.

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Back to dinner-making and table-decorating. By now you know my undying love for all things Mud Pie. And it was way too much fun to decorate a Thanksgiving table with all their cute things this year. See below for links to all our table decorations.

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Thanksgiving dinner can be an enormous undertaking. To avoid the craziness, I try to start planning a few weeks in advance. Here’s my simple process:
1) Decide the menu
2) Make the grocery list
3) Choose table decor
Then, on the day-of, I wake up super early and get the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on TV. Does anyone else cry while watching this thing? I do EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. It was tradition when I was little to watch this while cooking Thanksgiving dinner. So I get all sappy and sentimental watching it with my little ones.

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Bryan does the turkey on Thanksgiving, so I’m left with the big sides (his family brings lots of goodies too). I wanted to share a few of my favorite recipes with you:

  • Creamy mashed potatoes
  • Super complicated, delicious, totally-worth-the-work dressing (sidetone: I LOVE the bowl below for stuffing/dressing. My mom and I have an ongoing debate about what the proper name is)

As you can tell, I love Pioneer Woman. Hope over to Instagram to join in the conversation. We want to hear about your favorite recipes while we’re making our menus!

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Our favorite Mud Pie Thanksgiving goodies:

  • French Knot Pumpkin Towel
  • Thanksgiving Spreader Set
  • Turkey Plate Holder
  • Circa Stuffing Bowl Set
  • Give Thanks Chalkboard Runner
  • Door Knob Salt Cellar Set
  • EAT Cutting Board
  • ENJOY Cutting Board Set
  • Our dishes are Mikasa French Countryside
  • Stop by in two weeks for our Mud Pie Christmas post!
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