Thanksgiving Day

I forgot to take photos.

I can't believe I forgot to take photos.

Thanksgiving was fun, and I forgot to take photos.

Oh well, I can at least describe the dinner.

The one photo you see is the cleaned table from after our Thanksgiving dinner. It was a grand event with Eli, Yuki, Sanami, and myself. Eli is a friend of mine who studied in Japan with me back in 2005, and Yuki is his girlfriend. It was hard finding a day when all four of us had a free day. We decided on Sunday, even though Eli and Yukie would be coming off work that night. Sanami and I had the day off, so we prepared most of the food.

The night before our Thanksgiving, I made Italian meatballs, and they turned out wonderful. Well, the sauce was wonderful, and the meat was just okay. Since I made it from scratch, I will place the recipe at the end of this post.

On our Thanksgivings Day, Sanami and I made cheesy mashed potatoes, gyoza (pot stickers), pumpkin salad, and a mandarin orange yogurt for desert. Everything was made from scratch except for the gyoza dough. All the food was at least okay, which is pretty good for me. Most of the time my food suffers from a lack of flavor, since I fear using too much salt. Eli and Yuki bought some roasted chicken and wine as well. The chicken was good, the wine was pretty...bad. Bargain wines are often a gamble, and we lost.

It was a really fun dinner, and I am truely thankful for my friends and family.

Nick's Cheap Marinara Sauce

• 1 can of tomatoes
• basil
• ketchup
• Bulldog korokke sauce
  
• pepper
• red wine
  

1. Cook the tomatoes at medium low heat in a pan for 5 minutes, stirring occationally.
2. Stir in a squit each (about 1.2 tablespoons) of ketchup and Bulldog sause.
3. Stir in a little bit (3 tablesspoons) of red wine.
4. Add small sprinkle of pepper and a large sprinkle of basil.
5. Stir occationally until the sauce thickens.