Snacks(from 4pm):

Crackers with cheese and onion dip (onion soup and sour cream- yum!)

Sparkling wine

Possible snack or salad from Fabio

Pre-dinner(7pm):

Cup of herbed cheddar potato soup with biscuits

Dinner(8pm):

Salmon baked with dill, lemon, salt and pepper

Garlic mashed potatoes

Buttered Peas

Biscuits

Cranberry Sauce (homemade!) 

White wine or iced tea

Dessert(later, after death by dinner):

Rhubarb Crumble with vanilla ice cream 

coffee

and a movie

sound ok?  i give thanks this year to all ive learned since the last thanksgiving.  and to all the great people ive met and opportunity that fell into my lap when everything seemed like it was falling apart (letting laid off in January, for example).  

Interesting fact: salmon steaks plus lemon, dill, and potatoes added together cost less than the rhubarb.  CRY.

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup shortening (they make trans-fat free type now!)
3/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon melted butter

Instructions:
In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut in shortening with a fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add the milk all at once. Using a fork, stir just till moistened and dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl (dough will be sticky).

On a floured surface, lightly knead dough with floured hands for 30 seconds or till nearly smooth. Lightly roll dough to 3/4-inch thickness. Cut dough with a 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter, dipping cutter into flour between cuts.  (Or just pull out small balls of dough out of the bowl with floured hands to make rustic-looking biscuits.  My fave!)

Place biscuits close together on a lightly greased baking sheet. Brush tops with melted butter. Bake in a 475° oven for 11 to 15 minutes or till golden brown. Serve warm.  Or refrigerate until later.

Yield: 8-10ish