A Happy Thanksgiving

It makes me sad that Thanksgiving is often overlooked by the general public.  The pilgrims put a lot of work into this holiday and I think that it deserves more credit.  I love Thanksgiving food.  I love the parade.  I love having 3 days off of school.  I love spending time with my family.  And I love Black Friday.  To a point.  I'm good for a few hours of shopping and then I wanna curl up under a blanket with a book. 

This Thanksgiving I tried out a brussel sprout recipe I found on Eating Well.  I slightly, barely adapted it to fit my circumstances. 

Ingredients:
1/4 onion, chopped
1 lb brussel sprouts
5 slices pancetta
1 tsp ground sage
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt and pepper, to taste

Start by cutting the brussel sprouts in half and slicing the pancetta.  Combine them in an 8X10 baking pan. 

Mix in the chopped onion, sage, salt, pepper, and olive oil. 

I baked them at 350 until they were tender.  I have no idea how long because there was a lot of multi-tasking and over-stimulation going on at my mom's.  The original recipe says 450 degrees for 15 minutes. 

This was the only picture we were able to capture of the final product because everyone ate them.  They were SO good.  I would definitely use this recipe again.  My apologies if you don't like brussel sprouts--something is wrong with you.  Something about the pancetta mixed in there makes them that much better.

Even the dogs thoroughly enjoyed the holiday.

And now we've moved on to Christmas shopping, gift wrapping, and decorating.  Can't complain about that :)