Shallow Pockets Brimming with Mama's Recipes

Thanksgiving. It was my first really big American holiday away from America and the idea of not celebrating it made my heart sick. I looked into a bunch of 'Thanksgiving dinner for one' recipes and tips but it just wasn't the same. Those wouldn't be my mama's recipes, you know? They'd just be the basic ingredients without any of the special flavors I look forward to every year. Jonny knew how much it meant to me so he offered up his kitchen and his family to help me celebrate. I couldn't have imagined a better UK Thanksgiving!

I've never made a turkey before but Mr. Mitford recommended wrapping it in bacon to keep it moist. This will definitely be a new Thanksgiving tradition.

{Oh that face. I love that face.}

{My sous <3}

The final spread: Bacon-wrapped roast turkey, mango-cranberry 'salsa', sweet corn, garlic green beans, sweet potato casserole, zucchini casserole, stuffing with croutons, gravy, baked mac n' cheese and fresh apple pie and ice cream for dessert.

The Mitfords also incorporated some English holiday traditions with Christmas crackers and party hats {above} and Chinese New Year's lanterns {below}- we took turns writing what we were thankful for on the lantern and then let it up into the sky.

It was a truly wonderful Thanksgiving and the only way to celebrate far from home <3
Thank you so much Mitfords!!