Just a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving, what started as a Nintendo Wii injury for my mom a few months back triggered an even more extreme back pain. With a blown disc, she was certainly in no condition to recreate all her delicious recipes for us this year. Jake's parents were off to Wenatchee to celebrate with their relatives as well. Oh woe were We!

I was not about to let my Mom think should even to attempt to spend two days in the kitchen cooking for us, so I said, well, you and Dad will come to our place! Seemed like both an obvious and simple solution, right?

Jake and I typically whip up yogurt shakes for breakfast, eat simple lunches, and nothing too gourmet for dinner. But a whole Thanksgiving feast? What were we to do? Maybe something different? Something easy? Sure, that sounded good.

However, too many nights of watching Top Chef and various chefs on the Food Network got us thinking, and before I knew it, Jake had found us some delectable recipes online for a Roast Turkey and Sage, Sausage, and Apple Stuffing. My mom provided the secrets for the Sweet Potato Marshmallow Casserole & Spiked Cranberry Sauce. Ooh - and special thanks to Shoofly Pie Company in West Seattle for helping us out with an Apple Pie that was as appealing to our eyes as it was to our bellies!

Apparently all went well, because they all threatened that maybe they'd just come back next year, and the next, and the next...

Which leads me to question... Mom, did you really blow that disc? Or was this all just an attempt to pass down the Thanksgiving  Feast to us? wink, wink.

Photographed below: Mom (feeling much better now), Dad, Uncle Tim, Grammy Julia, Sophi & Hitch, and yours Truly (Chefs Jake & Joey).

Jake likes beer, Dad likes Scotch, and everybody like wine, so we had a bit of everything...

Table set for 6...

All the fixings...

My dish... and of course I went back for seconds... and dessert...

Uncle Tim & Grammy Julia...

Mom helping out... Dad corking the wine...

Finally... we all sit to eat!

Hitch & Sophi... waiting for some love, or scraps, or both...

Your Chefs :)