We used to make these enchiladas several times a year but as they became our Thanksgiving feast we gradually stopped eating them at other times. Now it is a rarity to make them except at Thanksgiving. Because of this they have become something extra-special and we both start talking about them in anticipation as soon as the calendar turns to November.
We also have homemade pumpkin pie. The pumpkin was grown in our garden, adding an extra layer of satisfaction. Pumpkin pie is my most favoritest kind of pie. We used to buy graham cracker crusts but a few yeas ago Bookman learned how to make his own traditional pie crust and elevated our pie to even higher deliciousness.
While Thanksgiving is a great day for food, what makes it most special is sharing it with Bookman. Because it is just the two of us, it is a quiet, leisurely day. I keep him company while he is in the kitchen, read him poetry or silly magazine articles or just chat about this and that. It is one of the few days in the entire year that we give ourselves permission to not worry about chores or projects or errands, things that need to be done. Time is so often short and attention divided, to be able to give these things to the person I love most and also receive them in return fills my heart with joy and gratitude. That’s what Thanksgiving is about to me. It reminds me of how blessed I am and how much I truly have to be thankful for.
Allow me to spill some thankfulness on all of you. Thank you for stopping by and commenting, thanks for adding to my reading piles and lists, thanks for making this little part of the internet a fun and happy place, and thanks for your friendship and always being such kind and generous people. Whether or not you are celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday, I hope your day is filled with love and gratitude and joy.
Happy Thanksgiving, Stefanie! I hope you and Bookman have a wonderful day together.
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widget85, Thank you! It was a wonderful day!
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HappyThanksgiving Stephanie.
I am off now to continue cooking for my guests.
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Brian Joseph, thank you! I hope you had a good day too!
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Happy Thanksgiving! Here in Canada of course, Thanksgiving is so last month! I hear you on the pumpkin pie, my favourite too. Enjoy!
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roughghosts, that’s right! for some reason I always get confused when your TG is, somehow thinking it is the week after the US one. I hope you had a good celebration! Pumpkin pie is the best! 😀
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Sounds like a wonderful way to spend the day – happy Thanksgiving to you!
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Thank you MarinaSofia!
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Happy Thanksgiving to you and Bookman! One of these days I am going to come all the way just to taste Bookman’s Pumpkin Pie! 😉 In the meantime, wishing you a wonderful day togther! Good time to say thank you for introducing to books I would never read, getting me interested in gardening and science fiction and tempting me to better myself, through MOOC courses or writing essays! Life is so much more fun (and crazy) because of you Stefanie! Thank you!!
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cirtnecce, thank you! You are such a sweetheart! I suppose we will share some pie with you should you ever come all that way 😉
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Sounds like a lovely way to spend the holiday – I hope you and Bookman have a wonderful time. And thank *you* for reading and writing and being here over all these years.
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Ana, quiet holidays and lots of good food are my ideal way to celebrate 🙂 Thank you for your kind words!
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Happy Thanksgiving! Leisure is so underrated; have a lovely relaxed day 🙂
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Elle, you are so right about leisure! Thanks for the good wishes!
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Happy Thanksgiving, Stefanie and Bookman! I’m thankful for you and the other nice bloggers I’ve met on the Internet.
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Joan, thanks! You are very kind! I hope you had a lovely day too!
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Happy Thanksgiving to you both! It sounds like you have a perfect day ahead of you. We don’t do Thanksgiving of course, but I am thankful for a wee peek into your life via So Many Books.
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piningforthewest, thank you! And thank you for your kind words. The day was perfect!
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What a lovely tradition! I have both kids home, so am happy getting ready for all of our traditions.
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Jeanne, thanks! I hope you had a lovely time with the kids at home!
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Lovely post. Happy Thanksgiving to you and Bookman! We had an excellent day here in East Tennessee. So much yummy food!
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Laila, thank you! I hope you had a lovely day too!
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Foods you only get to eat once a year are so wonderful. My family feels this same way about our special Christmas cut-out cookies.
Happy happy Thanksgiving to you also! I am so grateful for you and all my other lovely blogging friends!
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Jenny, isn’t it? Ooh, cut-out cookies, what fun! Do you decorate them too?
I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving as well! And thank you!
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I always love hearing about your Thanksgiving. I love that you now only make those enchiladas pretty much for Thanksgiving because it always seems to me that the cooking of something different/special is part of making us remember the specialness of the days. Oh dear, that’s clumsy, but what I mean is that while we know the day is special, the physical reminder that special food provides seems concentrate our minds and lift the day. I’m sure your day was lifted. (And I wish you’d had the little book that I’ve just reviewed to read to Bookman, because it would have made a great read aloud book for a cook.)
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whisperinggums, yes you are right, something reserved for the holidays always helps set the day apart and makes the celebration ever more special. And now you have me totally curious about the book you reviewed. Will be stopping by shortly to find out more 🙂
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Hello across the miles from Pennsylvania!! I just wanted to say I enjoy that you share your love to reading-the books you discover- and your life in your blog posts. You really have a way to words, you and your Bookman are amazing!!! Good luck to everything!!!😃
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Hi Nancy! Thank you and thank you for your kind words. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving in PA!
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So sweet! Happy Thanksgiving to you and Bookman. Don’t you think there should be a thanksgiving day every month of the year? 🙂
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Arti, as much I would like a monthly Thanksgiving, I don’t think my waistline could survive it! 😉
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I hope you had a great day, Stefanie. Happy Thanksgiving! 🙂
Thank you for writing so many lovely blogs, and thank you for inspiring me.
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Thanks Deepika! You are very kind 🙂
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Happy Holiday weekend. Your enchiladas and pumpkin pie sound most delicious! Pumpkin is my favorite, too! I hope your weather has been sunnier than mine and that you have fit in lots of hours of good reading, too!
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Danielle, hooray for pumpkin pie! We have not been sunny at all and I am missing it a bit. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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A very belated happy Thanksgiving to you!
We learnt about Thanksgiving in some of my classes last week, and I inflicted pumpkin pie on them. I’ve never made it before and I’ll never make it again, but nobody died. 🙂
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Helen, oh that makes me laugh! Pumpkin pie is a very American thing I believe which often makes me sad for the rest of the world that doesn’t know what it is missing 🙂 I am glad no one died from your pie!
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