Turkey day is fast approaching and we have been very busy with things that have nothing to do with the holidays.  For one thing, my wife traveled overseas to a wedding with our youngest child.  I'm going to spend Thanksgiving with our older daughter, so it is going to be a low key holiday for us.

The shopping will be left up to me, so I came up with this list of what we are eating:

Shopping List for a simple Thanksgiving:

A Turkey!
Gravy mix
Stuffing
Potatoes
Green Beans
Cranberry
Flour (for my sour dough rolls)
Wine

I may add things as the big day approaches. I live next to the market, plus we has quite a bit of the things already needed for the big dinner.

For the bird, we are going with a fairly small one, maybe about 14 lbs.  Otherwise it is going to be standard dishes for our dinner.  This year I also am not going to make much from scratch.  I'm buying gravy mix, but will still make a broth with the turkey neck.  I probably will not do much baking either, and l will buy a preprepared apple pie.

I also will get some dinner rolls in case my sour dough starter does not come through for me.  For the past week it has been percolating in the refridgerator.  I made a few test loaves of bread, and they came out pretty good.  They need a little more rise time and I think they will be OK. I just get a little impatient and want to put the loaf in the oven before its time.