Over the years my personal TGiving feast has morphed dramatically. What started out as “replacing” traditional recipes, has now become more of a hodgepodge of just a random collection of favorite foods. This year the table was especially untraditional, but who cares – we ate what we like to eat! We had:

- Dilled Kale Chips (as a crunchy eat-while-you-wait snack)
- Creamy coconut and bell pepper soup
- The world’s largest “California Salad” (huge and dense, I can’t go without this thing)
- Delicata squash fries
- Carmelized Brussel Sprouts w/ red onion, garlic, and hemp seed
- Seasonal mandarin granita

I was going to make a pie from kabocha squash too, but having already made 2 of them last week (in a bout of overzealous holiday spirit) I decided to stick with just a nice and refreshing granita for dessert. After such a big meal, it proved perfect.