A Leisurely Day (with an Ambrosia Salad Recipe)

First of all, thank you to everyone who sent me such kind messages about my Thanksgiving post! I woke up yesterday morning and my pie had set, we ate yummy cinnamon rolls for breakfast, and we had tons of time to prepare the remainder of our dishes (because the kids get up so early!). I decided to shake off the melancholy and simply enjoy the day with my family and friends.

Since we had so much time to prepare dishes, we were able to enjoy a leisurely day with our kids as well. Ella had a fantastic time helping daddy peel onions and mommy make sweet potatoes and ambrosia salad. She especially loved all of the taste testing! I loved the opportunity to talk and laugh as we all cooked together in the kitchen. Spending so much leisure time with my husband is such a treat! I didn’t catch any pics of us cooking, but here’s some from Ella and I taking a walk in the chilly November weather.

I love her mismatched hat, coat, and boots!

She is alway so animated!

She’s telling me something here. The girl can talk – like her mama!

We headed to our friend’s the Nelson’s home about 1:45, with dinner scheduled at 2 pm. It took us longer than expected, of course, to get everything on the table. While the adults finished preparations, the kids played. Ezra managed to get water all over himself, so we let him play awhile in his diaper.

I can never get enough of the adorable playing in the diaper pics!

(Yes, I know the inside is sticking out the back).

When preparations were finished, we looked at the bounty before us and laughed a bit.

One friend said, “Are more people coming?”

I always think the gluteny of Thanksgiving is a bit ridiculous, but yum! (Ambrosia Salad on the left)

View from the other end – Sparkling cider and rolls – delicious!

Here are the kids in anticipation of the food they barely touched.

Well, except Ezra, of course!

He definitely ate his share!

Lastly, here’s a recipe for my family’s Ambrosia Salad Recipe. The ingredients have been passed down through a few generations without exact measurements, so this is my version.

A Leisurely Day (with an Ambrosia Salad Recipe)

Ingredients

1 box pistachio pudding
Milk
1 container extra creamy cool whip
2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 8 oz can of pineapple tidbits
1 15 oz can of mandarin oranges
1 10 oz bottle maraschino cherries
optional: 1 cup coconut

Instructions

Mix pistachio pudding according to pudding directions in large bowl.

Stir in container of cool whip.

Add in 2 cups marshmallows.

Drop in pineapple tidbits and mandarin oranges, mixing as you go to distribute evenly.

Add maraschino cherries (maybe half of bottle), mixing as you go to distribute evenly.

Add coconut for an extra sweet treat (my husband prefers the dish without this addition).

Enjoy!

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I hope everyone had a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Comments

Chari says

November 28, 2009 at 3:37 am

thanks for sharing your pictures! Your kids are cute!

Wow, that salad looks so good….I started back on weight watchers today…wonder if I could figure the points for that … 😉

Mert says

November 29, 2009 at 6:23 pm

We always called it pistachio salad and it never makes it to the second day at our house.

Erin says

November 30, 2009 at 2:02 am

Thanks for sharing your recipe! I’ve never been a fan b/c I don’t like coconut…but I could just leave it out and it would still be yummy! Hope you had a great time!

Joy says

November 30, 2009 at 2:43 am

What cute kiddos! And your table looks beautiful.

Welcome to the SITS community!

katie m says

May 5, 2015 at 7:55 pm

Thanks for sharing the recipe, I’ve had ambrosia salad before but never tried making it. I can’t wait till Thanksgiving, it’ll be my little one’s first Thanksgiving.