Popsugar Popsugar Popsugar My Thanksgiving November 29, 2010 by Lauren Hendrickson Here are a few of things I ate this Thanksgiving, apparently I completely forgot to snap a photo or two of the apple pie and pecan pie. Cream of Mushroom The creamiest, richest and divinely delicious soup. 1 / 7 Shrimp Cocktail Shredded cabbage with a fresh cocktail sauce and slice of lemon. 2 / 7 Turkey A perfect golden when cooked on the barbecue and it frees up the oven. 3 / 7 Brussels Sprouts With bacon an essential! 4 / 7 Smashed Potato Fluffy and delicious! This year we took the cooked the potatoes and threw them in the oven for a short period to get some of the water out of them! 5 / 7 Sliced Sweet Potatoes with Maple Syrup and Pecans I am not a huge fan of covering sweet potatoes in marshmallows, so we tried something a little different with sweetness from maple syrup and crunchy pecans. 6 / 7 Gravy can't skip it This gravy had a bunch of turkey drippings and we used potato starch to thicken rather than the traditional the corn starch and water method. 7 / 7