Thanksgiving Is About Gratitude...And Food!
Everywhere where Thanksgiving is celebrated, we have a favorite recipe that each of us takes out, dusts off, - often from our Grandmother's recipe book - and cooks up each year to share with our friends and loved ones.
- Thanksgiving. What was your grandma's favorite Turkey Day recipe?
And while Thanksgiving has become a Food Fest for most of us, it is firstly a celebration of gratitude. With gratitude as the cornerstone ingredient for manifesting abundance, this is, then, a powerful recipe: Thankfulness + Good Food = Abundance.
Thanksgiving is also a time of sharing. Back on Plymouth Rock, it is significant to remember that the Mayflower Pilgrims would not have survived that first winter had it not been for the Native Americans sharing their knowledge and abundance of the land and native foods such as corn and beer. (Yes, beer!)
So, yes, Thanksgiving is a time for families and food. It is also a time of sharing and gratitude. So...what was your grandmother's favorite recipe? Mine was whipped yams baked with mini marshmallows. I think I'll start practice cooking it now again in preparation for the big day...!
Help for the Holidays
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If your family is one of the many struggling this holiday season I would urge you to research the non-profits in your area that can help meet your needs. I have listed just a few of the many valuable organizations serving the residents of the 23rd Senate District.
- FOOD Share, Ventura County
- Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Los Angeles County
- Manna Conejo Valley Food Bank, Ventura and Los Angeles County
- Valley Food Bank, San Fernando Valley
21st Annual Malibu Pie Festival
 Kara Seward with her pie entry for Malibu Pie Festival, October. |
The Malibu United Methodist Church hosted their 21st Annual Malibu Pie Festival last month. The proceeds from pie sales and silent auction items went to support the church's youth and family programs and service projects. I am proud to announce that my staffer for the Malibu area, Kara Seward, entered her family's blueberry pie recipe and won third place in the Fruit Pie category. Congratulations to all the entries!
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