Thanksgiving in Chile?

Where’s the cranberry jelly and the turkey? We’ve run into some issues with Thanksgiving out here. Not only are we not celebrating on the right day, but we’ve also made our own variations on Thanksgiving classics to make up for food that isn’t available. Since we were in San Pedro de Atacama for Thanksgiving, we decided to host a big meal at our apartment this week for everyone who wanted to come and bring food (potlucks are beyond great).

Some things on the menu are:

Quinoa with cranberries, raisins, and almonds

Sweet potato and spinach sautéed together

Strawberry and spinach salad

Lentil soup

Cheesy squash

Roasted vegetables

Apple pie empanadas

As you can see, we’ve gotten quite creative and are definitely on the more vegetarian side of things for this Thanksgiving. Sorry I haven't uploaded the pictures yet, but we're about to move out of our apartment and present our Independent Study Projects, so things are busy!

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- Marisa