Thanksgiving is officially back on!
Just days after declaring that she’s canceled her Thanksgiving plans this 12 months, Martha Stewart has done a U-turn and revealed just how she plans to have a good time.
The life-style guru, 82, said she’s gearing as much as cook a “stuffed and roasted 20-pound organic, heritage bird” in addition to “prepping to bake thirty pies” for the vacation.
“My colossal chocolate turkey, crafted using my giant antique turkey mold, didn’t survive storage since October, crumbling into itself. I’m melting the chocolate and using it for the chocolate pecan pies,” wrote Stewart alongside a photograph of a chocolate turkey,” she wrote in an Instagram post Tuesday.
Stewart said she’s not hosting people at her plush, 153-acre estate in Westchester County, Latest York — but as an alternative, she’s leaving it open to paying guests.
The residence, which frequently appears in the approach to life juggernaut’s sizzling Instagram, was acquired by Stewart in 2000 for a whopping $15.2 million.
As a substitute, she plans to have a good time with pals after just a few busy days working on her garden.
Stewart said she’s “staying home for 2 days to plant 75 recent peonies” and digging up “tons of of other peonies for relocation.”
“Leaves are systematically being blown and composted, compost is being spread atop all of the flower beds, and burlap coats are being made to cover the tons of of boxwood shrubs for the cold winter ahead,” she shared.
The beloved entrepreneur said her daughter Alexis Stewart, and her two children Jude, 12, and Truman, 11, shall be “flying off to California to go to as lots of the giant redwoods and metasequoias as possible for 3 days.”
What’s more, Stewart urged fans to send her their Thanksgiving feast photos — and he or she’ll even select just a few to post on her own website.
Stewart had fans nervous last week when she said she “gave up Thanksgiving” during an appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.”
“Nine guests canceled because anyone got sick,” she explained. “So … I called up my chef friend and I said, ‘We’re not doing Thanksgiving.’”
In keeping with Stewart, she has cooked several turkeys on various TV programs and was getting bored with preparing the dish anyway, before ultimately deciding otherwise.
“I’ve also cooked 14 turkeys already for my TV show, and I still should [cook] yet another turkey on the ‘Today’ show,” Stewart added. “So forget it.”