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Thanksgiving?
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I cook for myself on the holidays. It's kind of soothing actually.
Oh now my mouth is watering for latkes. My late mom used to make the best ever --- we miss them (of course we miss her - and her chopped liver).That photo is adorable Stewball! And the donut isn't bad looking either
Since Hanukkah falls out on Thanksgiving this year, I am making a ton of latkes (potato pancakes) to go with the meal. I forgot to mention that above. I'm probably going to make homemade applesauce for it.
Going to our nephew's for Thanksgiving. Only hassle is that they don't serve until 6 or 6:30 - it's an hour from our house and Paul HATES driving at night. Guess we're getting old!
I decided to surprise hubby--we'll be going to our friends' house next door for dinner on Thursday but I know he will be bummed to not have T-Day leftovers for the weekend! When I was at Whole Foods yesterday I saw they are offering pre- made dinners so I ordered a small one for him. I'll pretend I'm going out to run errands Friday morning, go pick it up and surprise him with it.
Oh man--just as I was typing this I realized that will be Black Friday and the shopping center will be a freaking ZOO! Arrgghhh. :jaw: What was I thinking.... :doh3:
What sort of thing do you cook for yourself being the only participator.
Oh, well...It will be worth it, he'll be delighted.
I haven't eaten meat for about 30 years.
That photo is adorable Stewball! And the donut isn't bad looking either
Since Hanukkah falls out on Thanksgiving this year, I am making a ton of latkes (potato pancakes) to go with the meal. I forgot to mention that above. I'm probably going to make homemade applesauce for it.
We're planning on having a low-key Thanksgiving at home this year with just the furbabies and us. I'm planning to make:
-turkey
-dressing
-sweet potato casserole
-green bean casserole
-blue cranberry sauce
(Anything else, my mom is making if she comes over to eat with us!) My aim is to make enough leftovers to take to some to my older family members to eat on during Hanukkah, and to light candles with them at their home. Since they're older, it's hard to get them out, so after we celebrate Thanksgiving here, I'm hoping to take a meal over to they home for them, and to light candles.
Thanksgiving/Hanukkah aside, I'm planning to start decorating our house on Black Friday for Christmas. I'm still recovering from surgery, so I may keep things a bit more low-key this year, but still plan to decorate![emoji]127876[/emoji]
-turkey
-dressing
-sweet potato casserole
-green bean casserole
-blue cranberry sauce
(Anything else, my mom is making if she comes over to eat with us!) My aim is to make enough leftovers to take to some to my older family members to eat on during Hanukkah, and to light candles with them at their home. Since they're older, it's hard to get them out, so after we celebrate Thanksgiving here, I'm hoping to take a meal over to they home for them, and to light candles.
Thanksgiving/Hanukkah aside, I'm planning to start decorating our house on Black Friday for Christmas. I'm still recovering from surgery, so I may keep things a bit more low-key this year, but still plan to decorate![emoji]127876[/emoji]
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I'm excited....it's my last day of work this week. Although, I guess I should say that it's my last day of work in the office.
I'll make the brine tonight for the turkey and get it in the fridge to cool down for tomorrow night. And Rick said he'd help me make the cranberry relish tonight, too.
Tomorrow I have to clean our messy house and I'm going to do my Thanksgiving baking. Pumpkin crescent rolls, two pumpkin pies, and a pumpkin cheesecake. Must decorate the cookies tomorrow, too. Tomorrow night, Mr. Turkey will go into his brining bucket in the basement overnight for roasting on Thursday.
But today is my last day at work for the week! Yay me!
I'll make the brine tonight for the turkey and get it in the fridge to cool down for tomorrow night. And Rick said he'd help me make the cranberry relish tonight, too.
Tomorrow I have to clean our messy house and I'm going to do my Thanksgiving baking. Pumpkin crescent rolls, two pumpkin pies, and a pumpkin cheesecake. Must decorate the cookies tomorrow, too. Tomorrow night, Mr. Turkey will go into his brining bucket in the basement overnight for roasting on Thursday.
But today is my last day at work for the week! Yay me!
I thought I remember earlier something about either or with the pumpkin pie and pumpkin cheesecake? I have to admit pumpkin pie is a necessity for Thanksgiving dinner for me too. Probably because there was always pumpkin pie when I was kid. It was always made with the recipe on the Libby's can.
So sorry I missed this, was hoping for such a thread We are just the two of us, all family is on the opposite coast except for one brother-in-law who lives a couple states away.
We are having a brined turkey breast that we hope to smoke if our county's burn ban is lifted - if not, will have to just roast. We use a weber recipe for the brine and gravy - which is the best gravy for turkey that I've ever had. We make it every year.
tossed salad
homemade cranberry relish (made with orange and maple syrup..is divine)
homemade gluten-free rolls
mashed salsify (homegrown)
bacon fat roasted brussel sprouts with garlic and thyme
a high protein dressing recipe where last year we substituted rice for the bread cubes - this year, substituting riced cauliflower - has spinach, pork sausage (making my own), sage..is quite nummy.
George Stella's recipe for Pumpkin Flans (usually make a pie, skipping that this year).
We are just the two of us, all family is on the opposite coast except for one brother-in-law who lives a couple states away.We are having a brined turkey breast that we hope to smoke if our county's burn ban is lifted - if not, will have to just roast. We use a weber recipe for the brine and gravy - which is the best gravy for turkey that I've ever had. We make it every year.
tossed salad
homemade cranberry relish (made with orange and maple syrup..is divine)
homemade gluten-free rolls
mashed salsify (homegrown)
bacon fat roasted brussel sprouts with garlic and thyme
a high protein dressing recipe where last year we substituted rice for the bread cubes - this year, substituting riced cauliflower - has spinach, pork sausage (making my own), sage..is quite nummy.
George Stella's recipe for Pumpkin Flans (usually make a pie, skipping that this year).
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Pat, if you have a burning ban, that means you can't smoke anything? What kind of smoker are you using? And is smoking something the same as burning?
The reason I'm asking is because we keep talking (and talking) about getting some kind of smoker. Sometimes, particularly during times of really low rain in the summer, we get under a burning ban or a drought-watch type of thing. I didn't realize that also meant no smoking. That's interesting.
Rick and I made cranberry relish last night......it's just cranberries with apples and oranges and sugar. My grandmother's very old recipe, but I still make it every year. If I make it for Thanksgiving, then I put the rest in the freezer for Christmas. We put it all through the food grinder, orange peels and all. Never thought about maple syrup. That sounds decadent.
As for the pumpkin flan, which really sounds good, too, sometimes I'll make a low-fat pumpkin filling that's poured into individual little custard cups and baked in a water bath. No crust, so no extra calories. But it's really good.
Denice, yes, that's us.....the bickering over the pies versus the cheesecake.
And so I'm making both.
The reason I'm asking is because we keep talking (and talking) about getting some kind of smoker. Sometimes, particularly during times of really low rain in the summer, we get under a burning ban or a drought-watch type of thing. I didn't realize that also meant no smoking. That's interesting.
Rick and I made cranberry relish last night......it's just cranberries with apples and oranges and sugar. My grandmother's very old recipe, but I still make it every year. If I make it for Thanksgiving, then I put the rest in the freezer for Christmas. We put it all through the food grinder, orange peels and all. Never thought about maple syrup. That sounds decadent.
As for the pumpkin flan, which really sounds good, too, sometimes I'll make a low-fat pumpkin filling that's poured into individual little custard cups and baked in a water bath. No crust, so no extra calories. But it's really good.
Denice, yes, that's us.....the bickering over the pies versus the cheesecake.
We are under a stage two burn ban, and apparently someone else thought to call and ask - yep..if you use anything that produces smoke - charcoal or wood burning grill, it's banned right now. Propane gas grills would be okay, but we don't use one of those. I can attest to delicious smoke happening during our turkey smoking <G>, so I can understand it being included in the ban. Just hate the ban!
Pat, if you have a burning ban, that means you can't smoke anything? What kind of smoker are you using? And is smoking something the same as burning?
The reason I'm asking is because we keep talking (and talking) about getting some kind of smoker. Sometimes, particularly during times of really low rain in the summer, we get under a burning ban or a drought-watch type of thing. I didn't realize that also meant no smoking. That's interesting.
Rick and I made cranberry relish last night......it's just cranberries with apples and oranges and sugar. My grandmother's very old recipe, but I still make it every year. If I make it for Thanksgiving, then I put the rest in the freezer for Christmas. We put it all through the food grinder, orange peels and all. Never thought about maple syrup. That sounds decadent.
As for the pumpkin flan, which really sounds good, too, sometimes I'll make a low-fat pumpkin filling that's poured into individual little custard cups and baked in a water bath. No crust, so no extra calories. But it's really good.
Denice, yes, that's us.....the bickering over the pies versus the cheesecake.And so I'm making both.
The pumpkin flan, I tried one last night, is a low carb and lower calorie recipe that as it turns out is just delicious. I will be making this again! No crust, also in little individual dishes, and cooked in a water bath.
I've never been a fan of cranberry relish until I tried this recipe early in my marriage. We both liked it so much, that I make it every year. Very fast and easy, though ours is chunky, just cooked until the cranberries pop enough to thicken.
Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving!
Here are before/afters of what I wound up making. (My mom stopped over and brought dressing and a few other things too!)
-Turkey (brined, trussed, aromatics, and wings tucked, and foiled half way.)
-Blue Cranberry Sauce (I make it every year!)
-Green Bean Casserole
-Sweet Potato Casserole
Here are before/afters of what I wound up making. (My mom stopped over and brought dressing and a few other things too!)
-Turkey (brined, trussed, aromatics, and wings tucked, and foiled half way.)
-Blue Cranberry Sauce (I make it every year!)
-Sweet Potato Casserole
WWhat on earth is blue cranberry?
How do you make gravy?So sorry I missed this, was hoping for such a thread
We are having a brined turkey breast that we hope to smoke if our county's burn ban is lifted - if not, will have to just roast. We use a weber recipe for the brine and gravy - which is the best gravy for turkey that I've ever had. We make it every year.
tossed salad
homemade cranberry relish (made with orange and maple syrup..is divine)
homemade gluten-free rolls
mashed salsify (homegrown)
bacon fat roasted brussel sprouts with garlic and thyme
a high protein dressing recipe where last year we substituted rice for the bread cubes - this year, substituting riced cauliflower - has spinach, pork sausage (making my own), sage..is quite nummy.
George Stella's recipe for Pumpkin Flans (usually make a pie, skipping that this year).
It looks like it has blueberries in it? I've never heard of it before but I'd sure try it!
After we have used their recipe to brine a turkey (weber - Apple-Brined Turkey with Big Time Gravy - from 11/2006) , we smoke it and then:
Use reserved pan liquid plus enough chicken stock to make 4 cups of liquid( ** I think our gravy tastes so good because we smoke with applewood - and that flavor is in the pan liquids)
1/4 cup unsalted butter, cut into 4 equal pieces
1/4 cup all-purpose flour (we use gluten-free and just whisked the lumps out)
1/3 cup dry white wine (we like using chardonnay)
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh Italian Parsley
Kosher salt
freshly ground black pepper
1: strain the pan liquid through a sieve into a large fat separator and discard all the solids. Add enough chicken stock to equal 4 cups of liquid.
2: Place the roasting pan over a stovetop burner set to medium heat.
Add the butter and the flour. As the butter melts, stir with a wooden spoon and cook until the mixture turns the color of peanut butter, about 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
3: Add 4 cups of the reserved pan liquid (but not the fat) plus the wine. Bring the gravy to a boil, whisking frequently to dissolve the lumps. Lower the heat and simmer the gravy for a few minutes or until it reaches the consistency you like. If the gravy gets too thick, add more chicken stock a little at a time and simmer until it reaches the right thickness.
4: Turn off the heat. Add the parsley. Add salt and pepper to taste.
I don't make meat pies, so I am going to hope someone who has more of a clue than I do, will share a recipe with you
I don't make meat pies either. My daughter and DiL do. Too dry.I don't make meat pies, so I am going to hope someone who has more of a clue than I do, will share a recipe with you
I hope someone will spot it.
But thank you.
