So...whats for dinner?
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lacey - I have no stitches since this was fat grafting - I have some dermabond glue over small "stab" incisions - both at the low abdominal donor site and the left chest site. You are sweet to want to hop a flight! I will try to time my arrival home with my husband's so that he can do the lifting, but I have had so many surgeries with lifting restrictions that I have perfected the unloading of the car by taking things out of the bags while they are still in the car. The good news is that my parking space in the garage and the fridge are only steps from each other, and I'm not planning to get anything too heavy - I will ask for help at the store to load the car. When I go to get the big turkey I will make DH come with me!
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Carole, I do this all the time when it comes to a holiday. Leaves me time to do other things that I need to do.
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specialk, do you have or can you borrow a Nesco or something similar? I cook my Turkey in that and leave my oven for everything else. If you like really crisp skin you do have to put the pan in the oven after its done to crisp it up but by then everything should be out of the big one.
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specialk, do you have or can you borrow a Nesco or something similar? I cook my Turkey in that and leave my oven for everything else. If you like really crisp skin you do have to put the pan in the oven after its done to crisp it up but by then everything should be out of the big one.
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moon - I don't have one, don't know anyone with one, but they must be super-handy at the holidays! I think I will be ok - I worked out a routine last year by making all the sides and doing the baking in the couple of days prior. I stopped stuffing the turkey a few years ago so it cooks faster, and I like crispier dressing cooked separately anyway. I always make pan gravy while the turkey is resting, so the oven is free to warm up the already cooked sides. I just have to carefully plan the shape of the pans I use for the sides so they can all fit in the oven to warm up. First world problems, right?
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I've been tempted to go to a thrift store and look for a gas stove/oven for which I can buy a propane conversion kit and put the thing on the back porch.
An electric range would work too and I do have an available wired up and suitable electrical outlet that the home's previous owners used for their spa heater.....
Hmmmm........
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Dinner. Leftover Paleo Shepherds Pie from Monday. Like regular Shepherds Pie, but the ground beef is organic/no hormones/antibiotics/pasturefed and instead of mashed potatoes on top it has faux tatoes (pureed cauliflower). Just threw it in the oven to reheat. Pumpkin custard with "whipped cream" (Paleo version, coconut milk based) for dessert. Yum!
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Eric - I think an oven on the back porch is a stupendous idea. There are so many months in Houston that I don't turn on the oven since it just fights with the air conditioning already trying to conquer the often 99 degree heat & 99% humidity. Thanksgiving & even Christmas dinners were always a test to see how low you could turn the AC. I know AZ is the same. I'm sure the rest of you have laughed at people in our climates who turn the AC way down so they could light a fireplace.
I too cook sides ahead & warm up many in the microwave. This year my ex and his wife are taking me to Ruth's Chris for Thanksgiving dinner. He doesn't like turkey so has chosen a place he can order steak. I haven't been there since the late 70's so it will be interesting.
Carole - I'm still thinking about a side you mentioned on a previous page - spinach & artichoke hearts. Would you be willing to share the recipe?
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Tonight was leftovers. A little bit of beef, a little bit of pork, a little bit of spaghetti squash with spaghetti sauce.....and a pumpkin pie.
Wiring houses was one of the things I did to pay for college, so an electric range would be easy enough to set up on the back porch. The reason I'm considering a gas stove is my aebleskiver pan and waffle iron are designed to work on a gas stove.
Sharon is reading about the snow in upstate New York. She grew up in the center of lake effect snow country and is marveling at all the snow.
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And how nice for Sharon to be able to marvel from afar! Those poor people....really rough going for pre-Thanksgiving! While we may freeze in Boston this week we are ever grateful for not having to deal with that snow! Must be even nicer to have no snow and a temperate climate!
I challenged my joints at the fitness center today, and they are going strong w/o pain after this the second challenge of the week. Given our raw cold all week, this feels like a minor miracle! I am a drunken raisin fan!!
Tonight, DH had a dinner meeting so I made myself a nice sandwich with leftover roasted chicken slices, mashed avocado, red onion, arugula, and tomato on a French baguette. It was lovely.
Tomorrow evening I am meeting DH at a dinner for a search committee he's on. They are going to a place called Trade. Don't know it but will be checking out the menu on line before I drive into town.
Eric, I get nervous thinking about a gas stove on a back porch....but you are clearly more talented in that installing business than I.......and more intrepid!
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Nance and Mommyof2, how do you deal with the frozen yeast rolls when you take them out of the freezer? Do you put them in the hot oven to thaw and warm up? Do you let them thaw first?
I watched Pioneer Woman make cloverleaf rolls on the Food Network this week. I'm thinking I might make those.
Tonight's dinner is shrimp and linguini. The shrimp will be cooked "scampi style," sautéed in butter and olive oil with garlic and then the addition of lemon zest and lemon juice. A sprinkling of fresh parsley and some grated romano cheese. Side of tossed salad.
Minus, I'll be happy to share the recipe in a later post. I got it from a neighbor about 30 yrs. ago. She prepared the dish for a block party. I still have the little recipe card neatly written in her hand-writing.
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Carole, I let them thaw then warm them in a low oven.
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Tonight was American chop suey, which is nothing like chop suey, American or otherwise. It's a mixture of ground beef, tomatoes, pasta and cheeses. Very tasty.
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Auntienance, that was one of my Mom's go to meals go feed all 10 of us. She made it by the roasterful! LOL.
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I have to fess up - I had a quarter pounder w/cheese & fries today. I was late for PT which is an hour away, and had missed breakfast. It's only the 3rd time I've had fast food in two years. I'm remembering the fries used to be so much better & I only ate 1/2 of the burger. But since I'd eaten, I was able to stop at the grocery store on the way home & stick to my list instead of picking up everything that looked good. I even managed to avoid the Edwards 'hershey's cream' pie that was on sale. Bought a turkey for $0.59/lb to cook when it's cold again.
Lacey - I just love your picture!!!
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I take my rolls out the night before and let them thaw, when its time to pop them in the oven, I put them on a cookie sheet and rub the tops with a little butter to give them a nice browned look on top.
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I found this last night when I went looking for a recipe for it. I think I may spend some time surfing on their recipes.
http://www.yankeemagazine.com/new-england-traditio...
Made Bedo's white lasagna night before last. Don't know if Bedo adds to it but I spiced it up and added more cheese and leftover chicken though I think it's supposed to be a vegetarian alternative. It was good. Had it last night again. Not sure if we will try for one more night or switch off to something else. I have a couple of yellow/zucchini squashes in refrig and still have the forlorn acorn squash. Maybe squash something (?) and pork cutlets. Can you panfry it if you precook it a little? I have a pkg of seasoning for squash/pasta - makes a skillet dish. Are acorn's hard to cut?
Thanksgiving I've been assigned my usual cheese/cracker tray. Will also bring some type of jello salad. I think I will make my mother's old standby of black cherry jello, cherries, cream cheese. Neither SIL or I seem to have the recipe but numerous variations on the net. I remember her's had green olives in it. DH confirmed that but SIL doesn't recall it. Olives are out, nephews won't eat them. Probably make some other cold salad too. SIL makes all the hot dishes, she has a kitchen to die for. I do better taking cold stuff since overall the trip there takes about 2.5-3 hours with brief stop to pick up DD. It's about an hour to her place and then on to Allen which is N of Dallas. I'll prob. also make some kind of bar cookie that I can make a day or 2 early. So Monday I'm off to the big city of Ft. Worth for major shopping.
I don't remember if I've asked this b4. I have just about ruined another 9x9" pan cutting stuff out of it. Starting to rust under the rolled edges but now rusting in the cut marks. This is not Teflon more that Silverstone stuff. I've got Pyrex but really prefer metal. Any recommendations or do I just need to get over my dislike of Pyrex. Several years ago I had a Pyrex pan shatter just out of the oven. Not crazy about them since then and they are so darned heavy. I just bought a Wilton 9 x 13 and have threatened if I see a sharp instrument near it. Maybe I need to look for ceramic. The restaurant supply store is on the list of stops but may have to be a quick one. I def. need some food prep. gloves - my hands are suffering in the dry weather. Doggy will be up in her crate and not sure how long she can hold it.
Nancy - I just found Aldi's ads on line. I get a rare one in a newspaper. Might work in a quick stop there. Need to remember my cash and stash of WalMart plastic bags. What do you like there besides the little chickens?
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Thanks for the pic compliments, folks. I decided that since I don't have to worry about any of my former clients "discovering" my situation, thus worrying, I could come out of hiding. LOL
Nance, love your food pic! So nice and cheesy!!
Last nite, our outing at Trade was interesting. It is a wildly popular après work spot for the young 'ens, translation...very busy and noisy at the large bar area. Even at our sort of boothed table the noise persisted, so the search group was not really able to debrief with each other. For food, we ended up having many, many appetizers, (my favorite, surprisingly, due to the spicy kick they had, were the chicken meatballs...fabulous!!) and several interesting flatbreads. I also had a grilled raddicchio salad with apple and a maple dressing. We then shared desserts, something pumpkin, an apple tart, and a dense chocolate cake with caramel sauce and whipped cream. Needless to say, our hearing was probably damaged but our tummies were full! I would not race back there due to the frantic atmosphere. But I bet it is a fun place for the yuppies after work. In fact, we found out later that our DS2 walked past the spot while we were there. Am sure he is not bothered by the atmosphere!
Not sure what will happen for dinner tonight. We are heading to a play and will grab something to eat beforehand.
Luv, thanks for reminding me about the cherry jello salad...a regular offering from my mother every Thanksgiving. I must look up her recipe and make it this year. No olives ever got into hers tho!
Am loving reading about what everyone is making for the holiday!
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luv, besides the chickens, I mainly buy produce and dark chocolate (particularly the Orange almond bars) I particularly like their potatoes -- they are large and uniform and most of all, they don't sprout! (I hope I don't find out they do something horrible to them to make them that way). Don't forget to take your own bags if you go, otherwise you have to pay for them.
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cube steaks, side dish and a veg
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Lacey - what version of the cherry salad did your mom make? I've seen ones with DreamWhip, Cool Whip or cream cheese. My mom's had little balls of cream cheese. I think the recipe was pre-Cool Whip days. I think DreamWhip predates Cool Whip. I know the olives sound weird. I found one similar version with olives. I think the salty bite negates some of the sweetness. In the past I think I've had (or she had) a hard time finding the black cherry jello. I found one recipe that called for concord grape jello, don't think they make it anymore. That sure sounds good. Also have seen it with adding in coca cola. Don't think that was in mom's recipe. I remember just the dark, dark jello.
I found a couple of baked acorn squash recipes. This one looked particularly good. I might have to scarf some sunflower seeds out of trail mix though seems I bought a package I didn't use not too long ago. Might have given them to DH for snack. Will have to search. But I think I will leave that for DH to cut tomorrow. Expecting lots of rain starting tonight into tomorrow afternoon. I am planted until Sunday.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/robin-miller/ma...
I guess those younguns hearing is better. I would have been lost in such a place. Know my hearing is not the greatest but it's down the line on things to fix. Old age and too loud music.
I think I'm going to make a simple cobber in a bit. Have a can of mixed berry pie filling that needs using up. I found a recipe using a Jiffy cake mix (9 oz). They were 89 cents. Already have reg. box cake mix. I'll just measure out 1/2 mix and save the other 1/2. DH has so much overtime he'll be home early that is unless they decide to pay him for it. Won't know until about 5-5:30. Have a wonderful can of squirt whip cream in refrig.
OO Nancy orange almond bars. Wonderful. Our potatoes are horrible. Giant things and yes they sprout very easily. I will take my bags. Have a large stash of WalMart bags. We contract trash out here so no recycling. Periodically DH makes a run to the county barn with excess bags so I always have some around. Even have some hoarded paper bags. Might put a few of those in too.
Momof2 - sounds yummy. Guess we'll eat up the last of the lasagna tonight and have the cutlets tomorrow. But I do need to use up - I know sounds crazy - some bacon so need to have a bacon/pancake night soon.
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Luv - I pre-cook Acorn squash in the microwave. Cut in half. Pierce w/fork to vent. Cook w/cut side down in small amount of water. No plastic wrap needed. And yes, I find them hard to cut. Sure wish you could keep the storms up there. I'm supposed to go to a brunch baby shower for my niece tomorrow in Pearland and it's one hour each way from my house - and that's if the beltway is open.
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The Great Butterflied Dry-Brined Turkey Experiment is under way! I sabotaged the effort, though, by buying the wrong kind of turkey (already injected with solution), but I proceeded anyway. I'm using the camper refrigerator so the turkey is uncovered. I used a very sharp chef's knife and a wooden mallet to cut out the backbone. It worked well. The turkey will be cooked Sunday morning for the family Thanksgiving-before-Thanksgiving. Next year I will head off this scheme in advance!
Tomorrow I plan to bake cornbread and put together the Jimmy Dean dressing. Make Lee Drummond's no-knead cloverleaf rolls. Bake some sweet potatoes and make a sweet potato mash without any marshmallow topping. Do some prep for the cream spinach dish that my younger sister loves. The meal will be at this sister's house. She is cooking a small turkey, too. Mashed potatoes with cream cheese. And cooked fresh cranberries. The sister who is travelling 3 hrs. (and probably will cancel if the weather is bad Sun. morning) is supposed to bring home-made cheese cake and a pumpkin pie.
Another SIL is bringing banana pudding made with sugar-free pudding for the diabetics. This is the same SIL who brings the awful green bean casserole for Christmas dinner, made with canned so-called "French" beans and canned mushroom soup and canned fried onions. Shudder....
We always called that American Chop Suey dish goulash. I made versions of it many times in younger days when weight control was so easy.
Eric, the book like yours (Middle Eastern cooking) arrived today and it looks as good as new. It cost less than $1 with $3.99 shipping.
Dinner tonight is filet mignon, baked russet potatoes and either brussel sprouts or salad. I was ready for beef and we've used up the rib eyes.
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Yikes! Watched the weather forecast a few minutes ago and Sunday morning's weather is looking very bad for travel. Our Sunday gathering could be smaller than planned.
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I grocery shopped today for Thanksgiving - was very well behaved - had a gentleman who works in the meat department lift the turkey, and the bagger kids put it in the car for me - got home just in time for DH to get it out. I got a 16 lb. turkey, and three breasts, two for DH's office lunch and one for us to have extra sandwich fixings. I got a rotisserie chicken for dinner - cooked some wide egg noodles, sauteed some onion, mushrooms and garlic, added some chicken gravy, sour cream, and the breast meat from the chicken and put it over the noodles. It was quick and easy, I was worn out! Had my port flushed this morning and ran some other errands. I have a lunch tomorrow with the Tampa BCO ladies, and a party tomorrow night with DH at the home of his boss - a one-star General pinning on his second star. They are having it catered so it will be interesting to see what they have - this is a new boss, have not met him (or his wife) yet.
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Good for you, not overdoing, SpecialK! How do you cook the turkey breasts? I bought turkey thighs today for the freezer. They're seldom available. I have a good recipe for braised turkey thighs.
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carole - I'm not sure I could overdo it if I wanted to, lol! I am running out of gas pretty easily at this point! I usually just roast the turkey breast (they are whole) after rubbing them with olive oil and sprinkling with my go-to mixture of garlic powder, seasoned salt and pepper. The two for DH's office party on Tuesday I will slice the meat off and put on a platter.
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Oh have I been busy. And punctured. Thursday was treatment day which involves 3 needles, but this month I also received a flu shot for a fourth. I hereby declare that 4 needles is my maximum for one day. But not a moment of rest even though I don't feel so well after treatment. Instead I browned the duck legs, and then began the endless task of sautéing the veggies, reducing the wine, then the stock, then the tomatoes. Throw it in the oven and take a nap. But but but, clients had a ton of emails waiting for me, so I dealt with that until it was time for dinner. Did some takeout Chinese. I ordered the Lion's Head Meatballs with glass noodles. Perfect comfort food... soup with meatballs.
Tonight my husband's first cousin, her child with wife and two grandchildren arrived to enjoy supper. We started with a lovely mushroom soup. So easy, and no cream! Then the duck ragu over buccatini with a green salad. For dessert I made a puff pastry filled apple tart, with ice cream. Gosh, did I post this same thing a day ago?
Tomorrow, we are headed North to tundra-land. One day/night at my Mother's fixing up her computer which is ailing, then Sunday morning we head to the canadian border to pick up three lambs. One stop on the way South to divide one box of the lamb and pass it off to my mother. Back home, where Rich gets the other half of that lamb and I try to figure out where two whole lambs will fit into our freezers.
And then I get to work. I have several things due Monday morning. Not sure how this will all work out... oh and it is almost Thanksgiving. I need to get started! I need minions and a wife!
*susan*
p.s. We don't do rolls for T-Day. Just not a Yankee thing. We have enough carbs on the table with the stuffing/dressing, baked corn, and potatoes. When we lived in Montana, I was always the maker of the bread for T-Day dinners with other families. That is when I learned that people eat bread on Thanksgiving.
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Susan - love it - "I need a wife" !!!
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