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The day is almost upon us ~ what's in your menu plan?
This is a year that I'll be cooking for just the two of us. We were invited to join Lyn & Bill and 6 others but I 'begged' off as I really don't feel like dealing with a big meal for 10. I guess my age is catching up with me. We were also invited to join 3 others for a restaurant meal ~ but that is NEVER a choice I make on any holiday. I don't like the 'limited menu', the crowds and the (many times) sub-par meals.
So, I get to plan what I want. And turkey ISN'T ON MY MENU!
I do have a nice 6# free range chicken to roast ~ I like to think of it as a miniature turkey with better taste.....LOL
I'll roast it so it's nice and golden and use the drippings to make a nice gravy. I'm planning on some mashed potatoes to pour that gravy over, too. I have one sweet potato that I'm thinking of baking and then adding a pecan streusel of some kind.
Vegetables and sides will be the highlight of my meal ~ a small dish of homemade dressing (no, I don't put it into the bird....), oven roasted carrots & parsnips and also cauliflower & broccoli. If the green beans are ready to pick they will get roasted with some sliced crimini mushrooms. I'll make my traditional orange Jell-o cabbage/carrot/pineapple salad ~ Dane misses it when it's not on the table. Dessert will be Grandma's Pumpkin Pie that I'll make on Wednesday (OK, so I'm cheating and using the refrigerated Pillsbury crusts).
OH, GOOD GRIEF!!! I'm a week ahead of the rest of you. I think my mind is lost ~ for some reason I thought today was the 21st and Thanksgiving is 3 days away.....
I'm going to blame it on having too much on my mind. (or just old age......)
This is a year that I'll be cooking for just the two of us. We were invited to join Lyn & Bill and 6 others but I 'begged' off as I really don't feel like dealing with a big meal for 10. I guess my age is catching up with me. We were also invited to join 3 others for a restaurant meal ~ but that is NEVER a choice I make on any holiday. I don't like the 'limited menu', the crowds and the (many times) sub-par meals.
So, I get to plan what I want. And turkey ISN'T ON MY MENU!
I do have a nice 6# free range chicken to roast ~ I like to think of it as a miniature turkey with better taste.....LOL
I'll roast it so it's nice and golden and use the drippings to make a nice gravy. I'm planning on some mashed potatoes to pour that gravy over, too. I have one sweet potato that I'm thinking of baking and then adding a pecan streusel of some kind.
Vegetables and sides will be the highlight of my meal ~ a small dish of homemade dressing (no, I don't put it into the bird....), oven roasted carrots & parsnips and also cauliflower & broccoli. If the green beans are ready to pick they will get roasted with some sliced crimini mushrooms. I'll make my traditional orange Jell-o cabbage/carrot/pineapple salad ~ Dane misses it when it's not on the table. Dessert will be Grandma's Pumpkin Pie that I'll make on Wednesday (OK, so I'm cheating and using the refrigerated Pillsbury crusts).
OH, GOOD GRIEF!!! I'm a week ahead of the rest of you. I think my mind is lost ~ for some reason I thought today was the 21st and Thanksgiving is 3 days away.....
I'm going to blame it on having too much on my mind. (or just old age......)
