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flea1 17-pound turkey, brined (worked nicely)
gravy made from the drippings with shallots and Worcestershire
1 package Pepperidge farm country style stuffing (the cubed kind), doctored with sauteed onion and celery
large mash of mashed potatoes, the yellow kind, with butter and milk and cream cheese
1 can cranberry jelly, Kroger brand
leftover wild rice, craisin and pecan salad (from Casper's school event Tuesday)
way too many Trader Joe's frozen haricots verts
gratin of eggplant, zucchini and tomatoes (from Julia and Jacque Cook at Home) with homemade breadcrumbs
sour cream pumpkin pie, from Joy of cooking, made from an actual pumpkin and with a scratch crust
1 can of whipped cream
We have leftovers, of course, but we did accomplish much. Yes, we are a curious mixture of doing it the hard way and doing it the easy way.
not consumed:
apple pie and vanilla ice cream, as we didn;t get around to making the former. But there's always tomorrow!
I will note that having 5 children in our (small) house is almost guaranteed to make the time after the guests depart, when we will have only out two, seem luxuriously peaceful. ("One-eighth of a muffin, and that was that." By Ruth Orbach, currently unavailable at Amazon.)
gravy made from the drippings with shallots and Worcestershire
1 package Pepperidge farm country style stuffing (the cubed kind), doctored with sauteed onion and celery
large mash of mashed potatoes, the yellow kind, with butter and milk and cream cheese
1 can cranberry jelly, Kroger brand
leftover wild rice, craisin and pecan salad (from Casper's school event Tuesday)
way too many Trader Joe's frozen haricots verts
gratin of eggplant, zucchini and tomatoes (from Julia and Jacque Cook at Home) with homemade breadcrumbs
sour cream pumpkin pie, from Joy of cooking, made from an actual pumpkin and with a scratch crust
1 can of whipped cream
We have leftovers, of course, but we did accomplish much. Yes, we are a curious mixture of doing it the hard way and doing it the easy way.
not consumed:
apple pie and vanilla ice cream, as we didn;t get around to making the former. But there's always tomorrow!
I will note that having 5 children in our (small) house is almost guaranteed to make the time after the guests depart, when we will have only out two, seem luxuriously peaceful. ("One-eighth of a muffin, and that was that." By Ruth Orbach, currently unavailable at Amazon.)