One of the best parts about Thanksgiving is the leftovers! You’ll see this fact reflected in this week’s menu. Monday: Turkey enchiladas rice chips and salsa Tuesday: scalloped potatoes with diced ham tossed green salad Wednesday: ham and beans cornbread Thursday: This is the night of our town’s Christmas parade. If the weather isn’t too…
Sundays Unplugged ~ 11/29/15
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Dee’s Week in Review ~ 11/28/15
I meant to get this written and posted this morning but I’ve just piddled around all day doing little or nothing. The past few days have been very busy and sometimes you just have to accept a non-productive day. Thursday evening we went to my cousin’s for our extended family Thanksgiving dinner. We always do…
Julia Child
I’ve been a fan of Julia Child for ages. I can remember watching her show on PBS as a child. She was a larger than life character and absolutely fascinating to watch. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Imagine my delight when my daughter and son-in-law gave me a signed copy of one of her…
Thanksgiving Recipes Roundup
I shared some Thanksgiving recipes yesterday, one post at a time, and then thought it might be handy to have them all in one post for future reference. So here you go: Thanksgiving Recipes Roundup: Turkey cooking instructions How to thaw and cook a turkey. Plus, how to cook a turkey breast in a…
Mashed potatoes ~ Homemade, of course
Mashed potatoes – they are such a simple yet vital part of the holiday meal. I cannot imagine a turkey dinner without them. Okay, if you’re low-carb-ing it then you’ll have to substitute something like faux mashed potatoes made from cauliflower, but honestly? Mashed potatoes are ever so much better as long as you don’t…
Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Homemade cranberry sauce is probably the simplest part of the traditional Thanksgiving meal. If you are still serving that stuff from a can – complete with High Fructose Corn Syrup – then allow me to share how easy it is to make the real stuff. Homemade Cranberry Sauce Ingredients: 1 bag of fresh cranberries…
Dee’s Homemade Turkey Gravy
It has come to my attention that there are people buying those little packages of gravy mix. Oh, please don’t do that. There is absolutely no comparison between that nasty stuff and real, honest-to-goodness gravy. Gravy has a reputation for being difficult to make but it really isn’t. Follow along and I’ll tell you how…
Dee’s Turkey Cooking Instructions
Thanksgiving is almost here. Turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce…PIE! I love the traditional Thanksgiving meal. I’m always surprised by the number of people who say they don’t like turkey because it is probably my favorite meat. Even during the year that we ate virtually 100% vegetarian, we made an exception for Thanksgiving turkey. Now, I…
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