Something Delicious

[Sun]

Originally Posted by gaea

Happy to send you a care package!

We will have pumpkin and apple and im not sure what else.

I agree i am blessed to have them in my life.

I believe we are having ten or 12 people come for dinner.

ps. If you make it to a brunch you will have a chance to meet them

speaking of Tacos....and stuff Im wondering how many people here to enchilada's with their turkey leftovers? we do them every year...My son inlaws mother also makes turkey tamale's from scratch after ...we find all kinds of creative ways to work with the left overs. Enchiladas are my favorite though for left overs.

A care package? Awesome! Thank you. Ok I may survive this bachelor thing after all with my femme friends looking out for me

12 is a nice size group for dinner. I have done a lot of dinner parties for 12-14. That is a comfortable number for me. At home this is. My dining room table only seats 8 comfortably so I have to swap tables out to do a larger group or use the back yard and two tables. We can do this in CA year round, which is a bonus, as if living in CA were not enough of a bonus on its own.

Eventually I will make it to a brunch for sure.

Turkey leftovers..hmmm..as Corkey says "what leftovers?"

No seriously, I eat turkey sandwiches on oatmeal bread pretty regularly so leftovers usually become sandwich or soup. In the last year I have gotten into making simple stocks and loading up a soup with green leafy vegetables such as swiss chard, spinach, bok choy, collards, kale, napa cabbage. It all depends on my mood and what is good at the market. I will spin the soup in a flavor direction with lots of garlic, ginger, soy and a little rice vinegar or something like tomato, onion, cilantro, jalepeno, or tomato, more garlic, and a good romano cheese, again depending on my mood.

A good turkey or chicken stock can be turned into many different kinds of soup. Your enchilada idea is a good one though.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by always2late

Lol...and here I thought my family was the ONLY one that had lasagna and Italian wedding soup at Thanksgiving!

The menu this year is gonna go the more traditional route (if only because I'm just cooking for the four of us ). Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potato cassarole, brussel sprouts, cranberry sauce, and Nantucket pie and reverse caramel apples for dessert.

Welcome to the Italian Thanksgiving table! lol. That is funny.

What is Nantucket pie? And reverse caramel apples? I am totally intrigued by that idea. Whatever it is. Caramel and apples together in any formation works for me.

I love this thread. I am learning so much.

[gaea]

Originally Posted by Sun

A care package? Awesome! Thank you. Ok I may survive this bachelor thing after all with my femme friends looking out for me

12 is a nice size group for dinner. I have done a lot of dinner parties for 12-14. That is a comfortable number for me. At home this is. My dining room table only seats 8 comfortably so I have to swap tables out to do a larger group or use the back yard and two tables. We can do this in CA year round, which is a bonus, as if living in CA were not enough of a bonus on its own.

Eventually I will make it to a brunch for sure.

Turkey leftovers..hmmm..as Corkey says "what leftovers?"

No seriously, I eat turkey sandwiches on oatmeal bread pretty regularly so leftovers usually become sandwich or soup. In the last year I have gotten into making simple stocks and loading up a soup with green leafy vegetables such as swiss chard, spinach, bok choy, collards, kale, napa cabbage. It all depends on my mood and what is good at the market. I will spin the soup in a flavor direction with lots of garlic, ginger, soy and a little rice vinegar or something like tomato, onion, cilantro, jalepeno, or tomato, more garlic, and a good romano cheese, again depending on my mood.

A good turkey or chicken stock can be turned into many different kinds of soup. Your enchilada idea is a good one though.

You can never go wrong with a good soup...

I love a good turkey sandwhich..i will stack mine with turkey,cranberry,cream cheese, stuffing and wow that a sandwhich and nummy...

[Sun]

Originally Posted by gaea

You can never go wrong with a good soup...

I love a good turkey sandwhich..i will stack mine with turkey,cranberry,cream cheese, stuffing and wow that a sandwhich and nummy...

Also for those of us who are cutting back on carbs especially after the holidays it is good to have turkey on hand. The leftover turkey can be chopped up and added to green salads and then kicked up with simple fiery dressings or chopped and scrambled with egg whites. I worked with a lot of athletes this summer who wanted egg whites every morning so I made a variety of scrambles (posted a pic of one of my most requested scrambles on Facebook this summer not sure if you saw that) and some people were requesting roasted turkey in the scramble. At first I thought this was odd but after experimenting I found that the combination worked really well. For a high power boost I would scramble egg whites, chopped turkey, lots of spinach (it cooks down fast) and then a little diced tomato, onion, jalepeno. Some people wanted a little cheese mixed in, some hit it with hot sauce. Some asked for it in a whole wheat wrap (large tortillia) which worked well to take it on the run.

[gaea]

that sounds really good

I miss having eggs

[gaea]

Sun,

I do not see said pic posted lol I went and looked cause it sounds yummy

[always2late]

Originally Posted by Sun

Welcome to the Italian Thanksgiving table! lol. That is funny.

What is Nantucket pie? And reverse caramel apples? I am totally intrigued by that idea. Whatever it is. Caramel and apples together in any formation works for me.

I love this thread. I am learning so much.

Here is a link for Nantucket pie. It is delicious!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/k...ipe/index.html

I've never made the reverse caramel apples...but they look SO good that I am gonna give them a try. You take some granny smith apples, slice in half, core them and hollow them out a bit, then pour in melted caramel. Refrigerate until the caramel sets and then slice. Mmmmmmmmm!

[Sun]

Originally Posted by gaea

Sun,

I do not see said pic posted lol I went and looked cause it sounds yummy

LOL..its in mobile uploads. I posted a bunch of food there from work but I will email you a pic when I can.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by always2late

Here is a link for Nantucket pie. It is delicious!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/k...ipe/index.html

I've never made the reverse caramel apples...but they look SO good that I am gonna give them a try. You take some granny smith apples, slice in half, core them and hollow them out a bit, then pour in melted caramel. Refrigerate until the caramel sets and then slice. Mmmmmmmmm!

Thank you for the link. Wow that pie sounds great.

The caramel apple idea is a good one. I am missing going up to our local apple region this fall. It is always a fun trip and I usually bring back apple pie, apple dumplings, caramel apples..fresh apples..can you tell that I like apples?

[Sachita]

I probably won't have time this thanksgiving but I really really want to make this

Praline-Pumpkin Cake

http://m.bettycrocker.com/recipes/pr...f-cd1e51b7bf95

[Sun]

Originally Posted by Sachita

I probably won't have time this thanksgiving but I really really want to make this

Praline-Pumpkin Cake

http://m.bettycrocker.com/recipes/pr...f-cd1e51b7bf95

When you do make it, please let us know how it turns out. Looks great.

[Sachita]

I will. I'm not eating a lot of grains these days so I'm going to make it a mission to learn how to bake well and treat myself

[Daywalker]

I made mah first big pot o'Soup of the season last night.
Fresh broccoli n cheddar...non-milk base.

Garnished with diced romas, italian cheezes
and sprinkles of broccoli crowns.



It was awesome.

I usually take pics of mah food, because that's what
mah life has come to...LOL, but it's in the
Amazoniacs phone so I gotta
get a forward.



The bread we had ~ was Screaming with goodness

Traders Joe's Circle of Rolls



I'm making a Chowder next week.

Tonight we are having that giant stalk of Brussels Sprouts.



And a couple of steaks that mah sister gave us.

[Daywalker]

[Sachita]

oh dang soup sounds good today. I have a big ass bag of baking potatoes for thanksgiving. I think I need to snag a few of those and some cheese and .... hmmmm some potato soup or something. I wish I had some bacon.

I grew a tons of sweet potatoes and butternut squash. I'm cooking a sweet potato now. I love to put cinnamon on them.

[Sun]

I'm on my way over Day!



What kind of chowder are you making?

[Bella~Vita]

Any suggestions on veggie casseroles? I get tired of chicken I'm gonna start clucking in a minute.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by Sachita

oh dang soup sounds good today. I have a big ass bag of baking potatoes for thanksgiving. I think I need to snag a few of those and some cheese and .... hmmmm some potato soup or something. I wish I had some bacon.

I grew a tons of sweet potatoes and butternut squash. I'm cooking a sweet potato now. I love to put cinnamon on them.

You just reminded me that I have butternut squash. Hmm..guess I had better cook it. When I make butternut bisque it flies out the door. I would be lucky to get some.

Bacon..I still have to plan a bacon dinner party. This is something special for a friend who is a bacon freak. I played around with a BLT soup idea: Tomato, Escarole, garlic and bacon. Veg base. It was good. Still working on the details of the whole dinner menu. The only special request was a bacon vodka martini.

Sweet potatoes I could eat every day. One of the things that I make for the kids in my family are hand cut sweet potato fries. Just peel, cut and bake. Nothing to it. Then I make a dipping sauce, usually maple. Sometimes coconut. Easy. The kids love it.

[Daywalker]

Originally Posted by Sun

I'm on my way over Day!



What kind of chowder are you making?

Yer still in the AZ!


It's gonna be a shredded chicken, baby corn, red taterz,
water chestnut, celery, mushroom and bamboo
shoot chowder...still to be named.

I had a vision of an Asian chowder,
so I am gonna make one up.



When will U be back?

[Bella~Vita]

Originally Posted by Sun

You just reminded me that I have butternut squash. Hmm..guess I had better cook it. When I make butternut bisque it flies out the door. I would be lucky to get some.

Bacon..I still have to plan a bacon dinner party. This is something special for a friend who is a bacon freak. I played around with a BLT soup idea: Tomato, Escarole, garlic and bacon. Veg base. It was good. Still working on the details of the whole dinner menu. The only special request was a bacon vodka martini.

Sweet potatoes I could eat every day. One of the things that I make for the kids in my family are hand cut sweet potato fries. Just peel, cut and bake. Nothing to it. Then I make a dipping sauce, usually maple. Sometimes coconut. Easy. The kids love it.

Those sound good ... I love sweet potatoes ... do you spray the pan? And what temp?