No cooking for me! Will be dining out for Thanksgiving!
7 years ago
Will enjoy all the fixings with two friends. Have reservations for noon.
Thanksgiving 2018 Menu at Grille 29
Butternut Squash Soup
Crème Fraiche
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Beet & Goat Cheese Salad
Arugula, Fennel, Mixed Greens, Spiced Pecans, Tomatoes,
Goat Cheese and Citrus Vinaigrette
Entree
Roasted Turkey or Glazed Ham
Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Cornbread Dressing, Green Bean Casserole,
Cranberry Chutney and Old-Fashioned Gravy
Dessert (Choice of)
Pumpkin Cheesecake
White Chocolate Ganache and
Whipped Cream
Sweet Potato Bread Pudding
Brown Butter Sauce and
Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
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Comments (52)Scratch my traditional Thanksgiving menu that I posted last week!! I knew that only one of my sons would be home, but now my nephew and brother won't be able to join us and everyone else that I've thought of to ask to join us already has plans. So it will just be the three of us. When you're used to cooking for 12 most years, it's hard to get excited about doing it all for just 3! Especially since we'll have almost the identical menu for Christmas day. My son who's home from college happily agreed that it seemed a little silly to cook a turkey, so I'm going with the flow and changing plans! A local deli has some beautiful stuffed chicken breasts that I've always wanted to try and so that may be the main course. I'll still do some special vegs, dessert and homemade bread. Just not the dressing, gravy, bird etc. Grace...See MoreUrgent Thanksgiving cooking question
Comments (18)mnerg - I did that very thing but for a different reason. I live in a remote town in Alaska and the 'bakery' here only has pansy bread...meaning soft, pillowy - NOT the kind you'd need to stand up to French-onion soup! It worked out just fine. I prefer not to have my bread soaked, anyway. But, I think if I were to ever make it again with some really good hard-crusted bread I can get in Anchorage, I will try the broiler method...just so I can say "I did it!" I may go back to the other way...we'll have to see. I think part of the French-onion soup experience is the cutting into the gooey, stringy cheese along with the soup & stringing it up to your mouth :)...See MoreWho is cooking Thanksgiving in their new kitchen for 1st time?
Comments (27)It was the first one for us too. Really loved the many decisions we made during our reno. 1) The 36" wide deep zero radius sink with a low divider really came in handy. Its amazing how much stuff can fit in this thing with still room to wash/clean 2) The double convection wall oven worked all day. Everything turned out perfect. I have no idea what conspired to make the turkey perfect this year. I am sure I won't be able to reproduce the result next year if I tried 3) The 36" 6 burner bluestar Rangetop worked all day. All six burners were in use at times, but didn't leave anything to be desired. It slowly simmered a big pot of turkey stock all day while the other burners were used to do a variety of boiling, sautéing, and gravy making. 4) The biggest "wow what did we do without this" moment came from the touch activated Delta faucet. I wash my hands after every step, especially when processing raw meat. being able to wash every 15 seconds at times without having to fiddle with the control was awesome, and keeps everything sanitary 5) The quartz counters really helped. Never a worry about spilling or raw meat juices, or spices, or anything else sitting on the counters. They were pretty messy all day through a rotation of meats, and eggs and milk and flour and cleaned up without a hitch. 6) stone backsplash - Cant tell you how nice it is to not have to worry about splashes during the various activities. Everything wiped off easily, unlike last thanksgiving where I scrubbed the paint off my walls trying to wipe off some of the gravy splashes. Things I wanted more of but just not possible in our size kitchen: 1) More counter space or a big island. Our kitchen and layout of spaces around the kitchen didn't allow for more. Its perfect for our every day, but would be nice at holidays like thanksgiving. 2) A separate prep sink - Day to day, its never one of the things I regret not having, but would have been very helpful at thanksgiving 3) A warming drawer. Maybe I will get one installed one day. Not a need day to day, but would be nice to put things once done when you are making several items. My oven has a keep warm function, but since both ovens were being actively users, a separate drawer would have been handy...See MoreThanksgiving Cooking Mistake
Comments (44)I've been making my own hummus for many years, and it is similar to the one that Dawn posted, but I definitely never add cumin (which that recipe says is optional). For me, cumin ruins the other flavors. I use fresh Meyer lemons from my tree, and that makes a big difference, but I've not yet made my own tahini paste. However, since I do not, I add toasted sesame oil to it. We've decided to have Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow, although I've already made parts of it today. Today we are having turkey breast (cooked previously for sandwiches) with a mushroom sauce, plus cornbread stuffing, and some green beans that I already made. Today I made a Torta di Mele Al Burro, to use up some apples and in place of apple pie. I'm roasting the duck tomorrow, and I want to get a fairly early start, since it takes many hours. Our orange tree (the one that came with the house) finally has ripe oranges on it, and so I can use that in the sauce....See More- 7 years ago
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