Loving the Leftovers
By Ed. Filed in Food, Holidays, Life |
We had a real feast yesterday – all my favorite foods for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. The turkey was about 26 pounds – really big. We put it into one of those big Reynolds Roasting Bags with a chopped up onion and some butter and let it cook for a couple hours. No basting, no overcooking and dried out white meat. No mess. Lots of juice for the gravy. It turned out magnificent.
Side dishes included mashed white potatoes with turkey gravy, sweet potatoes with lots of mini-marshmallows on top, corn pudding, fresh green beans with ham, flaky dinner rolls and two pies with a choice of sugar free cool whip or no sugar added ice cream.
The only thing we forgot was the stuffing and the cranberry sauce. So we are fixing those today and heating up some of the leftovers with the new items to make the meal seem fresh.
Tomorrow, if there is any turkey left, I hope the wife makes her famous creamed turkey over rice. I think you call it Turkey A La King, but I’m not sure if her version has an actual recipe name. I just know she does it right with a white gravy, green peas and a few secret ingredients. That is sooooooo good on a cold day!