Category: Thanksgiving
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Creamed Onions
My mother always made creamed onions at Thanksgiving. I remember one of those old celebrity cookbooks she had with recipes by John Wayne and other stars from that era. This came from that book, I think, but I never actually saw her use a recipe to make it. She would show up at my house…
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Ina Garten’s Tricolor Salad with Oranges
For our early Thanksgiving, I made this tricolor salad with shallots, radicchio, endive, arugula, oranges and kalamata olives. It provided a much needed bright and fresh flavor to counter all the carb-y goodness of turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes and creamed onions. It was also beautiful to look at! I also made this fun turkey yard…
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Turkey, Corn and Potato Chowder with Avocado and Lime Salsa
Thanksgiving is done. You’ve made turkey broth, right? Or maybe you’ll get to that today. (You can always do it in the crockpot overnight.) And you’ve got leftover turkey for all kinds of good things turkey sandwiches, turkey enchiladas and turkey shepherd’s pie. And you can make an easy turkey soup with whatever Thanksgiving leftovers…
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Early Thanksgiving Menu
We had an early Thanksgiving yesterday as we are scattering in different directions on the actual day this year. My niece and nephew joined us so we had 8 for dinner. Here’s what was on the early Thanksgiving menu. I roasted a large turkey, a twenty-pounder, so everyone could have leftovers. The tricky part with…
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Thanksgiving Menu Planning
It’s that time of year again! And here’s my Thanksgiving menu ideas from a few years ago. I’m not hosting a big gathering this year so don’t have much to plan. We are doing a smaller gathering the weekend before and then each going to other celebrations on Thanksgiving Day. I’ve got one daughter making…