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Food on Fridays with Ann
The day before Thanksgiving, I drove across town to pick up my parents. En route, I phoned home and explained to my 13-year-old daughter how to make pumpkin pie and asked if she would take on that project for me. She agreed, and I came home to two beautiful, fully cooked masterpieces.Then I stuck the 22-pound bird in the oven and cooked it all day.The Belgian Wonder carved it that night, and then we stored it in broth overnight in the fridge and heated it up on Thanksgiving Day, freeing us to focus on really important things…like noodles, yams, rolls, mashed potatoes.
We provided the turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie, while our guests contributed all kinds of delicious side dishes and desserts, including corn casserole, homemade cranberry sauce, dressing, green beans, and more pies (apple, pecan, another pumpkin, and a Schwan’s Andes Mint pie).We feasted.And thanks to leftovers crammed in our fridge, we will feast again.Note: I recommend cooking the turkey the day before. It reheated beautifully.
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Credits: photos by Ann Kroeker.
Your meal sounds and looks lovely! We too enjoyed a wonderful day. We played the game Flinch after dinner and laughed a lot. Yes, we will be enjoying left over food for a couple days. I plan to make some turkey enchiladas and probably freeze most of the big pan. Even the mashed potatoes!!
Your Thanksgiving feast looks wonderful! I really like the idea of cooking the turkey in advance too. Thank you for hosting.
Your Thanksgiving dinner looks delicious. Our Canadian Thanksgiving is long gone and forgotten,lol.
Hope you have a wonderful holiday and thank you for hosting.