Post Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving leftovers
Kid made himself pesto orecchiette, I said add Turkey.

Monday after Thanksgiving
Cod topped with spices, baked at 450 for ten minutes
Oven potato fries
Broccoli

Planning

Kraft Mac N Cheese with a vegetable and apple slices
Yam with sausage?  Beans?
still have turkey to use.
make more rolls or not?
pigs in blanket for after school snack
I  have all the fixings for lasagna....

Apple-cheddar Pie

I wanted to make a cheddar apple pie that wasn't just an apple pie with a cheese-enhanced crust.

I found this apple cheddar pie recipe from One Perfect Bite, and it baked up fantastic!

Thanksgiving Notes

Menu

Turkey
Ahi Steaks

Yams with marshmallow
Cornbread Stuffing with vegetarian sausage
Mashed Potatoes
Green beans and sliced mushroom saute
Raspberry Jello with sour cream
wheat rolls

Crescent Dragonwagon gravy
Turkey gravy
Cranberry sauce
cranberry salsa

Night before we:
baked cornbread for stuffing and made the jello salad.
Next year perhaps start Septienne rolls the night before.


Cornbread Stuffing
For Cornbread, I doubled the Fanny Farmer recipe.
The 9x13 green glass casserole dish is too small for a double recipe--next time look for 128 sq inches of surface area.

Wheat Rolls
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/whole-wheat-dinner-rolls
I picked this recipe this morning.  The white/wheat mix, eggs and butter, without potato flakes or weirdness, looks like what I remember of my mother's recipe.

Cranberry Sauce
http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/cranberry_sauce/
Should have heeded warning about cutting sugar.  I made our sauce as stated--4 cups cranberries, 1 cup sugar--and it's too sweet.

Third Week of November

Sunday
Bean, kale, and cheese enchilada with easy green sauce. -green-enchilada-sauce recipe uses canned jalapeño peppers

Vanilla pudding pie for dessert

Monday
Leftover cheesy kale spaghetti with added sausage

Tuesday--no family dinner
One had a meetup.
One got hungry and ate Costco chicken bake before dinner.
One had a work thing and ate dinner out.
Who was left made herself a mushroom olive artichoke pizza on purchased crust with a side of pomegranate seeds.


Wednesday
Black Bean & Vegetable Soup with Grilled Cheese. Sliced oranges as fruit side
Cleaned out many waiting vegetables in fridge. The leftover yams from last week. More of the purple kale. The leek that I didn't use two weeks ago. Celery. Red pepper pesto from Costco. A couple fresh tomatoes. It was about half vegetables in broth, half black beans.

Used canola oil spray on grilled cheese instead of butter. Much less greasy.

Thursday
Homemade Mac and Cheese, mixing in crushed croutons
http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/quick_macaroni_and_cheese/
Green bean and mushroom saute.  Topped with Durkee onions, we all wish the onions were omitted.