Christmas Eve Dinner

Shrimp Cocktail
purchased vegetarian egg rolls
Salmon topped with onion and lemon zest
herb-garlic roasted cutup potatoes
pesto green vegetables.

December, first half.

German noodles with vegetarian gravy.  I don't remember what we served with it, but Kale would be good.

Thai vegetable and tofu coconut curry over quinoa

Tomato-Herb soup with oven grilled cheese

 Ribolitto Soup, 2 nights.  Served with rolls one of them.

Vegetable Soup au Pistou via Slow cooker.  Put vegetable soup ingredients in crock pot in afternoon.  Leek, Zucchini, onions, celery, bell pepper, canned diced tomato, vegetable stock.  Made spaghetti, tossed in olive oil, stuck it in fridge.  When it was time to eat, I microwaved the pasta, which we ladled into bowls, we poured the vegetable soup over it, and topped it with pesto and grated parmesan.  A hit, and worked on a tight evening schedule.

Leftovers night supplemented with more tuna melts.

December 16: before middle school concert.  Gopher Stew (at horn player's request); alt entree is Potato-Cheese Kofti with Makhani sauce.   Pomegranate as side.
Potato Kofti which I added fresh mozzerella.  2lb potato to 1/2 lb cheese.
Makhani I made up.  Tomato curry spices, and fenugreek and fennel, canned tomato sauce, paste, and diced.  Yogurt, cream, and butter.

Ideas for Turkey Leftovers

The obvious: turkey sandwiches on leftover rolls with cranberry sauce.

Add turkey to cheese enchiladas with green sauce.

Lettuce wraps

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.

Second Week of November

Sunday--family dinner at Japanese restaurant

Monday--Frozen Costco Chicken Bakes

Tuesday--Yams with seasoned black beans

Wednesday--broccoli soup garnished with shredded cheddar, with chik'n nuggets and wheat rolls
Simply Recipes Broccoli Apple Soup Recipe
I had no apples, so I put in a spoonful of apple butter

Thursday

Friday

Saturday--instead of lasagna, I made cheesy spaghetti with kale and marinara sauce. It was boring. Too much pasta, too little fixings.

First Week of November

Monday--Chicken Pot Pie from Costco.  Turns out, that's not really our thing.

Tuesday--Burritos: Cattlebeans, Ground Turkey, Cheddar, Spinach, Butternut Squash

Wednesday--Leftovers: Salmon with Quinoa, Turkey from Burritos, Chicken Pot Pie

Thursday--Lentil Sloppy Joes