kittybitty
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Post by kittybitty on Dec 16, 2017 19:25:04 GMT
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Post by LdySpace on Dec 17, 2017 18:08:02 GMT
Oooh, that sounds good! My in-laws usually make the stuffing (one regular and one with oysters), and we don't stuff our turkeys anymore, but we have in the past. (Actually, I personally love to use cooking bags...) I have made a simple stuffing recipe a few times that I found online somewhere at some point, and people seemed to enjoy it. I put it in the spoiler below. My sister and I one time made two stuffing recipes beforehand and picked the one we liked best, ha. Ingredients: 2 cups bread crumbs (cubed, and let them dry out before using them), 1 cup unsalted butter, 3/4 cup minced onion, 1 1/2 cups chopped celery, 1 cup mushrooms (optional), 2 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. pepper, 1 tbl. ground sage and some no-salt added chicken broth.
Directions: Melt the butter in a skillet and cook the onion and celery (and mushrooms if you used them) until the onion is soft. Add the salt, pepper and sage and cook for three minutes. Put the cubed bread crumbs in a large bowl and add 1/4 cup of the butter/onion/celery mixture at a time, tossing well after each addition, until all of the butter/onion/celery mixture is added to the bread crumbs. For the chicken broth, this is to your taste. If you want a drier stuffing, add little to almost none of the broth. If you would like it to be more moist, add in just enough to make sure the bread crumbs are moistened.
As for the turkey, I'm sure you've read all about tying the legs together, basting, the thermometer, etc., but if you don't mind, let me add my two cents of things I've learned along the way that people don't really tell you enough. Add a little salt and pepper into the cavity before you stuff. Press it in there, but if you press it too too hard, your stuffing will be a big lump. Make sure you butter (and I like to add a little olive oil as well) all over the top of the turkey to make it brown, but you can put an aluminum foil tent over the top of it once it gets brown enough for you but it still has time to cook. This will keep it from getting too done on the top. Good luck and enjoy! |
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Post by comicforce on Dec 18, 2017 13:19:52 GMT
You are making me wish it was Christmas Day NOW! Yum
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Post by chipotle on Dec 26, 2017 21:19:53 GMT
My oven doesn't work. It's been a while since I used it, how can it just not work all of a sudden?! The display works, it says "stop" and that is all lol.
So I cooked the brussel sprouts in a frying pan in stead. I've always boiled them but read the other day that they're so much better fried and wow they are!
Left over ham, the sprouts, potato and apple sauce. Yum.
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kittybitty
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Post by kittybitty on Dec 26, 2017 21:41:59 GMT
I sautee brussel sprouts in some olive oil and garlic. Bacon if I have it (so good).
We made a 7 lb ham for just the two of us. I've had ham for breakfast and lunch today and it may be awhile until I want it again!
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Post by LdySpace on Dec 26, 2017 22:04:18 GMT
I'm curious how the turkey turned out, Prissie! haha
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Post by prissieb on Dec 26, 2017 22:20:13 GMT
 It was good. Will post a bit more tomorrow. Bit tired right now.  |
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Post by comicforce on Dec 28, 2017 12:34:27 GMT
Ooh.. making me hungry again. Not sure what we have today.. Cold Turkey I think. Ummmm
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Post by LdySpace on Dec 28, 2017 15:11:48 GMT
My youngest son made lentil soup last night, and I made some biscuits (the bread kind for our peeps across the ocean), and it was so good.
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Post by prissieb on Dec 28, 2017 19:47:46 GMT
So, yes, the turkey was good. I took the ‘best’ parts of both receipes. And I covered the turkey in truffle mayonnaise.
We had a small turkey, but too big for 4,5 persons. But hey, hubby always loves a lot of meat. ;-)
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kittybitty
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Post by kittybitty on Dec 28, 2017 20:41:41 GMT
The biscuit kind!
So glad the turkey was yummy, Prissie! Turkey covered in mayonnaise, of all things!
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Post by joiedevivre on Jan 2, 2018 1:08:19 GMT
Taco night!
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Post by LdySpace on Jan 2, 2018 4:01:31 GMT
Leftovers from New Year's Eve, twice today. I think that's enough.
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kittybitty
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Post by kittybitty on Jan 2, 2018 15:45:38 GMT
Leann, you love your tacos!
I made ribs on New Year's Eve, with cole slaw and French fries. Dessert was cream puffs (not homemade!)
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Post by comicforce on Jan 2, 2018 22:19:54 GMT
oh that sounds lovely... you are making me hungry and I just ate a cup cake! LOL
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