petitefrancaise

sounds not too difficult.

littlest has decided she is going to make a swedish princess cake for dessert. So far, about $15 worth of marzipan is a not so delicate shade of smurf blue.

kodokan

Turkey - it was going to be beef, but I got sucked in by the supermarkets' deep discounting - 59c lb - and an Ibotta cash rebate for $8 if I bought a turkey and some cranberry margaritas (which also had a mail-in $6 rebate so it's all practically free at this point). Plus turkey = turkey stock from the carcass, and lots of leftover meat for curries.

Turkey will be roasted, with butter shoved under its skin and a lemon inside for fragranced moistening steam. I have cooked them upside down before, which makes them very moist as all the fat and juices drain into the meat, but they're much less aesthetically pleasing that way.

Gravy will be made in the resulting pan, involving allspice and Marsala.

There will be stuffing; shopbought packet gussied up a bit somehow, and baked in a dish separately à la Nutmegger's mum as it's so much more convenient and tasty for sliced cold leftovers that way.

Roasted parsnips instead of potatoes for a change, with honey and sesame seeds.

Carrots... haven't decided how yet, might chuck them in with the parsnips. Or plain, to balance everything else.

Brussels sprouts - these will have to involve at least two of bacon, nuts, and whatever passes for crème fraîche here, so hubby will eat them.

Cranberry sauce bought from the deli today.

Maybe Yorkshire puddings too, as they're the main reason I was thinking 'beef' in the first place.

So a sort of Christmas-lite - I shan't do pigs and blankets and bread sauce until next month, as they're too labor-intensive to continually do for the 4 of us.

And I think I'll try out a bread machine creation for breakfast toast - something with pumpkin purée, seasonal spices, and cranberries in it.

tonrob

Jerseygirl

I spent too many years wishing I was back in the UK...instead of trying to assimilate. Not any more...now I'm has happy as a pig is sh*t. . Not my idea to eat out it was hubby's...so I'm not arguing and I will drink to that.

petitefrancaise

I HATE brussels sprouts!!

Last time we went to dinner at someone else's house, my kids could hardly contain themselves watching me politely eat them. After all these years of teaching them good manners and making them eat what was in front of them....

Jerseygirl

Sometimes I think you must be my husband...he loves sprouts...any which way...

BTW today I told him about M&S's Brussels sprout sausages...he was

lizzyq

Good to read that you were leading by example

tonrob

Weirdo.

scrubbedexpat097

We have been invited to our son in laws parents. It will be a house of Colombians, Brits, Swedes and Americans and everyone is taking food My daughter volunteered for me to provide dessert and also homemade sausage rolls.

I do have one question. Why do most people include Mac and cheese with their Turkey dinner. Just seems odd when there are usually potatoes and veggies, dressing and gravy. Mac and cheese just doesn't seem to fit in

username.exe

Ordered a turkey and some sides from Whole Foods.

Everything has to be 'organic' or all hell will break loose.

I'll be doing roasted spuds.

Rete

I've only heard of it being served in the South for the holiday. Although when I had Thanksgiving 2 years ago in Mississippi at my daughter's mac and cheese was not on the menu. We had a Green Goddess thingee, collard greens (which were delicious) with ham hocks, cranberry mold made with coke and the green been casserole.

Nutek

Nothing with sodding Marshmallow on it.

SultanOfSwing

Also a good post

Though I can't guarantee my sister-in-law won't bring that bloody stuff again this year. Luckily I don't have to eat it, so I don't care what everyone else does. The more stuff like that they put on their plates, the more room I have for turkey

kins

I've bought a turkey breast from Wholefoods. Will bash it flat then smear sausage/onion/pistachio/sage stuffing all over it, then roll it up and tie it up, then roast it and serve with some home made gravy containing a lot of wine.

Husband has requested sprouts

Nutek

A wise man.