Me so hungry!


No clue what I am cooking...might just be me, mom mom...the bf and maybe my uncle and grandpa? No one can commit!

But, I have tio say, the frozen apple pie by Sara Lee is really good, so I knwo I am having that on turkey, if nothign else!

Our Thanksgiving, for a second year in a row, is just the three of us - me, hubby and mini-me. I am making my mom's famous recipe - large turkey breast which I roast with halved apples, raisins and almonds. The way it comes out is amazing. I will also make "kopytka", which are Polish potato dumplings (similar to gnocchi) since my husband requested those instead of mashed potatoes. I am also making green bean casserole.

Other than that, I am a semi-homemade type of person and I'm not ashamed to admit it. We're having Stove Top as the stuffing (it's my husband's favorite anyway), Ocean Spray whole cranberry sauce from a can, and I ordered a pumpkin pie from the local bakery. Hey, it's just the three of us, I'm not going all out.

I should probably buy a lot of wine, since my MIL is arriving the day after Thanksgiving and staying with us for 8 days. I will need to be drunk to survive the week without ending up in jail for homicide.

Will wine be strong enough?

I would go with some Tanq... personally.

Or moonshine.

You are going about this all wrong. Drug the MIL and let peace reign.
Then go get some wine,vodka,gin and moonshine.

I'm still hoping for a plane malfunction, where the window next to her seat breaks open and she gets sucked out of the airplane mid-flight. In my fantasy world, nobody else would get hurt as the plane would be able to make an emergency landing.

You're right, wine isn't strong enough... I think a baseball bat to her face would do the trick though.

The only good thing is that I have to work on the day after Thanksgiving and the whole following week, so I will only see her when I get home from work and on the weekend.

I'm going to Sizzler!

One of the unforseeen advantages of living in the same area as MIL is that they never, ever come stay with us.

And by working the day after Thanskgiving, I get to avoid staying with the in-laws.

I wish the MIL just came to visit! She lives with us for the last 2 yrs. Husband works on Turkey Day so it will be my son, mil and myself. My sanity is on the line!

Apple Pie on Turkey? Ok, I get corn on mashed potatoes, but pie on Turkey? That's just wackadoodle!

^^^so glad I wasn't the only one with that thought~!

Here is our menu, just received from my sister:


Dad and Mom D.: Turkey, Potato Dressing, Pumpkin Pie

Rebecca (me ) : Pioneer Woman Green Beans, deviled eggs, Pioneer Woman Apple Pie

Mandy: Sweet Potatoes, Chex Mix, Bread Dressing

Amy: Turkey, Pioneer Woman Mashed Potatoes with gravy, Turkey Cookies, Spinach Dip, Rice (for Lucas and Julie )

Joan: Crescent Rolls, Black Bottom Pie, Corn, Berries (for Julie )

Pat and Dick H.: Veggie Tray, Cheese and Meat Tray, Crackers

Julie: Canned Cranberries (for Bruce )

2 turkeys

Whatever the buffet at the Paris Las Vegas has that day.

Hmmmmm - they are usually French, but I wonder what they do for Thanksgiving?

Please report back to us after the holiday, JJ. Thank you

I'll be having a turkey pot pie.

Aggs would you please tell me how you roast your turkey with apples, raisens and almonds. That sounds wonderful.

Poor, poor AG

It's so good. My mom made it up about 15 years ago and it's been a hit with everyone who's ever tried it. It's now our Thanksgiving staple.

I thaw a frozen turkey breast. Once thawed, I rinse it and pat it dry. I lightly sprinkle it with salt and pepper on all sides, then I sprinkle with paprika (it adds a nice color to the skin). Then cut about 1 tbsp piece of unsalted butter and tuck it under the loose skin.

Place the turkey breast in roasting pan. Add 4 apples, peeled and halved or quartered, add a generous amount of raisins and raw almonds. Add 1 cup of room temperature water. Cover the roasting pan - I have a roasting pan with a lid that's perfect for this.

Roast in oven, covered, for about 2.5-3 hours at 350. With about an hour left, take out, uncover, use a large spoon or soup ladle to spoon the sauce over the turkey. Recover and put back for the remaining hour.

The sauce this makes (combination of turkey juices with the apples, raising and almonds) is soooooooooo good. Plus, the smell of this turkey recipe when it's baking is amazing.

When you carve and serve the turkey, make sure you get a good spoonful of the apples (they're pretty mushy and delicious at this point) and the sauce with the almonds and raisins.

Cousin Eddie will be looking for the green bean casserole

However, that fat ass Stephen (with a 'ph' because he thinks he's all that) will have eaten enough for four people so Eddie won't get any

Then, the British husband on the other side of the family will bring some bread pudding or something equally as disgusting

No one will eat it except maybe for T-Bor, the exchange student that a cousin is sponsoring

Headed over the river and through the woods (aka, turnpike and a left turn) to Grammys house.

We will have

Turkey
Cranberry or strawberry salad
Papa's buns (my dad makes them)
Fresh green beans with almonds
TJ's famous roasted sweet potatoes (he let me have the recipe) and
pumpkin pie

McTurkey and supersized fries, unless it is illegal by then.

Another cousin, Sara (she doesn't have an 'h' because that rat bastard Stephen stole it) will probably puke up her whole dinner two minutes after eating it. She says she's on a diet but I don't understand how she can eat one whole pumpkin pie yet remain so thin