Turkey Day

Day 4 into my vacation. How sad. The week went by so quickly.

Today's Turkey Day dinner went remarkably well. Joe and Sarah kicked in and helped a lot. Everyone got along. Joe's boys and Sarah cleaned up afterwards. Bobby Flay and Emeril Lagasse provided amazing recipes, as did Great Grandma Erbes, my mom, Elizabeth, Kraft, Hunts and Libby.

The Menu:

Adaptation of an Emeril Lagasse recipe for Turkey Breast Roulade, which is basically a turkey breast pounded out to an even thickness, topped with stuffing, rolled up jelly roll style, tied and roasted.

Cornbread Dressing (recipe courtesy of Bobby Flay using fresh sage & thyme from Elizabeth).
Mashed potatoes (with authentic turkey gravy in a jar made by Hunts)
Macaroni and cheese (Kraft)
Corn
Grandma Erbes' ice box rolls (actually her mother's recipe)
Stir Fry **
Pumpkin pie (recipe on the Libby can and my mom's homemade pie crust)

I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING. What the heck? There's no color in this menu! No green. No cranberry. In my family, no color is allowed for big, heavy meals. That way we can all pass out at 3:00 pm and sleep until 6:00 pm without any worry about some sort of healthy food getting in the way and giving us energy. We have to fight off that urge on holidays.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

**Sarah made stir fry. It's not a traditional item, I know. But she wanted to contribute, and when I asked her what she wanted to make, this is what she picked. It was quite spicy (eg, hot) BUT she used whole wheat rotini noodles, which really verged on the edge of healthy, and even a little color. We'll have to watch out for her in the future.