I'm sure everyone is out of their" Turkey Coma's" by now, and have eaten their leftovers at least once! I know we have! I hope every ones dinners came out fantastic and you all got to enjoy your day with family and friends!! There will be no recipes on this post, because we all have our specialties that our family's love, just a few pictures of the main characters.
This actually was the first time I didn't stuff the bird ( believe me, I heard about it!!) But I wanted to do something different since my kids won't let me put a modern twist on any of the old standbys. And besides it was a 24lb. bird and it would have took forever to cook!
So I just stuffed it with a bunch of fresh herbs, lemon, and whole garlic cloves. I also rubbed the outside with butter and herbs. I tried to make it look pretty by stuffing fresh sage under the breast skin,but that didn't turn out as nice as I wanted it to. But at least the turkey had a lot of flavor!!!
One of the highlights in my family is of course, stuffed artichokes, a favorite for "special occasions" I searched for 3 days to find some decent ones, then I finally came across these beauties!! They were huge, un- blemished, with plenty of room to stuff them. I steamed them first to get them tender, then I baked them. They weren't cheap, but they were worth every penny!Our deserts consisted of pumpkin pie, lemon bars, chocolate cake, banana cake w/carmel frosting, and to top it off my daughter made some killer gingerbread lattes!!! The day was filled with family, food, games with my Granddaughter, movies for the guys, Shriek3 for B, and holding a new baby.
When it was all said and done, we had a ton of leftovers!!! so everyone got a nice care package when they left! Even my daughters dogs!!
Looking forward to reading all of your blogs!!!
