It has become a tradition of the Roediger House to host Thanksgiving on the Half-Year each Memorial Day, because having this grand holiday meal with a table full of friends ought not be limited to November and December, obviously. First observed in 2010, we hoped that this would be a gathering that could include those who might not be able to come on the Thanksgiving holiday because of family or travel and so on.
Thanksgiving on the Half-Year makes me very happy and grants the privilege yet again to have a fantastic meal with awesome people. Such was the case this past Monday night.
And there was even dessert: chocolate-coffee cheesecake with a mocha cream sauce. Three years ago, I used a "lightened" version of this recipe (which followed Meal No. 710), but I did not follow the lighter parts of it. It didn't turn out as well this go round, but people seemed to be able to choke it down, nonetheless.
"Oven-Roasted Turkey Breast," Betty Crocker: Holiday Entrées, Sides, Brunches, & More, November 2001, p. 22-23.
"Beef Tenderloin in Wine Sauce" (p. 296) and "Spicy Horseradish Sauce" (p. 295), from The All-New Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook. Compiled and Edited by Julie Fisher Gunter. Oxmoor Press (2006).
"Layered Green Bean Casserole," a Jones family favorite.
"Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Topping," from Southern Living Slow-Cooker Cookbook, (Oxmoor House, 2006), p. 234-235.
"Cornbread Stuffing with Apples and Bacon," from David Venable. From "In The Kitchen with David," on QVC.com.
"Chocolate-Coffee Cheesecake with Mocha Sauce," by Sharon Collison of Newark, Delaware. Grand Prize Winner of the 2005 Southern Living Southern Desserts Cook-Off. Published January 2006.
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