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Monday, November 27, 2017

Meal No. 1964: Thanksgiving 2017


Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday, came this year on a beautiful but crisp sunny day, but the warmth around the table when dinner was called was unmistakable. With a smaller contingent of just six this year, it put no crimp in my usual full spread, and I was thinking there'd be abundant leftovers for the weekend. Alas, they were gobbled (!) up rather quickly!

Cranberry Salad

Two added bonuses: I actually got around to making my mother's recipe for cranberry salad, which had not shown up here since 2010; and in spite of a group vote from two years ago, I brought corn pudding back from exile and was glad that I did. It was a bit sweet, but what's not to love about corn pudding?

Corn Pudding

Roasted Beef Tenderloin

Herb-Roasted Turkey Breast

Turkey Gravy

Green Bean Casserole

Apple & Bacon Stuffing

Slow-Cooker Sweet Potato Casserole



"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."

"Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Topping," from Southern Living Slow-Cooker Cookbook,  (Oxmoor House, 2006), p. 234-235.

"Corn Pudding," a Jones family favorite.

"Cornbread Stuffing with Apples and Bacon," from David Venable. Found online.

"Cranberry Salad," from the late great Allison M. Jones of Buies Creek, North Carolina.

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