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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," from my sister Allison in Rossville, Indiana.

"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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