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A grilled cheese with cashew butter, brie cheese, and fig jam! Stolen from the CB&J at the Hopleaf restaurant/bar in chicago (they use morbier not brie)

cabbage :)

i am awful at making piecrust!

my vintage spring-loaded scoop for portioning, plating and baking!

my mom's kitchen aid mixer!

joined a CSA with my mother, and reduced red meat consumption

Here's my menu with schedule:

Salt and Pepper Turkey with Gravy
Savory Vegetable Stuffing
Cranberry Sauce
Grandma’s Rolls
Tangy Mashed Potatoes
Curried Sweet Potato Wedges
Braised Cabbage
Brussels Sprouts
Grandma’s Pies

Thanksgiving Cooking Schedule
Goal: Eat by 4:00 p.m.

Make ahead/Get from Grandma
 Cranberry Sauce
 Rolls
 Pie(s)

1 or 2 days ahead – Prep Veg & Store in airtight containers
 Peel and slice sweet potatoes into ¼ inch slices.
 Prep veggies for stuffing.
 Trim and halve Brussels sprouts.
 Thinly slice 1 onion, 1 apple and 1 head cabbage

Thanksgiving Day
9:00 am

 Put sliced sweet potatoes in crockpot. Whisk together glaze ingredients: 1/4 cup butter, melted, 1/4 cup light brown sugar, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp orange zest, grated, 1/4 tsp black pepper, 1/4 cup orange juice, Curry powder + spices. Pour over sweet potatoes. Cover and cook on Low for seven to nine hours, stirring occasionally.
 Make stuffing according to veg. recipe on bag. Lightly grease crockery and put in mixture. Cover and cook on High 45 minutes.
 Bring Turkey to room temp

9:45 am
 Turn stuffing crockpot to Low. Cook six to eight hours or until dinner is ready.

11:00 am
 Pat turkey as dry as possible. Tuck wing tips underneath bird. Season inside and out with salt and pepper. Mix 6 tbsp butter with 1 tsp salt and spread under breast skin.

Noon
 Get turkey into oven (Roast 1 hour at 375, reduce heat to 350, tent with foil, roast until thermometer reads 165 in thigh – about 1.5 to 2 hours, rest 30 minutes before serving)
 Bring cranberry sauce to room temp
 Get out serving dishes and utensils

1:00 pm
 Reduce oven to 350, tent turkey with foil, set timer for 1.5 hours

2:30 pm
 Take turkey’s temperature, take it out or reset timer for 30 minutes
 Mashed Potatoes: Peel and cut potatoes into ½ inch pieces. Cover potatoes with salted water, bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cook until tender (about 12 minutes). Drain thoroughly and mash. Cook over low heat stirring in 1 stick of cold unsalted butter cut into pieces until potatoes are stiff. Gradually add sour cream and heavy cream stirring constantly. Season with S&P and fresh dill. (Cover with foil and put in oven with turkey to stay warm)

3:00 pm
 Take turkey’s temperature, hopefully take it out to rest
 Braised cabbage: In a large pot melt 1 tbs butter, add thinly sliced onion and apple and cook 4-6 minutes til onion soften. Add I head cabbage thinly sliced with S&P. Add 3 tbs cider vinegar, 4 tsps sugar and ½ cup water. Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer. Cover and cook til tender 20-25 minutes.
 Make sure someone sets the table, pours water, opens wine, and gets out condiments (greek yogurt and mango chutney for sweet potatoes, butter, S&P)

3:30 pm
 Heat ¼ cup EVOO in large skillet. Add Brussels sprouts, stirring frequently, 8-10 minutes. Add 1/3 cup water and cook til evaporated (about 2 minutes). Add lemon juice to coat.
 Heat up gravy
 Serve and eat everything ASAP!

there's another great thread on here about how to use crockpots effectively for thanksgiving. i'm going to try to do my stuffing and glazed sweet potatoes in 2 crockpots. And yes, mashed potatoes are very easy to reheat during the 15-30 minutes that the turkey should rest.

I have my notes on the episode as well as an analysis of the location of the block party (with maps!) on my blog barredowl.wordpress.com for anyone interested!

Cashew butter, morbier cheese, fig jam on a nutty bread!
it is Perfection!

I keep seeing this mentioned in the news but no one says what's in it!
it's driving me crazy!
and there's no mention of it on the ben & jerry's official website.

I just want to know what the ice cream is actually composed of!

Rotel dip!