For the first time since we've been married, my husband and I will be having Thanksgiving at home.
Here's the bad part: he's allergic to turkey.
(He once got severe food poisoning from cold turkey on a salad. His body doesn't think much of turkey now.)
But I am still going to roast a turkey breast, and a small ham for him.
I like dressing on the side, and this year read about baking it in muffin tins for maximum crunch. Good idea! I'll have turkey gravy, of course. Mashed potatoes. Blanched julienned carrots, blanched green beans, and baby corn. I am also thinking of making cauliflower in cheese sauce.
Maybe my gratineéd mushrooms, and German coleslaw. Also bread of some kind. We have a very good bakery nearby; I'll get rolls there, probably.
I put out a relish tray with olives, pickles, carrot sticks and celery sticks, and I might make some cranberry bread, too.
For dessert:
Pumpkin hazelnut cheesecake with a gingersnap crust...and I'm thinking too of a cranberry polenta tart and an apple crumble pie with whiskey.
Luckily, we'll have a freezer (as of today, in fact) so I can store the leftovers!
If I do make more than one dessert I'll bake in several small pie pans. They can all be frozen if they're well-wrapped.
We will probably drink a good chardonnay or Champagne with dinner, and hey, it's Thanksgiving...maybe we'll even have cheese, fruit, nuts and port or brandy after dessert.