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Quite a few of us will be eating a menu consisting of traditional, Cajun, and Hispanic dishes. I'll be preparing Escalloped Oysters, something we eat for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.
6 adults and an infant:My husband and myself, our college aged son, our daughter and SIL (and grandson- squee!) and a guest.
We'll drive to our daughter's home in Wyoming on Thursday then celebrate on Friday. Dinner menu not yet finalized - probably just the usual (turkey, stuffing, cranberries, mashed potatoes etc). It's what everyone expects and looks forward to.
I am still fooling with this menu - but we have three main dishes because we like LOTS of left overs and we have several different dietary needs to fulfill - Cider baked salmon, Crock Pot Tofurky with a cranberry onion glaze. Butternut Squash Lasagna with a creamy sage infused sauce.
Homemade herb stuffing. Sweet Potato Casserole. Mashed Potatoes (actually I am looking for a recipe that I can prepare in advance with cream cheese in it - saw it some where) Green Bean Casserole, Roasted fresh Brussels Sprouts. Home Made Cranberry sauce. And canned cranberry sauce for my husband.
Wild mushroom gravy.
Some kind of green salad. Martha Stewarts Endive, pear, and blue cheese is a fave.
Apple Pie with a cheddar crumb topping. Pumpkin Pie. And I might make a pecan pie.
Whipped Cream.
NK - You gave me a Grits Souffle recipe last year and it was unintentionally erased from my files. Could you pass it on once more? It was a big hit last year! I made it for TWO holidays!
Also, any Southern gals have a lard free biscuit recipe that you swear by, and even a NYer can bake? I spent a couple of weeks in Charlotte NC and I need some biscuits.
Quite a few of us will be eating a menu consisting of traditional, Cajun, and Hispanic dishes. I'll be preparing Escalloped Oysters, something we eat for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.
Could you give me that Escalloped Oyster recipe? I'd be much obliged.
Me & Mr. CSD whatever we decide to put together that day or pick off the menu if we decide to go out.
We might meet my Mother and Brother at Golden Corral but that will be a last minute decision so it is a good thing we are less than an hour to drive to meet them.
NK - You gave me a Grits Souffle recipe last year and it was unintentionally erased from my files. Could you pass it on once more? It was a big hit last year! I made it for TWO holidays!
Hi Sheena, I'm not sure if this is the one I gave you as I just kind of wing it myself after so many years making it. What I do remember is that it doesn't refrigerate well prior to cooking but it is wonderful the next morning for breakfast.
Sometimes I cook the grits in chicken broth and sometimes water with bullion cube. My daughter likes to use stone ground grits. Just remember NOT to get instant grits but quick cooking (5 minutes) works fine.
If you want to change this to a souffle simply separate the eggs and fold in the beaten whites. Any color cheddar cheese works and sometimes I put cayenne or shake of Lea and Perrins. sometimes I put garlic and sometimes not. Depending on mood on that day. And I remember it sometimes cooks longer to get a clean knife thru it which is how I like it. Sorry to be so vague.
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