Then end of another month

 

2025 Thanksgiving is coming to a close and then we enter the Christmas season.  We had our traditional meal all but the cornbread dressing.  I decided not to make it and within 5 minutes of sitting down at the table TBG noticed so I had to promise we would have it at Christmas.  We still had plenty of food.  The turkey turned out really good.  I used about 2 tablespoons of ghee all on the outside of the bird and the skin turned out so crispy.

I tried a new recipe that turned out delicious and I will share the recipe with you soon.  It makes four large dinner rolls, but it is easily doubled.  Soft inside with a good balance of sweet and salt. They were really good the next day without warming them up and that is important to me.  

We are getting all of the decorations out today so we can decorate over the next couple of days.  I really can't believe tomorrow is December 1st.  We will do the tree next Saturday after we get home from our yearly Christmas lunch at Firefly.  We'll be stuffed and likely do appetizers for the evening so that will be fun.

I'm excited to have a baking day with one of my friends next month.  I have all of the supplies ready and am trying to make a list of everything I want to make.  I picked up local pecans this week which is a must every holiday season.  They are so fresh.  

Meals this week...

Big salad

LO Italian beef and Aju on a bun with 'fries'

Sole and a baked potato with a small salad

Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, garlic green beans, cranberry sauce, deviled eggs and dinner rolls.  With a sweet potato pie.

LO turkey warmed with gravy, panfried cheesy potato cakes, cranberry sauce, deviled eggs.

Pizza and a small salad

Tonight, I am making a big pot of Brunswick stew and garlic cheese biscuits. I have a ton of turkey stock so I will use it instead of chicken broth.  I can't wait.  It's cold and a bowl of this will warm your soul.

Culinary Adventures with Lori: Thanksgiving Leftovers

It's going to be a busy week 3 weeks, but I am going to remind myself to live in the moment and that I have two weeks off coming up. 😀

I will leave you with a picture of a vicious panther.  Seriously, look at those teeth and claws.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week as we step in to the last month of the year.  Remind yourself to relax your shoulders and your jaw, take a deep breath and look for all of the joys December has to bring us.