Thanksgiving Day Feast

First look at all that food!

This was the Thanksgiving day menu:
Turkey
Sausage Stuffing
Stuffed Squash
Rolls
Mashed Potatoes
Squished Potatoes (find recipe here)
Corn (from a can)
Lima Beans (from a can)
Cranberry Sauce (from a can)
Pecan Pie
Buckeyes

Today I'll comment on the turkey and the stuffed squash.

For the turkey, I mixed together minced garlic, fresh parsley, fresh sage and fresh rosemary with EVOO.  I rubbed this all over the turkey.  I also got some cheese cloth and soaked it in melted butter (1 stick) and placed it on top of the turkey breast.  I learned this trick from someone on food network - the point is that the top/breast of the turkey doesn't get too brown.  I stuffed the turkey with garlic (the whole bulb), an onion, and the rest of the rosemary and sage and some parsley.  Here's the final product:

Now for the stuffed squash:
Blue Cheese Stuffed Summer Squash (8)
4 medium yellow squash &/or zucchini (I used 2 of each)
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 c shredded carrot
1/3 c blue cheese crumbles
1/3 c green onions, thinly sliced
1/3 c fine dry bread crumbs, divided
1/4 c sour cream
1/8 t pepper (I did not measure this - com'on it's a pinch!)
2 tbsp chopped walnuts

1. Preheat oven to 400F.  Spray 3 qt rectangular baking dish (I used a 9x13)
2. Halve the squash lengthwise and remove the seeds.  Put squash cut side down in dish.  Bake for 10 minutes.  Remove squash, but leave oven on.
3. In medium bowl, mix together cream cheese, carrots, blue cheese, green onions, 1/4 c bread crumbs, sour cream, pepper.
4.  Spoon mixture into squash halves.  Top with walnuts and remaining crumbs.
5. Bake uncovered about 10 minutes or until squash is tender and filling is heated through.

I made this ahead of time through step 4.  Refrigerated over night and finished baking them the next day.  Perfect when you have a lot of other food to prepare. They were really tasty.  Even my dad who claimed not to like squash enjoyed them!
Here they are:

Not Forgotten

I have had quite the hiatus from blogging.  Part of the lapse is justifiable.  I had knee surgery mid-November and wasn't cooking at all let alone anything new.  Then Thanksgiving rolled around and I was busy hosting family.  But I have no excuse for where I've been for the last 2 weeks or so.

This is me recovering from surgery.  I watched A LOT of food network that weekend.

I've also been bad about taking pictures recently of what I have made.  Oops.

Here's where I stand:
I made an entire Thankgiving dinner for my parents, Brian and me.  I tried some new sides and made some tested and tried favorites.  I took plenty of pictures that I will have to post later in a separate blog about all the fixings (my goal is to do this tonight).

Since Thanksgiving I made 2 new recipes.  Chipotle and cheddar mac and cheese and sloppy jerky turkey joes.  Both RR recipes.  I have no pictures to share though because I was being lazy.  I plan on making both again in the future so I'll be sure to capture pictures at that time.

Then just last night I made a turkey stew with left over turkey from Thanksgiving (love left over turkey). I'll post about this dinner this week!

Sorry to be so quiet lately, but I'm ready to ramp it back up.  So check back for the Thanksgiving dinner edition!