I thought it would be nice to celebrate both the Canadian and US Thanksgivings this year... Hubby and I both enjoy turkey dinners a LOT so he was definately game! It wasn't until Saturday night that the plan actually came together in my head and it had to be done Sunday since we don't have the day off - talk about flying by the seat of my pants eh?
Since it was such a last minute plan (and there are very few fresh turkeys available here right now) I figured I could just cook a breast! It worked out well for everyone - less cooking time and that's the only part hubby eats anyway :) I had plans to make cranberry sauce and a cranberry dessert but cranberries were nowhere to be found, not even frozen ones! That solidified my standard explaination for the earlier observation of the holiday on Canada - the harvest must be earlier... Now I'm not sure if that's totally true but it seems to make sense at least to me.
The menu was definitely stripped down from my usual Thanksgiving feast (partly due to time and partly due to ingredients not being available) but it was delicious none the less:
- Roast Turkey Breast with Lemon Herb Butter - not sure how much the herb butter actually flavoured the meat but BOY did it smell heavenly while cooking!!
- Gravy (OF COURSE)
- Rustic Mashed Potatoes- Southern Feather Rolls - bread machine special :)
- Roasted Beets and Carrots - this was simple but DELISH and will become a regular dish for us!
- Pumkin Mascarpone Pie - MMMmmm the crust turned out PERFECTLY if I do say so myself. The filling was a tad on the sweet side for me but yummy all the same. Totally forgot to take a picture of the pie... perhaps I'll do that tonight before we finish it off :)
The colourfully set table. I still love my Fiestaware dishes!
6 comments:
Wow, that looks delicious! Makes our Sunday dinner looks absolutely pathetic by comparison. Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks for the invite. Food was delish! We can do the American one at my place!
What a lovely, festive table! I have Fiestaware, too. I like how it looks through the glass front cabinet.
Happy Thanksgiving! Your supper looks yummy! Just got home from Thanksgiving supper #2 and I'm just stuffed. Must walk a zillion miles to work it all off.
Mmmm-hmmm looks delicious! Have you tried gorgonzola on roasted beets (also good w/ other roasted veggies w/ the beets). We have cranberries in the supermkt right now, but I think only the organic kind... but where are you? We're in cranberry country-Maine
I have not tried gorgonzola on beets but I can imagine it would be delicious! Will give that a try next time.
I'm in Southern California. I saw cranberries at my local Trader Joe's yesterday - I was a bit ticked actually. Where were they on Saturday? I smell some type of conspiracy here... ;)
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