Grilled Cheese with Asiago and Dates

So I took the concept, and ran, but didn’t pay attention to the ratios, at all really. So it was ok, but not necessarily up to their standards, but that was on me I suppose. I did use some leftover dates, in combination with some bought cheese. Quick and ok, not a real verdict on the recipe itself.

Turkey and Dumplings

I should have taken the turkey stock out on Wednesday, as I originally thought. Taking it out on Friday morning was not near enough time to make it into liquid, let alone even slush. This took a bit of extra time, but over all it was easy to put together. I really only used the recipe for the ratios on the dumplings. I added turnips, red potatoes, leftover turkey, corn, peans, and the dumpling batter to finish off the soup. Good flavor, nice ratio. Good things. Will make for some good leftovers.

Cornmeal Buttermilk Pancakes

Nice cornmeal flavor with that buttermilk. We’ll probably have straight up buttermilk pancakes to use the last of it next week.

Creamy Celery Root Soup with Ham

As part of my thanksgiving package, I got a couple of celery roots. I hadn’t had this previously or added it to a thing, but it turned out pretty well. I used the same ham for the egg muffins. with that. While I didn’t have a ham bone, I did use, probably, more ham than requested to give it that hammy flavor. Celery root reminds me of celery, but being distinctly different. I used my hand my hand blender for the first time in a while. After mostly smoothing out the soup. We had it for dinner, and lunch the next day, and I had it for lunch the day after that. It was a nice soup.

Ham and Egg muffins

Of course this is a good thing. A common combination. I used a gift card from the company I work for to buy ham, thus making it a relatively inexpensive dinner.