Journal

2022 - Thanksgiving Menu Plan

Appetizers

  • Carrots, Celery, Cornichons - Tuesday

    • Carrots bought at Iowa Food Coop Tuesday, Prepped Tuesday Night??

    • Celery bought Sunday, prepped Tuesday Morning'

    • Cornichons w/ Cheese and Meat Board, Wednesday

    • Plastic Containers

  • Cheese and Meat Board (Cheese Shop) pickup Wednesday

    • Fridge Space

  • Crackers, variety - Sunday

Bread

  • Whipped Honey Butter

    • Buy butter on Sunday, Can do this Sunday

    • Plastic Container needed

  • Lefse - Bought

    • Buy Sunday

  • Rolls

    • La Mie Wednesday

    • Was going to make my own, will experiment over the year

Mains

  • Fresh Greens Salad

    • Thursday

    • Fridge Space

  • Confit Turkey Theighs (Delayed), timing with turkey doesn’t work out

  • Sous Vide Turkey Brest with Crispy Skin

    • Pick up Turkey / Grade A at Noon

    • Break down Turkey on Tuesday Afternoon / evening

      • save giblets, etc for Gravey, store thighs drumsticks for Confit for later

    • Bind Turkey Breasts Tuesday

    • Rest in Fridge in sealed bag Tuesday

    • Sous Vide Day off

    • Skin: Wednesday

  • Turkey Gravy

    • Wednesday

    • Roasting Pan

    • re-warm day of, req: 3 qt sauce pan

  • Garlic Parmesan Mashed Potatoes (the Classic)

    • Peel Potatoes on Tuesday Morning

    • Prep Other Parts Tuesday Morning (cheese garlic, etc)

    • Requires: Large Pot, Small sauce pan 1.5 qt

  • Spicy Sweet Potato and Bacon Casserole

    • Do steps 1 & 2 (Monday)

    • Finish Day of

    • requries 13x9 Baking Dish

  • Spicy Cornbread Stuffing with Red Peppers, Chipotle Chiles, and Andouille Sausage

    • Seems out of context to current Menu, still want to make

  • Cornbread and Sausage Stuffing (Classic)

    • Green Onion Sausage acquired today (Crooked Gap)

    • Use Lasagna pan (thanks Linda!)

    • Corn Bread Monday

    • 35-40m at 400F

Desserts

  • Double Apple Bread Pudding

    • Acquired and weighed Friday

    • Challah Cut on Saturday

    • Bake Bread cubes Saturday

    • Make Sugar Cube Covering

    • Use soon to be aquired 13x9 glass baking dish that I could’ve sworn Shannon had (arrives 11/16)

    • Final Prep day off

    • Bake when stuffing comes out of oven

    • Pull out to cool during dinner

  • Skillet Apple Crisp (not enough pans)

  • Pumpkin Cheese Cake (Picked up Wednesday)