Tuesday, November 25, 2008

thanksgiving prep





2 days before the thanksgiving..

year after year, thanksgiving gatherers are getting smaller, but no complaint.

fewer the better..for prepping food.

this year, like last year, will be roasting a small portion of turkey breast instead of a whole turkey. we never seem to finish the whole turkey.. even turkey breast, for that matter.

we already did most of grocery shopping.. with only a few ingredients left. will have to thaw the turkey breast though. will move it to the fridge tomorrow probably.

menus for this year:
pan-roasted turkey breast
sally lunn herbed rolls
horseradish mashed potatoes
apple-orange cranberry sauce
sweet potato souffle

hopefully:
honey-glazed ham (if we can get a small portion)

and maybe's:
caramelized onion and cornbread stuffing
garlic fries

somehow, most of the recipes are from willams-sonoma this year. i was actually looking for a sweet-potato casserole that i did last year, which was the biggest hit since i started cooking for thanksgiving.. with no success in finding the recipe.

is my memory wrong? was it not from williams-sonoma??

'nyways.. wanted to try something different, so this year instead of traditional way of baking sweet potatoes, i'm gonna try sweet potato souffles.. hopefully it'll be good.