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Mini Turkey Dinner This Week 1/19/24

ECBG — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:35:49 GMT

Thanksgiving is a fav meal for me. Turkey, dressing, and cranberry sauce the star of the show.

(During Thanksgiving, I bought a large turkey breast, not the small ones carried during the year) with plans to do a simple meal in the winter and have a few turkey sandwiches.

I'll do a few green items, no extra starches and enjoy.

Re: Mini Turkey Dinner This Week 1/19/24

Sooner — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:56:38 GMT

@ECBG Sounds like a good choice!

We use a lot of ground turkey breast meat in spiced burger form, in spaghetti sauce, and cooked with spices and beef broth for turkey chili or taco salads. We have even mixed it with ground beef or bison for a very good meatloaf.

Re: Mini Turkey Dinner This Week 1/19/24

LizzieInSRQ — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 10:44:52 GMT

@ECBG hmmm i think I'll fix my stuffing casserole with some leftover frozen turkey and some craisins in your honor today. I dont have any celery though but perhaps can do without just this once. You planted the seed of craving the tday flavors!

Re: Mini Turkey Dinner This Week 1/19/24

JeanLouiseFinch — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 13:42:27 GMT

You reminded me that we have a turkey in our freezer. I'm going to start the thawing process and make it next Saturday.

Re: Mini Turkey Dinner This Week 1/19/24

10sluvr — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 15:45:30 GMT

during the last year of covid, we had to cancel Thanksgiving. So, i did a Thanksgiving-super bowl-Valentine's day dinner. Everyone loved it and i got a 18lb. turkey out of the freezer.

enjoy the day.

Re: Mini Turkey Dinner This Week 1/19/24

wagirl — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 15:53:01 GMT

I have to say--I will eat a turkey dinner, with all the trimmings, anytime of year!! Missed out on it this year as my dumb brother---dinner was at his house,--- decided on lamb and ham for T-day !!! Was appalled---dumb little brother!!

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ECBG — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 16:31:43 GMT

@LizzieInSRQ wrote:
@ECBG hmmm i think I'll fix my stuffing casserole with some leftover frozen turkey and some craisins in your honor today. I dont have any celery though but perhaps can do without just this once. You planted the seed of craving the tday flavors!

@LizzieInSRQ

Do you have celery seed?

The second shelf in my refrigerator freezer is large bottles of spices.

I use celery seed and poultry with turkey in addition to celery.

Re: Mini Turkey Dinner This Week 1/19/24

Sooner — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 17:21:07 GMT

@wagirl wrote:
I have to say--I will eat a turkey dinner, with all the trimmings, anytime of year!! Missed out on it this year as my dumb brother---dinner was at his house,--- decided on lamb and ham for T-day !!! Was appalled---dumb little brother!!

@wagirl Tell dumb brother to invite me next year in your place! No turkey could ever compete with lamb and/or ham with me! EVER!

Dumb Brother gets a high-five from Okie Girl here!

Re: Mini Turkey Dinner This Week 1/19/24

ECBG — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 17:54:20 GMT

@wagirl

If you make a turkey dinner yourself, you get leftovers and sandwiches! What could be better???

Re: Mini Turkey Dinner This Week 1/19/24

drizzellla — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:21:21 GMT

That is our dinner tonight. I have a pound of sliced turkey. My son decided he no longer wanted turkey sandwiches for his lunch.

So we are having sliced turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes too. Haven't decided on the green vegetable but since I have fresh broccoli, it will probably be the winner. But not sure how I will cook it yet.

Can't go wrong with turkey.

Re: Mini Turkey Dinner This Week 1/19/24

RedTop — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 20:13:12 GMT

I will thaw a turkey breast in water tonight and cook for dinner tomorrow. Already have enough old bread saved to make dressing too.

Re: Mini Turkey Dinner This Week 1/19/24

ECBG — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 20:38:23 GMT

@RedTop wrote:
I will thaw a turkey breast in water tonight and cook for dinner tomorrow. Already have enough old bread saved to make dressing too.

@RedTop

Good plan.

I have some frozen stuffing from Thanksgiving which will be the only starch since this isn't holiday and my caboose can do without.

I think I'll roast yellow squash and broccoli or Brussels sprouts. DH prefers mixed vegetables, I don't.

I do have cranberry sauce and some frozen gravy which I'll thin with chicken stock.

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wagirl — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 16:13:28 GMT

@Sooner --Haha--well I will mention that to him--but he told me he did missed having the usual turkey and all the trimmings too!! He just got a wild hair and went the ham/lamb direction--funny thing--there was maybe 3 people of the 20 there that even ate the meat!! DUMB-dumb little brother--(he is 6 years younger than me).

Re: Mini Turkey Dinner This Week 1/19/24

Sooner — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 16:46:31 GMT

@wagirl wrote:
@Sooner --Haha--well I will mention that to him--but he told me he did missed having the usual turkey and all the trimmings too!! He just got a wild hair and went the ham/lamb direction--funny thing--there was maybe 3 people of the 20 there that even ate the meat!! DUMB-dumb little brother--(he is 6 years younger than me).

@wagirl You tell "Dumb" brother how smart he is! That means more for US if they don't eat lamb!!!!! Used to go to Fogo in Dallas with friends and two of us ate nothing but lamb chops. He with mint jelly; me, a purist, with salt alone! Then we'd go to Northpark Mall to try to walk some of it off!

Re: Mini Turkey Dinner This Week 1/19/24

ECBG — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 21:34:10 GMT

@RedTop

How was your dinner?

Everything thawed doing my mini turkey this evening.

Re: Mini Turkey Dinner This Week 1/19/24

RedTop — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 22:55:00 GMT

@ECBG

My husband was not in the least excited about a turkey dinner, so the breast is still in the freezer. ☹️

Re: Mini Turkey Dinner This Week 1/19/24

ECBG — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 00:01:43 GMT

@RedTop wrote:
@ECBG
My husband was not in the least excited about a turkey dinner, so the breast is still in the freezer. ☹️

@RedTop

Do your thing one evening and let him do his.

DH will sometimes say he had a late lunch and wants beans, onions, tomatoes, and cornbread or breakfast.

I will eat tomatoes many ways, dried beans, I hate with a passion! Breakfast doesn't stick with me; I consider it a.m. food only.

Sometimes he wants chili again. I'm done.

On a night like those,we agree to do our own thing or he wants to get out of grilling since I no longer fry.

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Mom2Dogs — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 23:13:06 GMT

@drizzellla @ECBG I like cranberry dressing....my husband does not. Even if I 1/2 my recipe it is still a lot. Do you purchase cranberry salad premade or make a home made recipe for a small family meal?

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ECBG — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 23:28:55 GMT

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
@drizzellla @ECBG I like cranberry dressing....my husband does not. Even if I 1/2 my recipe it is still a lot. Do you purchase cranberry salad premade or make a home made recipe for a small family meal?

@Mom2Dogs Dh

DH and the rest if the group like the whole berry my Ocean Spray. I think we hold on to what we've always had. I don't want the orange the relish has. I think with holiday meals, our emotional "self" holds on to when we were happy in younger years.

DS wants the meals from his younger years. Our grand sons are exactly the same.

They will come here as long as I can do it or direct.

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RedTop — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 23:34:45 GMT

@ECBG

I cannot imagine hating beans; my family of 4 eats a lot of them, and both daughters boyfriends love taking beans home with them.