Our Thanksgiving will be lean compared to our usual tradition.
We don't want to leave our dogs this year or put them through the stress of travel, so we are staying home. The only daughter who lives in Texas is having a tonsillectomy just before the holiday and won't be traveling either. So we decided to keep it simple. I couldn't find turkey thighs this year and I refused to buy an entire bird just for myself--hubby is a vegan. So when I saw chicken leg quarters on sale, I bought a package, cooked them in the Instant Pot and shared the edible refuse with the dogs. I saved the fat to make gravy and used the broth for dressing (and gravy).
Though I didn't plan on the usual feast, I still ended up with 2 big pans of chicken and dressing. I put them in the freezer and I'll use one for Thanksgiving, one for Christmas, wherever that holiday finds us. I don't know why I didn't think of doing this ages ago. I like chicken better than turkey anyway and it's more readily available.
I have a vegan field roast for hubs that comes with its own dressing and gravy and I plan to roast a few sweet potatoes and serve them with butter and candied pecans. I have a pumpkin pie in the freezer. Along with a simple green salad, I thought that would be it for the dinner, but one of of my hubby's sisters took pity on us having to spend a quiet holiday at home alone (
) and decided she and her husband would join us. So now we are adding a Mediterranean spread to the traditional foods. Ok. I was ok with what we had, but it was nice of her to take pity on us?
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I've done it.
Nuke a yam & make a salad.
No fuss, no muss.
Add a pumpkin pie if you're in the mood!
