The Bird's the Word Part II

So, finally all Turkey day leftovers are gone. I thought I would be eating them forever! I made entirely too much for my four guests, but really how often do I get the chance to really go all out? 

I really wanted to blog the entire time I cooked, but I had my hands full. One appetizer, one turkey, five sides, two Mothers, and a partridge in a pear tree. It was no joke. I shot for a 5pm serve time so I got the turkey started at 11:30am. 

Luckily for me I have a roasting oven, which in my opinion, if you plan on cooking Thanksgiving dinners going forward is the best possible thing you can get for yourself. It makes the Turkey as succulent as possible and frees up your oven. I got mine last year at Target and it hasn't failed me yet. This is the finished bird. The pic is not so hot, but everyone is dying to eat so not too much time for a better view, but let me tell you the meat just fell off the bone. Check out that wing!

Once I got the Turkey in the roaster, I made my homemade cranberry sauce. Although I must admit that the canned kind has its appeal, it really so easy to make homemade. Just get a bag of cranberries, a cup of sugar, and cup of apple cider and boil until cranberrries burst. It takes a maximum of ten minutes and its is really so yum.

Then I prepped my stuffing. I use wheat bread instead of white bread because a little bit healthy helps every step of the way during this all out eat fest.

I also made green bean casserole. I played a new this year, I have never made this. But since it got 260 five star reviews on FoodNetwork.com, who was I to doubt its tastiness? It was a Paula Deen masterpiece. I feared all of that butter, so I mixed it half of the butter with faux butter. Like I said every bit helps!

The casserole ended up being super yummy. Even my Mom liked it, and if it isn't Filipino food she doesn't like anything. Go Paula Deen! Go! Since I was trying to be somewhat healthy I made honey mashed sweet potatoes. I adore the marshmallow sweet potato casseroles, but my hips says no. My sweet potatoes were easy as pie. Bake sweet potatoes until soft. Scoop potato out, mix honey and faux butter, add a dash of salt and let that Kitchenaid mixer go to work!

I also made a random Mac and Cheese because why not?

While all the above was cooking, I treated my guests to a cook app. Baked Feta Marina. This beyond easy. Get some feta and place at the bottom of small baking dish lined with cooking spray add can of diced tomatoes complete with Italian herbs add a touch of garlic and lemon and bake until hot. Serve with cut French bread. So easy and so good!

After all that eating we worked some of it off playing Kinect sports. Who would have thought these two ladies would whoop us so bad at bowling and they got cocky too! They actually called for champagne to celebrate! xoxo happy nibbling!