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I'm planning on cooking a turkey later this week. We rarely cook a turkey because we are such a small family. We plan on having a few good meals from the bird, then stripping and freezing the rest. I have some ideas for the leftovers already. I also have canned cranberry sauce waiting for it. yum!Quote:
Originally Posted by ninna
For tonight's supper I made sweet and sour meatballs (ones that I had previously cooked and frozen) with rice, boiled veggies and a glass of milk. There are leftovers. Early this week I plan on making fried rice with a chicken and veggie stir-fry. LO has gymnastics at 6pm tomorrow. I teach Tuesday afternoon and have a meeting at 7pm that evening.
We're a family of three. Best thing I ever got in the turkey department was a fresh one at Costco after a holiday that was $5 off. I got out my big knife and cut him in half up the middle, froze half and cooked the other. It was a perfect size for us!Quote:
Originally Posted by Angela273
Leftovers tonight. Nobody really felt like eating much yesterday.
I must have slept soundly because I woke up very early with boundless energy and now I sure feel like cooking up a few dishes ahead for the week. Shepherds pie seems like a no brainer, might simmer a soup from the turkey carcass and I plan to use up some of those beets too. We'll see how this comes together.
Last night was pizza and since we're having another rain warning here I'm thinking some kind of soup. Maybe a coconut curry one sounds tempting.
It's an usually warm day here +14, but the wind...wowzers, 75 km/hr, would like to BBQ but out of the questions...so ribs n the oven, honey garlic of course..rice & I have some fresh baby spinach to use up, either on the side or mix it in with the rice..
It's very damp and chilly here today, first flurries of the season on and off all day. Leftovers of last night's prime rib is on the menu, which is a perfectly acceptable roast beef although not as wonderfully tender, etc. as I'd hoped. I'm pleased with how well I cooked it, it was nicely pink most of the way through, nothing overdone or horribly raw. I'm a bit hit and miss with cooking a roast beef, often overcook it.
Quiche with a spinach salad.
One of my fave dinners.
I've been watching so many cooking shows lately, that I had to go out and buy a digital thermometer to make sure it all gets done to the right temp. I've been debating getting a meat one to just stick in a roast while it cooks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zonny
^meat thermometers are a good buy! You won't regret it.
Tonight we had spicy italian sausage, rice and green beans. DH was whining because he wanted hot turkey sandwiches but the kids aren't a huge fan of turkey so there would have been rioting if we had turkey two nights in a row. I think tomorrow's menu is gonna be the hot turkey sandwiches though.
It was a 20lb bird but we're only a family of four (lol) so I gave away a few pounds of sliced meat to a friend for sandwiches; I made up 5 turkey dinners from all the leftovers that I've since frozen until I can get them to my dad because he lives alone and would otherwise never cook a big dinner like that with all the trimmings so when I have huge leftovers like that I try to organize that stuff so he doesn't have to cook sometimes. Then I froze one large ziploc bag with slices and there's a second ziploc half full of a mix of meat that should be nice for a turkey soup in a day or two.
I made chicken corn soup and lebanese style kebabs
Was SO happy to have beef, it's been ages! Barbecued sirloin steak, garlic smashed potatoes, carrots, salad.
I just LOVE my digital thermometers. One of those presents to myself that makes me really appreciate how considerate I am. :humble:(...And I am so proud of how humble I am about that too.)Quote:
Originally Posted by padyofurniture
Honey garlic chicken wings and rice tonight.