Turkey Pot Pie
I finally got to the pot O’ gold at the end of my rainbow of leftover turkey. We ate turkey for Thanksgiving, had the same dinner as leftovers on Tuesday, made turkey sandwiches, made hot turkey and stuffing sandwiches, made turkey club-houses and boiled the carcass for some tasty turkey stock. With the turkey stock […]
Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Is there anything more North American than Cranberry Sauce? It’s as integral to the Thanksgiving table as turkey is. Like many of you, I used to buy the can of jellied or whole cranberry sauce and no one at the table ever complained but we all knew it had a slight tinny after-taste. Fast forward […]
Rounding Out Thanksgiving
Another Thanksgiving standard at my table is the stuffing and cranberry sauce. Both are made from scratch. No need to buy the boxed variety of stuffing or the tinned cranberry sauce…here are the easy, home made versions. A little about the stuffing, if you’re the type that wants it in the turkey, go ahead but […]
Turkey Gravy
As time allows, I’m posting the remainder of my Thanksgiving fixins’. One of the most comforting parts of the meal is eating the velvety gravy….on the turkey, on the stuffing, on the vegetables! Making gravy is not rocket science, just have a good eye when making your roux and keep on stirring and you’ll have […]
The Rest Of the Thanksgiving Table
As tasty as the turkey was and as much as I’d love to be solely eating turkey, we also had “fixins” at the table. I made garlic-mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce and roasted brussel sprouts. I’m not trying to be fancy here and show you something new flavour combo…it was Thanksgiving and you want […]
A Stress-Free Thanksgiving
The weather-man delivered! We were promised a hot Thanksgiving Day in Toronto and that’s what we got…a record 31-point-something Celcius record high. With weather like this, there was no way I was going lose out on an October tan in Canada. I had a stress-free day enjoying the weather and preparing a Thanksgiving dinner. Thanksgiving […]
Snacking….Greek Stylez!
When one visits Greece, one drinks. When one drinks in Greece….one eats! Almost always, when out for a drink, the server will provide you and your friends with something to nibble on. It could be nuts, veggies, cold cuts or potato chips. The Greeks have their own tastes and this is even evident with their […]
Is It Soup Time Yet?
I live in Canada, albeit southern Canada but we still have long winters and the summers never last long enough (for me). I think many of us have noticed changes in the seasons, local climate, Mother Nature having drastic mood swings. Living in Canada is like this: one day you have the air conditioner on […]
SHUT THE DOOR….
It’s cool inside! It looks like I’ll be flicking on the A/C today. That’s right, it’s October 5th in Toronto and the air conditioner is in use. I thought I had bought everything needed for Thanksgiving but it looks like I’ll have to go out and get some sturdy paper plates for my outdoor Thanksgiving […]
Al Fresco Thanksgiving?
It seems that global warming is in full throttle. Toronto only saw 28 cm. of rain for all of Septemeber, I’m currently wearing shorts, I might have to flick on the air conditioner this weekend and…it might well be warm enough to eat Thanksgiving Dinner outside! For those not Canadian, we celebrate (as do the […]