Yes, I know it's April. No, we haven't lost track of the calendar.
My girlfriend is British and has never cooked a Thanksgiving dinner in her life, but my (very American) family is flying out later this year and she's determined to nail it before they walk through the door. So we're doing dry runs. This was attempt #1 and honestly I'm a little worried about how I'm going to top this when the actual holiday rolls around.
The turkey was rubbed with rosemary, thyme, garlic, and butter, then roasted on a bed of onions with halved oranges in the pan. The citrus and drippings made an incredible gravy. Mac and cheese is a three-cheese bake (sharp cheddar, gruyère, parm on top). Stuffing is sausage, sage, and sourdough. Ham got a brown sugar and honey glaze. The pull-apart bread was a last-minute "I saw it on TikTok" addition and might have been the best thing on the table.
She's already taking notes on what to tweak for round two. I am simply taking naps.
by Ok-Recording-5616
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I too choose this guy’s gf.
I love this! Personally I would have tested out 1 or 2 dishes at a time for regular dinners before going for everything at once! But I love the determination!
Wow..sorry I lost my invite in mail….looks so yummy
*OUR girlfriend
I got the wine. Lmk when to show up 😆
No need to top it, at least not this year. Just stick with these recipes and make them a few times to fine-tune them. This looks amazing. If you want to up the ante, though, I suggest adding a pumpkin cheesecake.
Something I do to prep for my Thanksgiving dinners is go apple picking around September or October. We get to eat fresh seasonal apples up until Thanksgiving and then before the apples get mealy, we turn the apple flesh into pie/pastry filling and turn the cores and skins onto cider.
The cider is then used for the cranberry sauce as well.
She nailed it !!! Maybe add some green bean casserole
marry her.
if you don’t I will, I’m not messing around.