This week: Appetizers (including make-ahead ones), and Turkey!
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Happy Thanksgiving!
-JT
Trying to add some interesting stuff to the family dinner other than traditional - ideas?
Diana’s Marinated Olives
One large orange
1 10-oz bottle Pimento-Stuffed Green Olives, drained
1 6-oz can Large Ripe Black Olives, drained
1 bottle Italian Dressing (your choice, mild or Zesty!)
Cut orange rind with a potato peeler to make pretty strips of the peel. Don’t go too deep - you just want the RIND and NOT the bitter white pith, beneath.
Then, cut the orange in half and juice it.
Combine the orange peel strips, the olives (drained!), the orange juice and enough Italian dressing to completely cover. At this point, you can put it in any container that fits, and put it in the fridge and let it marinate over night, at least.
To serve, I put it in a pretty glass bowl with a slotted spoon.
(If you need more than one batch, just repeat the main ingredients.)
This also makes a LOVELY gift presented in a pretty jar.
You can also chop it all up and use it as a topping for a block of softened cream cheese, served with crackers.
Did a test run of sausage balls using ground Italian sausage this week. Didn’t like it. Will stick with Jimmy Dean for Thanksgiving day.