[Liz]

I like the idea of spatchcocking the turkey——the more surfaces that get browned, the better the gravy.

[MomwithHope]

I took a couple of pictures. I’ll post them later, heading into a coma right now. It was delicious. We plan on doing it again next year. The skin was also very crispy yet the turkey was moist. It’s a nice turkey episode. The turkey goes in the oven right on the rack with a pan underneath to catch the drippings. Or Alton put his dressing pan underneath. We opted for no dressing this year. A good choice.

[MomwithHope]

Coma not so bad. LOL. Without stuffing and we never do rolls it was a lighter meal. Here are a few photos. spatchcock turkey dry brined first.

Hubbys famous green bean casserole. We angle cut the green beans by hand because we could not find frozen French cut ones at the store yesterday. Made with cream of mushroom soup, a few chopped up portobellas, some hand pan toasted sliced almonds, some precooked chopped bacon, and small amount of a shredded cheese mixture, and 15 minutes before it's done put on the French fried onions. It was killer.

the table, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, heavy garlic, gravy and pickled beets from the jar. And I always like a plain baked yam.

Also broiled one medium sized salmon fillet from or freezer, caught this past summer and vac sealed.