I have spent the day in the kitchen. So far so good ... I think.
Made:
Double batch of Cranberry sauce
Sausage, onion, celery for stuffing fried/sautéed
Double batch of gravy base*
*I have not made this recipe before. It gets great reviews, but I am not confident plus I can’t remember how much in the way of pan drippings I get which are added to the base. If I don’t have enough drippings (minus fat), the gravy won’t work. Tomorrow, I will buy some turkey gravy to be on the safe side - it’s the only thing I’m stressing about.
Sweet potatoes are baking in the oven & the only thing left to make tonight are the maple pecan bars. My cousin texted this morning that she had picked up a pumpkin pie at Costco so I could take that off my list. She said people were buying 20 pumpkin pies at a time - must be feeding a crowd!
It doesn’t look like I have done that much, but I have been cleaning up the kitchen as I go so that really slows things down.
Tomorrow:
Bake/make mashed potatoes
Put together casseroles (3 easy ones) & stuffing
Get the bird ready to go in the oven early Thursday.
Mom & I figured out the seating - we can do 10 in the kitchen eating area - if we get 12, we’ll use the table in the dining room, too.
You’re doing great!
Me? I am stressing out. Trying not to, but it’s catching up with me. I don’t think I’ve ever been away from my home for more than a week or so, so I’m trying to figure out which things I should pack, and what should stay here. I can do laundry there, and I know I will be, but I still need to make sure I’m packing smartly.
Your Thanksgiving will be wonderful! I can smell the delicious all the way here!
Did my ‘sides’ yesterday, then Beau decided to install my new kitchen sink/faucet! This morning he needs to do the finishing touches and turn the water back on, so I can get the big Turkey Breast in the oven and have that sliced and ready to go in the crock pot.
He installed my upstairs bathroom faucet the day before and took the marble top off and POLISHED it! It looks brand new! I’d like to think it was my ‘inspiration’ (not nagging!) that got it done, but he didn’t want my Mom giving him grief that the sink and faucet were STILL sitting in the box in the hallway when she comes over tomorrow. He got enough grief over the toilet it took him a YEAR to install! (Mom obviously does the, ‘dirty work’ for me, LOL!)
Mom has had a hankering for SHRIMP, so she is bringing that as an appetizer, and she’s bringing a Caramel Apple Pie that some guys she knows bakes to perfection.
I just need to clean the main floor and the main bathroom; did everything upstairs, yesterday.
Bread is in the oven, then hoping Beau will get the sink finished so I can clean and pull together the kitchen, quickly. The stove needs scrubbing from top to bottom after a rigorous use this week!