I've justfinished a good 6 hour marathon, making tomorrow's
All-packed-for-the-road Thanksgiving Romantic Getaway for Two. We're
putting everything into coolers and driving down, about 2 hours, to the
Outer Banks of North Carolina. We have a suite with a gas fireplace and
a kitchenette and an ocean view. We're going to heat up everything I
made in the microwave or on the small 2 burner stove in the room and
have a nice cozy thanksgiving together. My daughter's off visiting her
dad, so we even get to sleep in!
I eat some seafood, but I don't eat any meat or poultry whatseover and
don't like the smell of it cooking in the house. (I gengerall call
myself a vegetarian who eats fish, but I've gotten yelled at around
here for that, so I choose my words carefully!)
He's a full-on carnivore, so he bought the whole roasted turkey breast
and gravy form Boston Market.
I made the rest.
Starters:
Cheese, Fuit and Vegetable Platter, with Emmenthaler, Saga Blue, Dry
Aged Jack, Gourmandise with Walnuts, and Chevre, served with celery,
roasted red peppers, roasted garlic cloves, kalamata olives, sun dried
tomatoes, toasted hazelnuts, sliced apples, sliced pears, grapes,
seeded flatbread, and garlic crostini.
Artichoke-Crab Dip with crostini and flatbread from above
Smoked salmon deviled eggs
champagne with raspberries
First Course:
Spinach Watercress Soup
Dinner:
his turkey breast with gravy
mashed potatoes
roasted butternut squash with garlic and candied ginger
green bean casserole from cans
wild rice with mushroom casserole
green chile-cheddar cornbread
cranberry orange pineapple relish
cabernet sauvignon and apple cider
Dessert:
Turtle Brownie Pie (from the bakery) with fresh whipped cream (actually
chantilly cream if you want to be specific)
Blueberry Lemon Pound Cake
coffee with godiva liquor
oh, i'm making myself so hungry!
