Menu for Week of 17th November until 22nd of November Community Forums - p2

Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:24 pm

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ellie_ wrote:
Saturday: Crock Pot Chicken Barbecue on sandwich rolls, chips and fruit salad
Sunday: Vegetable Beef Soup - Slow Cooker
Monday: hotdogs, chips and salad
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday: Roasted Turkey, My Homemade Fresh Herb Stuffing..simon and Garfunkel Style, French Onion Brussels Sprouts, carrots, Cranberry Sauce,Crescent Rolls, apple pie
Friday: turkey soup

Anything Simon and Garfunkel Style HAS to be good too

WHOO HOO!

mickeydownunder

Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:24 pm

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My Thanksgiving Party Menu for next Saturday!

STARTER
Butternut Squash Shooters
Served with Bacon Wrapped Breadsticks

APPETIZERS
Bacon and Caramelised Leek Dip
Roasted Sweet Potato & Toasted Sage Dip
Served with Roasted Beet Root and Roasted Carrots Chips
Warm Spinach Mascarpone Dip

MAINS
Glazed Cranberry Chicken
with Green Beans, Toasted Walnuts & Cranberry Vinaigrette

Maple Slow Cooked Boneless Ribs
Served on shaved lettuce

Turkey Balls in Curry
served with
Bacon Wrapped Sweet Potato Bites
Chorizo & Port Stuffing Balls

DESSERT
Pumpkin Tiramisu

WHOO HOO!

ellie_

Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:59 am

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mickeydownunder wrote:
My Thanksgiving Party Menu for next Saturday!

STARTER
Butternut Squash Shooters
Served with Bacon Wrapped Breadsticks

APPETIZERS
Bacon and Caramelised Leek Dip
Roasted Sweet Potato & Toasted Sage Dip
Served with Roasted Beet Root and Roasted Carrots Chips
Warm Spinach Mascarpone Dip

MAINS
Glazed Cranberry Chicken
with Green Beans, Toasted Walnuts & Cranberry Vinaigrette

Maple Slow Cooked Boneless Ribs
Served on shaved lettuce

Turkey Balls in Curry
served with
Bacon Wrapped Sweet Potato Bites
Chorizo & Port Stuffing Balls

DESSERT
Pumpkin Tiramisu

WHOO HOO!

do you have the recipe for the slow cooked ribs -- is this a crockpot recipe?

Is this all for one day???

ratherbeswimmin'

Sun Nov 18, 2012 7:44 am

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Shari2 wrote:
Good morning everyone. I really need to get back on track with my menus so this is the week I start again.

Saturday: Meatloaf Barbecue Style with mac and cheese and veggie

Sunday: Pasta night

Monday: Brady Bunch Pork Chops with noodles and veggie

Tuesday: Chicken Thigh Spareribs(well, sort of, lol) with rice and veggie

Wednesday: probably pizza, oldest DD and I both close at work that night

Thursday: DD's and Hubby will do the bird I will do side dishes that I can ahead of time since I work 7-3 on Turkey Day.

Perfect Roast Turkey, Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes, Corn Pudding, dinner rolls, another veggie, sausage stuffing, cranberry/orange relish and pumpkin pie and chocolate pie for dessert.

Friday: fend for yourself.

I will also make Pumpkin Pie Squares to take to work on Thursday for my employees that have to work.

Love your menu, Shari. Your Thanksgiving dinner is perfection to me

ratherbeswimmin'

Sun Nov 18, 2012 7:48 am

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SarasotaCook wrote:

MON ...
Lady #1, #2, and Me: Classic spaghetti/meatballs (probably NO pasta for me); salad; garlic bread

My kids would eat this every single day of the world.

ratherbeswimmin'

Sun Nov 18, 2012 7:51 am

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Charmie777 wrote:
Whoa!! You guys are early! I'm only on my first cup of coffee!

It's a gorgeous rainy morning today!!! Loving it.
Today is my youngest DS's 18th birthday!! I'm not old enough to have a baby that age! Freak o' nature!
And later this week is American Thanksgiving. So a week full of festivities!!

Saturday - Party day!!!! Moroccan Beef With Honey Spice Couscous with a chopped salad, garlic naan, and Butterfinger cake for dessert.

Sunday - Buffalo Chicken Paninis and Tomato Basil Soup

Monday - Melt in Your Mouth Lemon Chicken and risotto and salad

Tuesday - Spicy Sichuan Noodles With Ground Pork with pot stickers

Wednesday - maybe some soup and salad...leaving open.

Thursday - Thanksgiving at brother's family's. Bringing Harvest Vegetable Scallop and an appetizer to be determined.

Friday - Probably do up my own Thanksgiving meal, but waiting to see who will be home.

Lemon Chicken and risotto--yum

ratherbeswimmin'

Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:01 am

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All sounds good, but I MUST try that stuffing recipe.

ratherbeswimmin'

Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:05 am

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Love your pictures and that is some party menu. I am with ellie--would love to have the rib recipe, if possible.

mickeydownunder

Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:42 pm

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ellie_ wrote:

do you have the recipe for the slow cooked ribs -- is this a crockpot recipe?

Is this all for one day???

Gday and big thanks The Crockpot recipe IS FANTASTIC!!! (Of course, it is a recipe by DrG!)

http://www.food.com/recipe/maple-slow-cooker-boneless-ribs-319367

Hope you enjoy it too and yes, I am VERY passionate about cooking and entertaining with our friends and this is an easy peasy menu

Everything can be made ahead and just put things in the crockpots, chafing dishes and my rule is as soon as the first friend arrives, red wine in hand and enjoy!

LOTS of preparation, shopping etc...before hand, but the shopping is almost done now too

WHOO HOO!

ALL very simple and economical recipes too!

Thanks and WHOO HOO!

mickeydownunder

Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:44 pm

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ratherbeswimmin' wrote:

Love your pictures and that is some party menu. I am with ellie--would love to have the rib recipe, if possible.

Gday and big thanks for time and compliments too

http://www.food.com/recipe/maple-slow-cooker-boneless-ribs-319367

I do mini bite portions of this food as my niche or twist and nothing gets wasted as they can all be frozen too

Wasting food is a BIG BIG BIG pet peeve for me

Please try and ribs recipe...am sure DrG would love the review too!

WHOO HOO

Hope you have a great day too!

ellie_

Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:59 am

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mickeydownunder wrote:

ellie_ wrote:

do you have the recipe for the slow cooked ribs -- is this a crockpot recipe?

Is this all for one day???

Everything can be made ahead and just put things in the crockpots, chafing dishes and my rule is as soon as the first friend arrives, red wine in hand and enjoy!

LOTS of preparation, shopping etc...before hand, but the shopping is almost done now too

WHOO HOO!

ALL very simple and economical recipes too!

Thanks and WHOO HOO!

Thanks - the recipe looks fantastic and perfect for the guys in my family!

Meredith C-ville

Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:55 pm

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Hi all,

TG menus are looking great. I hope it turns out well for everyone; if not it's always a funny story for later! The people are what really counts.

I am late after a weekend trip. And, I already changed my menu before I even posted it because I am using up Peruvian causa leftovers from my dinner party last week. My first beef heart attempt was successful, although there were some parts of the meat that were tough. I imagine that the restaurants can recognize what would be tough vs tender. In any case, the marinade was incredible and I will post a review soon.

This week:

Sat – Out of town for friend’s milestone birthday
Sun – causa leftovers w/chickpea veggies (veg meal after eating amazingly good brisket at the party)
Mon –causa leftovers w/fish/tomatoey veggies
Tue –Salmon Pilaf With Green Onions, but with added veggies and made-up sauce
Wed –Crock Pot Mexican Ragu and Grilled Polenta
Thu – Not Thanksgiving. Family members are working the holiday, so we will do the big thing on Sunday. I am doing veggie sides which I will post next week. We'll have pizza (Beth's Pizza Crust) with spinach plus a small amount of some strong-flavored meat, maybe with a few eggs cracked on top (have been meaning to try this). Cheese for DH only

Maybe it wouldn’t properly be called pizza, but still dinner.
Fri –probably (hopefully) leftovers from Wed

Have a great holiday week! --M

PS: I have also cooked inside of a pumpkin...I think it was a mushroom bourgignon. The great thing was that once the stew was gone, I had this awesome roasted pumpkin. There was a lot of it, so I stirred a hefty protion of it into a made up tomatoey spaghetti sauce. It gave it a very nice thickness and flavor, to say nothing of the extra hidden nutrition.

Charmie777

Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:29 pm

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Meredith C-ville wrote:
Hi all,

TG menus are looking great. I hope it turns out well for everyone; if not it's always a funny story for later! The people are what really counts.

I am late after a weekend trip. And, I already changed my menu before I even posted it because I am using up Peruvian causa leftovers from my dinner party last week. My first beef heart attempt was successful, although there were some parts of the meat that were tough. I imagine that the restaurants can recognize what would be tough vs tender. In any case, the marinade was incredible and I will post a review soon.

This week:

Sat – Out of town for friend’s milestone birthday
Sun – causa leftovers w/chickpea veggies (veg meal after eating amazingly good brisket at the party)
Mon –causa leftovers w/fish/tomatoey veggies
Tue –Salmon Pilaf With Green Onions, but with added veggies and made-up sauce
Wed –Crock Pot Mexican Ragu and Grilled Polenta
Thu – Not Thanksgiving. Family members are working the holiday, so we will do the big thing on Sunday. I am doing veggie sides which I will post next week. We'll have pizza (Beth's Pizza Crust) with spinach plus a small amount of some strong-flavored meat, maybe with a few eggs cracked on top (have been meaning to try this). Cheese for DH only

Oh I love the idea of using the flesh in the spaghetti sauce!!!!

mickeydownunder

Mon Nov 19, 2012 7:25 pm

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ellie_ wrote:

mickeydownunder wrote:

ellie_ wrote:

do you have the recipe for the slow cooked ribs -- is this a crockpot recipe?

Is this all for one day???

Everything can be made ahead and just put things in the crockpots, chafing dishes and my rule is as soon as the first friend arrives, red wine in hand and enjoy!

LOTS of preparation, shopping etc...before hand, but the shopping is almost done now too

WHOO HOO!

ALL very simple and economical recipes too!

Thanks and WHOO HOO!

Thanks - the recipe looks fantastic and perfect for the guys in my family!

SERIOUSLY It is a great recipe and if you have anyone with a sugar related condition, you can use the sugarless maple syrup

WHOO HOO!