Thanksgiving Eats

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Mine was absolutely amazing.  Love family ... love cooking!!  Here is a look at what we had.  I cooked my turkey in my roaster and finished it (browned) in the oven ...



Before



After

Okay, it was yummy.  I did my own brine and it came out just suculent.  Very tasty! 



Next it was a warm potato salad with green beans.  This is "Chuck's Day Off" recipe and the first time I made it.  A great recipe so I've made it a second time.  Check out "The Cooking Channel" for the recipe.

 I also tried another new recipe.  It was Bobby Flay's macaroni and cheese.  Here it is ...



It was with four cheeses, onions and pancetta.

It was good...I probably won't make it again.  I like my recipe better (mine was creamier).  Now for the desserts. 

 This is something I came up with.  It's a pumpkin/vanilla trifle with ginger cookies.  It was very tasty, however, I think the cookies I used were too thin.  Maybe ginger snaps would be better.

The infamous chocolate walnut pie.  This is my most requested pie I make, especially during the holidays.  It's a very decadant, rich pie.  So goooooood!

Apple Caramel pie

Next Holiday is Christmas!  Working on the menu now!!