Planning the Menu

[catscradle]

So I'm cooking a Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. And honestly, I like doing it myself because then I get to practise at being a control freak. So to celebrate A Very Special Gluten Free Thanksgiving, I am making a ham. There will be no incidents where in I look longingly at the gravy and stuffing. No dinner rolls either.

I have to admit, stuffing is about my favorite food in the world. I follow Grandma's famous recipe every year. And I love the smell of sage in the house. But trust me, you can't make stuffing from gluten free bread and not come out of it traumatized. I thought about just putting sage in a pot of boiling water for a little ambience, but that might end with me pouring wild sage down my throat to get a fix and I'd like to avoid such a depraved action.

Onward, ever forward...

The Menu:

Ham (special sekrit glaze)
Sweet potatoes (w/cinnamon and brown sugar)
Corn
Winter Salad (includes pomegranate seeds, chopped walnuts, carrots, raddish, cabbage, green leaf lettuce)

Dessert: Mint Chip Ice Cream (for me) or Cherry Pie

Then Friday is basically the same menu except for the potatoes, which will be a rosemary/garlic mash.

Ooo! I forgot the wine! (note to self: pick up wine.)

(EDIT: Jesus, forgot the cranberries too. What kind of lame-ass control freak am I?)

Comments

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

The menu sounds yummy!

FWIW, you can use sage as an aromatic when roasting meat. Just shove it into whatever cavity you'd shove the stuffing into. Presto! Sage smell, no nasty gluten. =)

[catscradle.livejournal.com]

*stares at Cowthulhu and is rendered momentarily insane*

Holy mother of god, that is almost as cute as the Heffalump.

I shall have to use the sage advice - one waits ages to use a pun like that - whence (whence?) nest I make a chicken or turkey roast. Thanks :)

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

I was almost going to use my cooking icon, then realized for you it was Cowthulu all the way.

The pun, she was free of charge. 8)

[vasiliki.livejournal.com]

pouring wild sage down my throat

What's wrong with that? In Greece, we boil and drink wild sage. It's a great herb - from making digestion easier to help with relaxing. If you add some honey, your drink won't be as bitter. Don't be surprised is you visit Greece and complain about stomach pains to hear an older woman asking "should I boil you some sage?" instead of the "take this painkiller pill" of the younger ones.

Your menu sounds delicious (and very Xmas-y - it makes me long for a Xmas dinner!). I would kill for some of that rosemary/garlic mash. *_*

[damoyre.livejournal.com]

EDIT: Jesus, forgot the cranberries too. What kind of lame-ass control freak am I?)

Apparently not a very good one. That's why I get to be Armand and you, Daniel. ^__~

Off to bed now. I probably won't see much of you tomorrow, huh?

I love you! I wish I could come for dinner. You gals have a very nice one. *HUGS*