Sorry about that Part 2

Part 2 of the Thanksgiving theme. If you can't understand the title, see part 1.

I'm going to do each part before and after. This is the turkey before. It is stuffed with apples, oranges, celery, herbs and spices.

And after. We cooked it at 500 degrees for 30 minutes. Then we lowered the temperature to 350 degrees until a meat thermometer read 161 degrees. 

 

 Rumaki- bacon cut in half and cooked slightly, whole water chestnuts, 1/2 cup ketchup, 1/2 cup sugar. Mix sugar and ketchup in dish. Microwave 1 minute, stir. Wrap bacon around chestnuts and secure with a toothpick. Place in ketchup mixture. Cook at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes.

Before.

 

During.

 

After. This is actually my Grandpa's recipe.

 

The continuation of stuffing. Here I am cutting apples.

 

This is me smiling while pouring broth in.

 

This is me spreading the stuffing in the pan.

 

 And this is me putting a smile made out of butter. This smile simply melted.

 

Home Fries- cube potatoes. Cook in olive oil over medium heat, seasoned with garlic salt.

My favorite. I worked hard on these.

 

Before. 

 

After. 

 

The plating. Admire the presentation, if you must.

Pumpkin Pie-http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Perfect-Pumpkin-Pie/Detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Thumb&e11=pumpkin%20pie&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Home%20Page&soid=sr_results_p1i2 I also added a little bit of vanilla extract.

Before.

 

After.

The end. I hope I can continue this blog. You can try some of these recipes if you want.

Sorry about that....

 Sorry about being gone for quite some time. We had a baby then we moved then we moved again and we're going to move again in a few days so I thought I would get this blog going again. And to celebrate me coming back, we're doing Thanksgiving! And, of course, you can't have Thanksgiving without turkey! Today is part 1 of my 2 part series. So I hope this blog can get some more viewers again!

We defrosted this turkey by placing it in cold water. We changed the water to fresh water about every hour or so.

 

Here is the recipe we used for the brine.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/good-eats-roast-turkey-recipe.html

We changed it slightly, as we didn't have the allspice berries.

 

We took this picture and added it in because I liked how the brown sugar started to dissolve so I thought this picture would look cool. 

 

The turkey is sitting in the brine, in the fridge, as I type this.

 

This is the stuffing.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Awesome-Sausage-Apple-and-Cranberry-Stuffing/Detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=stuffing&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Home%20Page&soid=sr_results_p1i1

This picture shows me chopping celery.

 

This shows the celery and onion. We don't always follow the recipe exactly, so this is more onion and celery than called for. We also doubled the recipe.

And this is me stirring the sausage. I think there was onion in there too.

 The stuffing will be finished tomorrow!

This is the cranberry sauce which, as the picture shows, is me pouring the orange juice in. We also doubled this recipe because my dad really likes it!

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Cranberry-Sauce/Detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Thumb&e11=cranberry%20sauce&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Recipe&soid=sr_results_p1i1

 

 

Beginning of cranberry sauce.

 

Middle. This is when they started popping!

 

Still middle, nearly done.

 

Just about done. All you need to do is chill it in the fridge overnight and you're done!

 End of part one. Check back tomorrow night for part 2!