The holiday season is upon us, and everyone is scrambling to find the best deal on cheap turkeys, stuffing, potatoes and gravy for their holiday meal(s). Grocery stores are promoting their sales, and home cooks are rejoicing! But in what kind of world does it make sense that a turkey can be raised and sold [...]
Posts Tagged ‘turkey’
Fresh Herbs From My Garden
Ooh I just picked a sprig each of fresh oregano and basil from our backyard garden, and chopped them for my fried egg breakfast. I’ve never had fresh oregano and wow, it’s wonderful. I’m so lucky. So, fried egg (fried in 1/2 tsp coconut oil in cast iron) with chopped herbs, garnished with a couple [...]
Thanksgiving 2010
Thanksgiving was a big success this year. Good food, good people, and a good time. There was a total of eight of us for dinner, it was a perfect number. I did most of the cooking, and I wasn’t as flustered or crazy as I usually feel during the holidays. I tried to remain calm [...]
Picked Up My Free Range Farm Fresh Thankgiving Turkey
Yesterday afternoon, I drove to the farm and picked up my wonderful fresh (frozen) truly free range turkey. It was an amazing experience. When I drove it, there was another small group visiting the farm, so I got to tag along to see the new baby calf/cow in the barn. He was friendly and so [...]
Gluten Free Turkey
I find it extremely humorous that a company has to advertise their turkey as gluten free! How in earth can a normal natural turkey get gluten!? Of course, I needed to find the answer, so I googled. Just as I suspected, it looks like the gross “processed” solutions they inject in the turkeys (to make [...]
Cancelled the Jaindl Farms Thanksgiving Turkey
It’s funny how some blog posts evolve. This started out as a post about ordering a “free range” Jaindl Farms turkey, and progressed into an investigation and a personal lesson learned on how turkeys are raised. So, I placed my online order for the Thanksgiving turkey at Whole Foods Market, but so many thoughts kept [...]
My First Homemade Avocado Guacamole!
So, I finally got around to using one of the avocados I bought from Whole Foods last week. They were definitely ripe, so I put them all in the fridge for safe keeping. This morning I decided it was time to use one for lunch.
Out to Dinner Tonight
Went to Piccadilly Pub for dinner. Did good. I ordered the turkey dinner: two large turkey slices over stuffing, with baked potato, cranberry sauce, broccoli and gravy on the side. I only ate two small bites of the cranberry sauce; it was SO sweet. I dipped my fork into the gravy bowl instead of pouring [...]
157.6 – Happy Easter!
I am thrilled! 157.6 pounds, that’s 42.4 pounds total! whoo hoo! Having the family over for Easter today for a spring BBQ. I have a turkey burger for me, with a piece of whole grain bread. I will probably even have a Coleman Non Cured hot dog, but we’ll see. I might save the calories [...]
Recipe: Beef and Olive Individual Mini Meatloaf Cups
I have made mini meatloaves a few times, and it works out very well. I divide my meatloaf mixture into a cupcake tin and/or ramekins for easier portion control. Plus it bakes quicker! Here is the recipe I made tonight: Makes 7 servings Ingredients: 1 lb 93% ground beef (it also works with ground bison [...]
