love is a banquet on which we feed
Finally, Tuesday. My Thanksgiving week+ is done. 4 loads of laundry later, the house is sooooooo quiet; finally empty but for me for the first time in 11 days. It's lovely.
My favorite part of hosting the family is that I get to cook all kinds of foods that I want to make, everything gets eaten with compliments (and without complaints), and the kitchen cleanup happens without me needing to nag.
For future reference here's approximately the food fixed that I can remember:
Mon: roast chicken, cole slaw, roasted potatoes, roasted brussels sprouts, bread
Tue: venison stew, kale salad, bread
Wed: kale chips, roasted cauliflower, bread (x3, to prep for making stuffing)
Thu: baked ham, brussels sprouts, corn, crockpot stuffing, green beans + bacon, mashed sweet potatoes, twice baked garlic potatoes, pumpkin pie (x2) and apple pie (x1) (made by mom), cranberry sauce (made by justin), biscuits (made by david)
Sat: okonomiyaki by katie, quiches (using thu leftovers as fillings)
Sun: tacos
Mon: cuban pork, black beans, yellow rice, hominy, bread
Other: 3 qts soup frozen pre visit, pancakes sun morning by david, a second batch of deviled eggs by mom, egg nog and nutmeg ice creams by katie, and chinese tea eggs by katie, which I knew I loved but didn't know the name for before she brought them, and now I'm attempting to make my own by using the leftover soaking liquid.
Leftovers that will be lunch or dinner this week: half a cauliflower, a little bit of ham, a few quarts of ham broth, a bag of brussels sprouts, a quart of stuffing, a tiny bit of cranberry sauce, a few deviled eggs, pork, rice, hominy, and bread.
My favorite part of hosting the family is that I get to cook all kinds of foods that I want to make, everything gets eaten with compliments (and without complaints), and the kitchen cleanup happens without me needing to nag.
For future reference here's approximately the food fixed that I can remember:
Mon: roast chicken, cole slaw, roasted potatoes, roasted brussels sprouts, bread
Tue: venison stew, kale salad, bread
Wed: kale chips, roasted cauliflower, bread (x3, to prep for making stuffing)
Thu: baked ham, brussels sprouts, corn, crockpot stuffing, green beans + bacon, mashed sweet potatoes, twice baked garlic potatoes, pumpkin pie (x2) and apple pie (x1) (made by mom), cranberry sauce (made by justin), biscuits (made by david)
Sat: okonomiyaki by katie, quiches (using thu leftovers as fillings)
Sun: tacos
Mon: cuban pork, black beans, yellow rice, hominy, bread
Other: 3 qts soup frozen pre visit, pancakes sun morning by david, a second batch of deviled eggs by mom, egg nog and nutmeg ice creams by katie, and chinese tea eggs by katie, which I knew I loved but didn't know the name for before she brought them, and now I'm attempting to make my own by using the leftover soaking liquid.
Leftovers that will be lunch or dinner this week: half a cauliflower, a little bit of ham, a few quarts of ham broth, a bag of brussels sprouts, a quart of stuffing, a tiny bit of cranberry sauce, a few deviled eggs, pork, rice, hominy, and bread.