Thanksgiving Photos

Here are some photos from the Thanksgiving Feast:

Some of the ingredients for my Turkey

 

Homemade Dinner Rolls

 

My hubby helped me cut 4 fresh pineapples!!!

 

The Roux (butter & flour) for my smooth gravy

 

 The night before I spiced up (inside and out) my turkey (13lbs) and placed about a cup of salted butter under the skin.

 

 The morning of Thanksgiving, the turkey is bacon-ed up with a bottle of Guinness Beer (extra stout)!

 

"stuffing" & sweet white & golden corn

Yams and Red Potatoes waiting to be extra delicious!

 

 Holiday Salad (Candied Pecans, baby lettuce mix, spinach, homemade poppy seed dressing, craisins, and mandarin oranges) and Uncle Timmy made our new favorite dish: Bacon & Cabbage

 

14lbs of Prime Rib

 

  Hubby slicing prime rib and getting blood everywhere!

Candied yams and sliced up turkey and bacon.

More photos of Turkey Day to come!

Random

I call this blog “Random”.  I’ve been so busy with school and work along with parties that I have not been able to post anything here that is decent! So sorry, but I hope you enjoy the photos of what has been going on.
 


Here are a couple more photos of the Spicy Green Chile burritos with fresh pan fried tortillas. Garnished with sour cream and fresh cilantro…just the way I like them!







A gift from Italy… I still need to make this and incorporate Mario’s instructions.



Need to grow these “special” bay leaves! 



 


In the mean time, I’ve cut sweet potatoes in half and started to grow them.  My grandmother used to grow these in her backyard and would harvest the leaves to eat.  She would sauté the leaves and eats them with rice.  I am growing these in memory of her.





Some photos from Italian feast 





 




Homemade Italian meatballs and sauce! Mmmm… This photo was taken after I fried the meatballs and threw them in the pot.  I ended up simmering the meatballs for hours afterward.  Looks so "rustic"!





So this filling for ravioli is sooo simple.  I just took spinach, Portobello mushrooms (sliced/diced) and sauteed with lots of fresh minced garlic in canola oil with salt & pepper (I ran out of olive oil)…remove from heat and mix in shredded Parmesan cheese.  Let the filling cool and stuff your raviolis!  I boiled these raviolis and mixed in my homemade Alfredo sauce!  I’ve made this twice and so far I’ve received raved reviews!  I plan on making a bunch and freezing them!  





Sichuan Chicken! Soo spicy!  I made this earlier last week for my uncles.  Original recipe is made with shrimp - one of my favorite dishes as a kid.  I first fell in love with this spicy shrimp dish at one of the restaurants my dad worked at.  He cooked the dish and brought it out for us to eat.  The sauce is soo good with white rice. I learned how to cook this by watching him make it at home. 




My first attempt at making caramel from sweet condensed milk! OMG sooo good! If I can only have one thing to eat forever and ever – I pick sweet condensed milk! LOL Here is a photo of the caramel popcorn I made Friday night.  I am working on my caramel popcorn skills for Fall Festivities!





Now don’t be jealous…. On Saturday we made 14 lbs of Prime Rib for the family along with garlic mashed potatoes (red potatoes, sour cream, butter, garlic, salt/pepper), shrimp scampi, Portobello baked, Caesar salad, corn, and dinner rolls! Below is the cow we roasted!





For every 5 lbs Standing Prime Rib Roast, mix the seasoning below and rub all over meat:

10 cloves minced garlic or 5 teaspoons of pre-minced garlic

2 tbs olive oil

2 tsp salt

2 tsp ground black pepper

2 tsp dried thyme

Optional…1 tsp onion powder



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BTW - This Sunday I am taking a Puerto Rican cooking class!  So stay tuned for photos!