Mosaics' Blog

I'm not having many people for the holidays, so I'm just going to keep it simple and easy. There will be ten of us, so I just bought two turkey breasts rather than a whole turkey. I'll also make mashed potatoes and cornbread dressing. Mom is bringing sweet potatoes. I can't decide whether to just have a tossed salad or make some other green vegetable. For another vegetable dish, I bought the ingredients to make a new recipe called Yellow Velvet. It has kernel corn and yellow squash in a cream sauce. I'm not crazy about squash, but I like it in some dishes so maybe I'll like this one. I'll probably saute some with onions, salt and pepper, too, since that's the way my husband likes it.

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For dessert...pumpkin pie, a new chocolate pie recipe, and fudge (a new recipe that I made today that has rum and peppermint flavoring in it).

Since my guests will be here on Monday night, too, I think we'll have grilled steak, herbed rice, asparagus, and Chebe bread. Maybe I'll make up a pot of shrimp and sausage jumbalaya in my new crock pot in case they're here for lunch.

I think I need another dessert and possibly a side dish. Hmmm, maybe black bean salsa and Mom can bring a pecan pie. I'd make my fabulous gluten-free brownies, but I think I'm overdoing the chocolate a bit. Not for me , but maybe for others.

I still have a lot of house cleaning to do and I can't believe I didn't start much earlier. This holiday just crept up on me and I have less time that I thought I did.