Ok, I decided to try to make my own turkey (a little one) for once. I remember I tried that about 5 years ago when we were living in Germany still, and it was a disaster. nothing worked out. that was of course, before I got into the whole cooking thing. I swore myself then to never make a turkey again, but it looks like I was wrong.
So, I stuffed my turkey with some lemon, garlic, onion, rosmary and thyme. I trussed it (with the help of a video of Alton Brown) and put some sage butter in between the skin and the meat. put some more butter on top and springled on some salt and pepper.
In the oven at 325 F for 3 hours and it was done. Very juicy too.
With it, I made some mashed potato and the famous squash caserole from nancy corson senior:
Cook 2-3 pounds of yellow squash or zucchini in a small amount of water with
diced onion until just tender. Drain. Stir to mash squash leaving some large
pieces. Add 1 egg, 1/2 cup real mayonnaise, 1 cup cheddar cheese, 1 heaping
tablespoon sugar, salt & pepper to taste. Pour into a greased casserole dish
and cover with 1 sleeve crushed Ritz crackers. Drizzle 1/2 cup melted butter
over the top. Bake in 350 degree oven for 20-25 minutes until lightly
browned and bubbly.
And I served this with brown sugar glazed carrotts and some mashed potatoes.
It was so good. Mike was really proud as well and asked to make it a lot more often. not so sure about that though - too much work. but it was worth it. And I have a husband cleaning the kitchen as I type now...aaah yeah, life can be good :)
Only bad thing, Lydia couldn't come by to eat with us cause of work ;) Sorry girl... I'll fix you a plate. don't you worry about monday's lunch ;)
