tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post824674366577898957..comments2024-03-27T19:07:06.944-04:00Comments on DON'T READ THIS; IT'S BORING!: Thanksgiving Hacks.....Thinking Outside the Box of Stuffingslugmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-80162717699170669052015-11-24T21:40:47.627-05:002015-11-24T21:40:47.627-05:00I had planned to make cornbread dressing, but thin...I had planned to make cornbread dressing, but things have changed, so the $0.75 Stove Top may be on the menu. I will make giblet gravy with diced boiled eggs in the gravy. I have a can of jelled cranberry sauce and a bag of cranberries to cook. There is the dehydrated sweet potato plus lots of white potatoes. I will only cook and mash one. If I open green beans, the meal will be complete. Pumpkin pie is mandatory. I cooked four hens because I have no room in the freezer or refrigerator. Two went into the crock pots, cooked and two more stored at room temperature and wrapped up were still frozen when they went into the crockpots.<br /><br />Now to see if I even feel like cooking. Even though I can go to Birmingham for dinner, I may just stay home. Even if I go there for the food and company, I will still cook so I can have leftovers. <br /><br />I buy early, shop after holiday sales, use coupons, and get other things from the farm at spectacular prices. <br /><br />Two turkey were lost in the freezer that went bad!!! <br /><br />Idahoan has the best potato flakes in many flavors if anyone wants good and easy potatoes. Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-42570105192967114912015-11-24T18:51:19.653-05:002015-11-24T18:51:19.653-05:00I was embarrassed to put Stovetop dressing and sto...I was embarrassed to put Stovetop dressing and store-made turkey gravy in my shopping cart along with fixins' for green bean casserole and my frozen turkey. In my defense, my sister was going to have Thanksgiving this year until a family tragedy struck. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-5672050320084817482015-11-24T15:46:45.474-05:002015-11-24T15:46:45.474-05:00For some reason Robb always wants broccoli/onion c...For some reason Robb always wants broccoli/onion casserole. I think mainly to gross out his brother, but his brother won't even be here! Oh well. I love Brussel sprouts. And will insist we have them for this meal and Christmas.McValhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00285808958951068897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-27334519958693181402015-11-24T14:45:49.086-05:002015-11-24T14:45:49.086-05:00Well as you know I make pie crusts 8 at a time and...Well as you know I make pie crusts 8 at a time and freeze them just like the pie crusts in the store. Potatoes are a throw away item in Idaho we can glean them for free, same with onions, you just stop and pick them by the side of the road. I store canned milk and rotate it and only buy it on close out. Picked up yams when they were on sale for 39cents a pound. I have never made green bean casserole but as it is new sons favorite I will break bad and buy those little onion thingies on the top with a coupon of course. I use Worcestershire sauce in almost everything so it is a staple at my house so are french cut green beans. I will have to buy the canned soup. If you purchase $50 worth of groceries at Albertsons here and I have a $10.00 a $50.00 purchase you can get a turkey for .39 a lb. Oh we also have many Turkey farms in Idaho and boy do they stink.I don't really need to buy $50.00 worth of anything right now, but my oil supply is really low and they are having a great sale at Albertsons so I will stock up and also buy my frozen shrimp for Christmas which is also on a great deal. I am set. Look at what you have taught me sluggy. You should be proud. Baked a pumpkin last week and pulled out the innards and froze them for pies. Grew my own squash and pumpkins because I am like that.Out My windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456481267171643227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-38265680293842341422015-11-24T14:45:47.505-05:002015-11-24T14:45:47.505-05:00Denise, some really good ideas here. Thanks!Denise, some really good ideas here. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-13411485383458213022015-11-24T13:29:28.067-05:002015-11-24T13:29:28.067-05:00I go to my step-daughter's and only need to br...I go to my step-daughter's and only need to bring stuffing, pecan pie,and was suppose to bring an apple pie but my dd will bring an apple cake instead. We had so much food leftover last year after feeding 12 adults and one child that twenty or more could have eaten. We are trying to scale back this year, we will see. CherylCherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532160415343676858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-8683254449122109602015-11-24T13:21:02.138-05:002015-11-24T13:21:02.138-05:00spouse and I and neighbor are going out for seafoo...spouse and I and neighbor are going out for seafood and sushi on thursday!anne marie in phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765140782182605141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-12055911664475472532015-11-24T12:18:15.846-05:002015-11-24T12:18:15.846-05:00Great tips, and I like the angle of flexibility. W...Great tips, and I like the angle of flexibility. We sort of had our Thanksgiving this past Sunday:<br />-roast turkey @ 59/lb<br />-home made gravy from pan juiuces, flour, butter, salt, pepper, Bells seasoning<br />-plain mashed potatoes $1.99/5 lb bag, used 1/2 bag<br />-home made stuffing using Bells stufing (sale plus cpn), butter, onion, mushroom, celery, homemade turkey stock, Bell's seasoning, Jones sausage (sale)<br />-homemade cran-orange relish: Aldi's 99 cent berries, sugar, 88 cent organic orange<br />-roasted then mashed Butternut squash-plain<br />-creamed peas & onions ($1 box faz creamed onions w/ 1/2 Aldi's bag fzn peas)<br />-jumbo shrimp cocktail-Aldi's fzn raw, boiled, peeled myself, Aldi's sauce<br />-homemade cherry pie using sale plus cpn crusts, 2 cans filling from Dollar Tree of all places!<br />-homemade squash pie, again same crusts as aforementioned, canned squash from my pantry was 89 cents, eggs (DT), canned milk-sale plus cpn, sugar, spices<br /><br />2 feasted, 2 more will come Thurs. 1/2 the breast is fzn for future sandwiches, we've already made turjey tacos, carcass simmered in the crock pot, is now strained, cooling to be stored for a future soup<br />CTMOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04825780992878036362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-52926257489325560822015-11-24T12:13:57.810-05:002015-11-24T12:13:57.810-05:00Are kids don't like turkey, so I was going to ...Are kids don't like turkey, so I was going to roast a chicken this year. But, I'm on call so I plan to pick up a rotisserie chicken & make some homemade sides to go with it. No one cares at my house. ;-) We're having mashed potatoes (husband will make), homemade mac & cheese, stuffing, & pumpkin pie from Costco. A winning combo of choices that everyone likes, plus I'll take our normal salad ingredients & add some craisins & nuts. Easy peasyHawaii Plannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04760426766801381563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-34622646482470329432015-11-24T12:01:37.730-05:002015-11-24T12:01:37.730-05:00PS Happy Turkey Day!!PS Happy Turkey Day!!Cheapchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158208632054014311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-4412006276780294752015-11-24T12:01:23.531-05:002015-11-24T12:01:23.531-05:00I have a sack of bread bits permanently in the fre...I have a sack of bread bits permanently in the freezer for stuffing - and if I don't have enough I use fresh bread. Secret? It tastes fabulous with fresh bread as it is nice and moist. We have homemade stuffing at least twice a year so it is a good way to prevent food waste.Cheapchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158208632054014311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-15491384852075356452015-11-24T11:25:59.800-05:002015-11-24T11:25:59.800-05:00These are great tips Sluggy! Thank you! This year ...These are great tips Sluggy! Thank you! This year I am going to be more practical and not make a million dishes. MiserlyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06723388932290892258noreply@blogger.com