What's for dinner?

[iris lilies]

DH brought in a clump of red beets, the last of the season. I foolishly cooked them and made a salad of them and we ate them.


I said “foolish “because I should’ve use them to make borscht. I’ve been having a yen for even though I don’t really know how to make it, but there I had the main ingredient and didn’t take advantage.

[Tybee]

Chocolate fudge ice cream was a hit and did turn out looking and feeling like ice cream.
Recipe:
1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
6 T dutch cocoa powder
2 t vanilla extract
1/4 t salt
2 c heavy cream
1/4 c brown sugar (I used dark because I like it but recipe called for light)

Whisk in a big bowl the condensed milk, cocoa, vanilla and salt. (do this by hand)

Whisk until stiff peaks the whipping cream with the brown sugar. (did this in my kitchenaid)

Whisk a third of the whipped cream mixture into the big bowl. Then fold in the other two thirds. (I did this by hand.)

Spoon it into a 9 x 7 pan. I bought a new pyrex one for this purpose because I thought it would be easy to clean and I don't like non stick metal pans but recipe showed a metal one.

Wait 8 hours.

We waited 9 and it was definitely ready. I tried it and liked it--extremely rich and I don't like chocolate ice cream that much but it was good--more like fudge than ice cream. Husband ate a big bowl. A little would go along way. It's back in the barn freezer so he can eat it as his leisure.

Want to try a vanilla now and a butter pecan, and maybe a mint chocolate chip or a peppermint chip for Christmas.

[happystuff]

Thanks so much, Tybee. Sounds yummy and the recipe looks pretty easy!

[jp1]

Since we had thanksgiving at home, just the two of us, we have a lot of leftover turkey even though SO managed to find a bird that was only 12 1/2 lbs. I made broth from the carcass yesterday and today will use 6 cups of that for a Thai red curry turkey soup. Yesterday was turkey quesadillas.

I’m trying to come up with stuff more exciting than repeat repeat repeat thanksgiving dinner until it’s all gone. I would tolerate that but SO would be done tolerating it after a couple of days.

[Rogar]

NPR had a feature today about making gumbo from the carcass. They said most people throw it away and made it sound pretty special for a gumbo stock.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/30/nx-s1...ss-cajun-gumbo

[Tradd]

Since we had thanksgiving at home, just the two of us, we have a lot of leftover turkey even though SO managed to find a bird that was only 12 1/2 lbs. I made broth from the carcass yesterday and today will use 6 cups of that for a Thai red curry turkey soup. Yesterday was turkey quesadillas.

I’m trying to come up with stuff more exciting than repeat repeat repeat thanksgiving dinner until it’s all gone. I would tolerate that but SO would be done tolerating it after a couple of days.

What about just freezing turkey for later?

Have to admit one of my favorite things with leftover turkey is hot open face sandwiches with turkey and lots of gravy.

[jp1]

What about just freezing turkey for later?

Have to admit one of my favorite things with leftover turkey is hot open face sandwiches with turkey and lots of gravy.

I’ll put whatever’s left on my salads this week for lunch. But wow. The soup was amazing.