The Thursday Three

For today, let's talk

Thanksgiving Leftovers.



What to do with all that food the next day? (or days?)




My very favorite part of Thanksgiving is the green bean casserole, which I make an enormous pan of and eat (splashed with soy sauce) until every last bit of it is gone. But some of the other dishes take more thought. (And to all of you who don't celebrate Thanksgiving - Happy Second to Last Thursday in November!)



#1. Cranberry Bread. I always make cranberry-orange sauce from scratch, and after we've eaten all we can straight, I throw together some cranberry bread. Yum. Smear a little honey butter on it, make some tea...aaahh.










#2. Sweet Potato Pancakes. We are a family of sweet potato fiends, so I also make a big pan of sweet potatoes. I top them with butter, brown sugar, fresh grated nutmeg and lemon rind. No marshmallows. We'll eat them like this for a day or so, but after that I smoosh them up and we have sweet potato pancakes.









#3. Hot turkey sandwiches with mashed potatoes and gravy. This is where my southern roots start showing. It has to be on white bread and drenched in gravy. We buy a meatless Turkey loaf (which is really excellent), so even the non-meat eaters get "turkey" for Thanksgiving. I could eat these sandwiches all day long. And sometimes I do.





Bam! No more leftovers!


(thanks to my two cents for the topic idea)