Thanksgiving Dinner

This year was my first year to make all of Thanksgiving Dinner without Mom. I had a great assistant (Kristine) who helped to make all things go smoothly... The menu included:

Turkey with Herbed Butter and Citrus
Mom's Stuffing with Apples
Citrus Cranberry
Sweet Potato Casserole
Green Beans with an Apple Cider Reduction
Frog Eye (Fruit Salad)
Cherry Yum Yum

Everything turned out very well and all the recipes will follow. Hope everyone had a faulous Thanksgiving and was able to spend time with those you love.

Asian Turkey Meatloaf

1 pkg ground Turkey

3 carrots

1 onion

2 stalks celery

3 garlic cloves

1 small piece of ginger (about 1/2 inch piece)

1 tsp brown sugar

2 tbsp fish sauce

2 tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp sesame oil

2 tbsp fresh parsley chopped

1/2 lemon juiced

1 tsp dried cilantro (or 1 tsp chopped fresh cilantro)

1/2 tsp crushed red pepper

S&P

1/4 c panko bread crumbs

Add carrots, onion, celery, garlic and ginger to a food processor. Pulverize until almost smooth. Add vegetable mixture to the ground turkey. Combine. Add sugar, fish sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, parsley, cilantro, red pepper, lemon juice, S&P and panko to the mixture and combine well.

Place in pie plate and make a well in the middle. Smooth edges and bake for 45 - 60 minutes on 375.

** This is a really easy and simple take on Turkey Meatloaf. The juice can be used for a cooking liquid for vegetables. Just drain into a pot and bring to a boil. Then add vegetables. **

Thanks to Constance Kern for the idea.