Chinese Style Mushrooms, Stir-Fried Vermicelli Noodles, and Instant Pillsbury Biscuits
And for the rest of the Thanksgiving Day meal, my mom made the following:
Mushrooms with Carrots
Rice Vermicelli Noodles
Unfortunately I do not have the recipes for the above two dishes, but at least you can see what else I have eaten at home!
Pillsbury Instant Fat Free Biscuits
I did not have the time to make biscuits from scratch as I had already baked a Pumpkin Cheesecake and a Poundcake which I will feature later. I wasn’t quite sure if my relatives were opened on having biscuits, so I thought instant was the best way to go. At 350 degrees, bake it for about 15 minutes and you will have soft and delicious biscuits that is not salty at all, which was what I experienced in the past.
The Thanksgiving Day Feast
Anyways, I hope you have enjoyed your Thanksgiving day meal and I cannot wait to hear about yours!
Until next time,
<3 FCG
Irish Mash Potatoes
Irish Mash Potatoes
Irish Mash Potatoes
How can you having a Thanksgiving meal without mash potatoes? I LOVE potatoes with all my heart and this is the only time of the year that I actualy make it. This recipe is very simple and the key is to keep it simple.
Ingredients:
- 1 lb of Yukon Gold Potatoes (Brown Potatoes)
- 1 stick of unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- Salt and Pepper
- McCormick’s Garlic Herb Seasoning
Instructions:
- Boil potatoes for about 35-40 minutes or until soft.
- Once cooked put it in a strainer and run it under cold water so you can peel the skin.
- Put the peeled potatoes into the pot and mash it.
- Under low-medium heat, add butter, some salt and pepper, and a cup of full fat milk to the potatoes and mix it.
- Add the garlic herb seasoning if you want for enhanced taste to your potatoes.
- Cover the lid and wait for it to cook for about a minute and then serve.
Oh so delicious! It is definitely well seasoned and very soft to my liking. The potatoes will be a big problem if it is too watery and the remedy for that is to cook it longer. I would recommend you to taste it before serving to see if it’s salted enough. You can use the gravy for the turkey for this as well and it will taste incredible. I have used this easy recipe last year and the years before that and I have never been disappointed!
Until next time,
<3 FCG
FCG’s Thanksgiving Day Feast – Back to Basics: Perfect Roast Turkey
Thanksgiving Day is the only day where I cook for my whole family, which includes all the aunts, uncles, and cousins that live on the other floors of my house. This will be my 4th year continuing on with this tradition and I always look forward to it even though I am not much of a chef. The years before that my immediate family and I would just order a $40 dollar roasted turkey from a Chinese restaurant and we would have that with rice and other dishes that we make. I have to admit that Chinese restaurants can make one hell of a roasted chicken, but not this big turkey bird. It always seems to be too dry and flavorless and I end up finishing the gravy that comes with it. I mean like, how healthy can that be? And that is why I roast my own bird!
Perfect Roast Turkey w/Spanish Rub
Before this big day, my friend and I took a trip to Bed, Bath and Beyond and picked up this:
