Down Home Kitchen

It’s hard to imagine a sandwich or burger without good old-fashioned mayonnaise. However,  there’s the appeal of mustard, especially since a tablespoon of mayo will set you back at least 110 calories.  This condiment is full of fat and calories and even the light mayo has 50 calories a tablespoon. Mustard, brings along just as much flavor with a fraction of the calories. One tablespoon of yellow mustard contains 11 calories, and it comes in several varieties, including brown, yellow and honey Dijon.

This is good to serve on a cold day, with crusty bread………..
2 T olive oil

1/2 c. finley diced onion

1/2 c. finely diced turnip

1/2 c. finely diced carrot

2 t. mince garlic

4 c. veg. or chicken stock or canned broth

1.4 c. tomato paste

3 c roasted plum tomatoes with cooking juices

1/4 c. chop fresh basil leaves

1/4 c. chop fresh parsley

Heat oil in lg. saucepan over med. heat, saute onion, turnip,carrot & garlic till soft.  Stir in stock/broth, tomato paste and tomatoes with jusices, cover bring to boil, reduce heat, simmer 30 min.  Stir in basil and parsley, serve in soup bowls.

To Roast Tomatoes:

Pre-heat oven to 325*F.  Cut 24 lg. ripe plum tomatoes in half, crosswise.  Place on lg. roasting pan, drizzle with 2 T. olive oil, sprinkle 1 T. chop basil & 1 T. oregano.  Roast for 45 min., let cool remove skins and cores, & coarsely chop flesh.

   As you can tell this is all that’s left of my pecan pie……..I know that if I get a taste of it I will have to eat one………maybe two pieces….

There’s another story to this as well………….the evening I was baking the pies……….sad but true,……..I dropped one as I was taking it out of the oven…….right in the floor………so, I only had one left……..talking about a few choice words……..I was so mad……….and my feelings were hurt……because my spouse laughed at me………….then I was really mad…… 

Well, as you can tell ………there was plenty of food…..  ….front and center was my dressing……..right next to it on the right sliced turkey and then just to the right of the turkey, Mom’s sliced ham……..above the dressing…….is green onions…..the creamed potatoes and to the right of them is the sweet potatoes, topped with melted, marshmallows……….over on the left is some dishes that my sister left covered that she brought, they kept getting cold for some reason………..Above the potatoes were her deviled eggs and banana pudding, which you can’t see, because they are covered…….too………. she was supposed to bring a fruit salad, which she forgot……..

Oh I kept my giblet gravy on the stove……..since there wasn’t enough room for it on the table and was able to re-heat it ever so often and keep it warm…… 

Hope all of you had a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving…….

Need I say more……..

16 oz. fresh cranberries, rinsed

2 c. granulated sugar

1/2 c. water

1/2 c. orange jusice

1 T. chopped ginger

grated zest of 1 orange

Combine all ingredients in saucepan.  Cook over med. heat till berries pop open, about 10 min.  Remove from heat skim over surface foam and discrd.  Cool and serve, can be kept in refrigerator  up to 3 mon.