thanksgiving planning

So the Thanksgiving Menu is complete and I'd like to take this opportunity to plug Paprika 3 app if you were a fan of Pepperplate. It has a recipe browser powered by google and so far can download almost any recipe anywhere.

So, the planned menu for Child and I (subject to change by ingredient missing, laziness):
Brined Whole Turkey
Baked Spiral Cut Ham
Apricot Glaze with Herb Butter
Green Bean Casserole with Bacon and Gruyere
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Sweet Potato Casserole
Baked Parmesan Cream Corn
Pea Salad
World's Best Key Lime Pie
Cranberry-Orange Sauce

Yeah, at least two of the side dishes won't make it, but I can make them this weekend to go with the leftover turkey. That's part of the fun of Thanksgiving; the leftovers and the cooking of other dishes to go with the leftovers.

The only one that's really new to me is the Baked Parmesan Cream Corn; the turkey and glaze are my standard favorites to make, the pie I used to make a lot, pea salad is standard in my family, the ham just need to be warmed, and the rest are fancy variations on common dishes I've made or helped make. The biggest problem has been hunting down some of the ingredients, the last delivery of which is coming this morning along with both cooking milk and drinking milk and eating butter (as opposed to cooking butter). We do no blur lines during Thanksgiving.

Though I am kind of sulky that Mill King milk is not available right now. Mill King is state-local (though yeah Texas is a big state) and is pasteurized but is not homogenized so it's overall slightly heavier than standard milk and cream floats in it and tends to gather on the sides and on top. The first time I got it, Child was horrified--it looked bad! Floating bits!--but hands-down it makes the best hot chocolate and chocolate milk you can imagine. Just rich enough but not too heavy and doesn't throw the balance off like cream or half-and-half do if you add them (unless you're one of those people who's really good at mixing them).

Last grocery order should be delivered soon. I should probably get ready for that.

Comments

[katkun]

World’s best key lime pie? Recipe please?

[seperis]

You know why it's world's best? IT IS SO EASY. Except the squeezing key limes part.

1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup key lime juice
1 16 oz package of frozen whipped topping thawed
1 10 inch graham cracker pie crust

In large bowl, mix condensed milk and lime juice. Fold in whiped topping and mix until smooth. Pour mix into crust and refrigerate for an hour

[katkun]

Thank you!

[misbegotten]

I'm intrigued by the creamed corn. Let us know how it works out!

[seperis]

Everything I cook I'll post the recipes to. I'm looking forward to that one too; it's not hard but I do not have a relationship wih creamed corn outside corn pudding so this will be Very New.

[archaeologist_d]

I LOVE key lime pie but for me Thanksgiving is always pumpkin pie. Be sure and post a photo of the pie, please.

[the_shoshanna]

That menu looks amazing, but really I'm just commenting to say yes, Paprika is a fabulous app!

[seperis]

Seriously, I didn't expect to find anything that worked for me like Pepperplate, but this one? Even better.

The only thing I really wish for is the ability to add meals to a day without specifying breakfast/lunch/dinner and to be able to enter text in the meal planner like 'Gattis Pizza" or 'Leftovers" or "Mom's" etc so I can see on the calendar which days really don't have meals planned. Right now I just use my spreadsheet for actual meal planning, but it would be so much more convenient to use the app.

[silverflight8]

The app you mention, does it load ads? I've become so annoyed (SO ANNOYED) by never ending intrusive ads on recipe blogs on my phone that I've resorted to literally writing out recipes on paper so I don't have to look at them. I like the convenience of being able to look up a recipe and have it all there but dear god, I can't deal with the ads anymore

[seperis]

It doesn't, but it's also a paid app. I almost always buy apps now because of ads.

[silverflight8]

That's entirely fair.

I pay money to spotify monthly and consider it a very good bargain, honestly.

[seperis]

Then I'll say Paprika is worth twice what I paid. The google-based recipe browser alone...it's ten times better than pepperplate, I haven't found a page it couldn't get a recipe from. The only thing I didn't like was there wasn't a web interface so it's easier to do mass editing, but I do have a large tablet now.

Paprika also has the option of getting the Windows program to interface with it and add more functionality. I kept meaning to do the free trial, but with COVID happening, it hasn't come up. I love it.