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simmer…

16 Thursday Oct 2025

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I started soup on Tuesday afternoon and let it simmer for hours…

while that was happening, I also made a batch of mashed potatoes for the frozen dinners I was preparing from some of the leftovers…

we had these containers that were divided into three sections, so I decided to use them…

mashed potatoes went into each and then, turnip and peas and carrots into another spot… chicken, stuffing and cranberry sauce went into the final spot…

once more gravy was made, it was frozen and then fit in on top of the potatoes… all three meals have gone into the freezer for another day…

once we had soup for supper three containers were packaged up, two went into the fridge for the next few days and one went into the freezer…

nice to have a few meals ready for nights when I can’t think of what to have;-)…

thawing…

26 Tuesday Dec 2023

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I found out in the morning on Christmas Eve that we were going to have lunch on Christmas Day between trips my grandson was making between his various family clans;-)…

it was a quick trip to the freezer to pull out a beautiful chicken and get it thawing… I had been planning on a Cornish hen, with all the fixings, so it wasn’t a lot more to do to cook the chicken;-)…

a turnip was peeled, cut, boiled (so that the water would be available for the chicken gravy), and mashed…

mashed potatoes were also prepared and put into the fridge which helps with making a resistant starch…

stuffing was made and packaged, ready to go into the chicken…

took most of the day to thaw the chicken, lol, but it was ready for the oven in time…

everything turned out beautifully and we had a delicious Christmas lunch…

possibly a new tradition;-)…

ingredient…

24 Saturday Dec 2022

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my dad insisted on turnip water to make the gravy… felt it added just the right flavour… so I cook turnips for every holiday meal, lol… and I’ve also passed along the need for this important ingredient to others;-)…

of course when I ordered the turnip I got two good sized ones, lol…

happily I was able to give one to a friend…

I peeled and cut up the other one and after boiling it, saved the water for gravy, and mashed it up…

had a bowlful and put some away to go with Sunday’s dinner;-)…

gravy…

02 Tuesday Mar 2021

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one of my go to foods is chicken leg with back on, or leg and thigh as I call it…

last night I baked the chicken and warmed up some frozen mashed potatoes…

the treat was gravy with mushrooms and garlic…

I was pleased with both the gravy and the potatoes… it was the first time I had frozen and then thawed them…

this is going to be a game changer as I can now make a good size batch of mashed potatoes and freeze them in single meal sizes…

yum…

roaster…

27 Tuesday Dec 2016

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cooked the turkey in my mom and dad’s WearEver roasting pan… 

it must be fifty years old because they had it when I was a kid… looked it up online and noticed that it was called vintage, lol… I can still see my dad lifting it out of the oven with whatever delectable food was inside it… 

that, along with their WearEver knife set, which hangs in the kitchen, and never get used, were treasured family possessions…

haven’t used the pan for a few years as the turkeys have been small and have fit nicely in my enamel roaster…

this turkey was a bit bigger so needed the larger container…

it does produce the most beautiful gravy… a lovely rich brown colour, even though there aren’t lots of bits stuck to the bottom of the pan… also makes the best nuts and bolts…

George had written our last name on the side for when we took it elsewhere doing catering… it was lovely to see his handwriting…

made me think of all the dinners we have cooked during our life together…

wonderful memories…