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mistressofmuses) wrote2023-11-23 10:56 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2023-11-23 10:56 pm
Food day!
Today was pretty good. Mellow, which is my preference for holidays.
Mom is in New Mexico (and grandma had dialysis today, so I think they'll be doing their minor celebrating tomorrow.)
Went over to Taylor's last night, and we played through a bit more of Final Fantasy XIV. Also weirdly had a more productive writing night than I've had (on actual fiction!) all month... except not on anything that I was supposed to be working on, of course.
Last night Taylor and I made cranberry sauce, but decided that was about all that we wanted to make ahead of time.
This morning we washed and chopped the stuff that needed washing and chopping - potatoes, onions, celery, sweet potatoes. Alex came over (later than initially intended, but not too late) with the rest of the stuff, and we did our cooking.
Everything was really good this year!
We just did a turkey breast, since a whole turkey would be way too much. Contrary to EVERY SINGLE EXPERIENCE EVER that I have had with cooking turkey... it was done right at the minimum suggested cook time, which meant that nothing else was ready, because we were anticipating needing a lot more for the turkey, lol.
Alex made the green bean casserole - the pretty classic kind, because we like it.
The mashed potatoes turned out really well this year. I used a "recipe"/advice that I saw go around on tumblr, about not draining the water, and also about cooking some of the potatoes very lightly in butter before boiling the rest. They turned out really well and had great flavor and texture even before adding butter and milk.
I also baked sweet potatoes with brown sugar.
And also pretty basic stovetop stuffing.
Alex crashed right after we ate and slept on the couch for a few hours. Taylor and I watched some video essays.
Now it's snowing and very cold and I'm dreading my commute to work.
Mom is in New Mexico (and grandma had dialysis today, so I think they'll be doing their minor celebrating tomorrow.)
Went over to Taylor's last night, and we played through a bit more of Final Fantasy XIV. Also weirdly had a more productive writing night than I've had (on actual fiction!) all month... except not on anything that I was supposed to be working on, of course.
Last night Taylor and I made cranberry sauce, but decided that was about all that we wanted to make ahead of time.
This morning we washed and chopped the stuff that needed washing and chopping - potatoes, onions, celery, sweet potatoes. Alex came over (later than initially intended, but not too late) with the rest of the stuff, and we did our cooking.
Everything was really good this year!
We just did a turkey breast, since a whole turkey would be way too much. Contrary to EVERY SINGLE EXPERIENCE EVER that I have had with cooking turkey... it was done right at the minimum suggested cook time, which meant that nothing else was ready, because we were anticipating needing a lot more for the turkey, lol.
Alex made the green bean casserole - the pretty classic kind, because we like it.
The mashed potatoes turned out really well this year. I used a "recipe"/advice that I saw go around on tumblr, about not draining the water, and also about cooking some of the potatoes very lightly in butter before boiling the rest. They turned out really well and had great flavor and texture even before adding butter and milk.
I also baked sweet potatoes with brown sugar.
And also pretty basic stovetop stuffing.
Alex crashed right after we ate and slept on the couch for a few hours. Taylor and I watched some video essays.
Now it's snowing and very cold and I'm dreading my commute to work.
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Cooking a few of the potatoes with some olive oil, garlic, and any other seasonings you want should work well! The texture of the potatoes was really excellent even before adding any dairy stuff, so a little bit of the milk substitute of choice should go a long way!
For the sweet potatoes, I'm sure olive oil would work as well. Sesame oil + brown sugar sounds delicious to me! Or, if you want something that still skews a bit sweeter, you could try something like coconut oil. (I haven't used it, but I see it as a suggested substitute in some recipes. Idk about how available it is, since here I think it only got easier to find when it got trendy, lol.)
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Ooh, I would love coconut oil. DH doesn't really like coconut though. I'd have to try it and see how much you could taste the coconut in the final flavour. Some other kind of nut oil might work though. Hazlenut sounds good :)
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