Thanksgiving: Pandagrub edition

Today we are introducing a new panda -- he is from Chengdu, Sichuan Province in China!  My daddy just brought him over from China last week.  Since Sichuan is the home of many spicy hot foods, I decided to name him Spicy!  Isn't he cute?  He came just in time to discover American Thanksgiving!

Got leftover fruit or vegetables? Well here's what you do with them. First get some sprayable glue and different color glitter. Then roll the glitter onto the fruits and vegetables.  

 As a warm welcoming to guests you can make some warm apple cider. First add 2 cinnamon sticks, one tablespoon of cloves,and a quarter cup of brown sugar to a crockpot or slow-cooker. Then add a gallon of apple juice and some orange slices. Set crockpot or slow-cooker on low and serve.

 For Thanksgiving Spicy also made stuffed acorn squash. Inside the stuffed acorn squash is: sausage and  apples. For the full recipe click here.

We also made dry-brined turkey. My mom used to do a wet brine but she stopped doing that a few years ago because when I was three years old, I almost fell into the brining bucket and drowned.  Anyway, dry brining is much easier.  Spicy is very excited for Thanksgiving! For the turkey recipe click here

This is the stuffing. The stuffing has 10 cups of bread, 2 pints of mushrooms, onions, 2 sticks of butter,a cup of turkey stock, giblets from the turkey, 2 eggs, and salt and pepper.

In the picture above are a nice green salad and a cranberry and orange relish. I cooked the relish all by myself.

Here is Spicy's Thanksgiving feast. The boy in the background is my brother, Jason.   Right behind the golden spaghetti squash, you can see the delicious pumpkin thyme rolls.  They are so good.  Here's the recipe.  Also -- my uncle brought deviled eggs which are my most favorite food in the world.  You can also see some meatballs to the right of the photo and also some kimchee (which my cousin made from scratch from homegrown red peppers).  (We are part Korean so we must have kimchee and rice!) We also had some mashed potatoes -- which my mom placed in the oven to stay warm and then forgot about.  Luckily, she remembered them before we were done with dinner.

For dessert Spicy is having a pumpkin cake with cream cheese filling and a slice of pumpkin pie.

THE DAY AFTER.........

What can you make with Thanksgiving leftovers? Well the answer is simple. Make STUFFED BREAD for the ultimate Thanksgiving sandwich!!!!!  Inside the bread is turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, and cranberry relish.

Yum!


HAPPY THANKSGIVING!