I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year, I know I did. I spent days preparing and cooked until my shoulders felt like they were going to fall off! We had a great time with my parents in from Houston, my in-laws (we were at their lake house), and 2 of their friends they met in Seoul that currently live in Houston!
I prepared a wonderfully juicy free range and organic bird that I basted often with herb butter.
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 18-25 min
Serves: 6 Large muffins, or 12 small muffins
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 C. Whole wheat white four
- 3/4 C. Corn meal
- 1/4 C. Sugar
- 2 tsp. Baking powder
- 1 tsp. Sea salt
- 1 TBS Fresh rosemary, chopped finely
- 1 TBS Fresh thyme, chopped finely
- 1 C. Skim milk
- 1/4 C. Canola oil
- 1 Egg, beaten
Instructions:
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Combine all dry ingredients and sift well.
- Add milk, oil, and egg into dry mixture and stir just until dry ingredients are moist.
- Grease muffin tin(s) and divid mixture evenly among tins, not filling too high (about half way or 3/4 of the way).
- Bake until golden and test with a wooden tooth pick, when it come out clean, they are done.
I used this recipe for my stuffing, I made about 12 muffins 1-2 days before Thanksgiving. I crumbled them roughly and left them out in a pan to get a little hardened. I did the same with a loaf of french baguette and mixed them together to prep for my stuffing.
Stuffing Prep
Homemade Giblet Gravy
Completely unprocessed green bean casserole (even the french fried onions are homemade)
Outside of the bird stuffing
My mother in-law made a great pumpkin curry dish!
Ginger loves the lake, she especially loves chasing the deer…
Best Pecan Pie in the WORLD by my mother-in-law
Mom’s helping out in the kitchen
Evan Carving the Bird
Turkey Talk 🙂
Hope you all enjoyed your holiday!
Wow, what a magnificent spread. So special that you got to celebrate with your folks and your in-laws too! What a magnificent house and your turkey looks so juicy and delicious.
🙂 Mandy
Thanks Mandy! It was such a nice time and I’m STILL full 🙂 They do have a fantastic home, it’s always a treat to visit!
Wow, that all looks amazing. The bird and the pies are simply perfect and everything else is too.
Thanks! It all was fantastic, it’s good we don’t eat like this everyday! 😉 I hope you had a great trip!
uuuummmm. that looks like one tasty bird!
Thanks! It was one happy and tasty bird indeed! 🙂
Gorgeous bird, for one! And all of the side dishes sound fantastic. Looks like you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family. 🙂
Thanks Caroline 🙂 we had a great time! It never lasts long enough… I love your pumpkin dessert, looks so good and cute in those jars!
What can I say, it was absolutely delicious! And I’m not just saying that because I’m your dad!
Thanks Dad! Surrrre 😉 I must say it was the best bird I’ve ever had! 🙂
that turkey looks scrummy – and what a lovely setting 🙂
Thanks Tandy! it was perfect 🙂
Looks like a fantastic holiday meal! Congrats on a totally unprocessed Thanksgiving–that’s a big accomplishment!
Thanks Caroline, it was quite proud… I’ve never done it ALL from scratch so it was A LOT of work!!! But all well worth it 🙂
I can vouch for the cornbread. The Rosemary really adds a tasty kick! A lot of times cornbread is too bland for me but I could eat these over and over.
Thanks Handog! I don’t think I want cornbread any other way now, well other than your awesome crawfish cornbread… 🙂
What a lovely Thanksgiving meal you had; I am sure you had a blast!;)
Love the cornbread, it just looks to tempting, sitting there 😀
Thanks! I eat wayyy to much of this stuff when I make it 😉
Aaaaaaah, pecan pie! Oh my God 😀 The cornbread sounds fab – I wish that was a common thing to eat in Europe. Seriously – hot cornbread with butter… it’s like, the stuff dreams are made of!
The pecan pie is so amazing! I agree with you on the cornbread and butter I could eat that as a meal!