Yum on the turkey and dressing. Our local supermarket has fresh rotisserie
turkey breast daily. I think about dressing every time I go by there.

After a trip to the Tennessee mountains, I had a craving for some good,
fattening Southern comfort food. I made smothered steak, mashed potatoes,
and fresh snap beans with little red potatoes.

I was feeling lazy, so I used a breading of flour with seasoned salt. I
breaded and browned 4 cubed steaks in a very small amount of oil, then
drained the oil. I added a cup of beef broth, threw in some onions sliced
into rings, covered and slow simmered for about 45 min. I removed the meat
and thickened the gravy with a cornstarch/water mixture. Surprisingly, the
cubed steak was very tender and tasty. Plenty of gravy for the potatoes.
I topped this off with homemade cornbread. Now all I have to do is learn
to eat grits and play the banjo :).

I ate at a friend's house recently and she served a dish of green beans
cooked with cranberries. It's a combo I never would have thought to cook
together. It was awesome!

Weather here: Thunderstorms, torrential rain, hot, hot, hot, with double
humidity. Absolutely miserable. The heat and humidity usually lasts until
January.

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"Hope everyone is happy in your head - we're all doin' pretty good in mine."
--Unknown

"Nexis" <nexis1@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Had a strange craving for turkey. My daughter has spent the last 45
> minutes telling me how it is not Thanksgiving, as if I couldn't figure
> that out on my own! lol It was relatively cool here today, so I figured,
> why not?
>
> Rather than make a whole bird, I bought a 1/2 breast and a couple thighs.
> Threw together a quick bread dressing (wheat bread, onions, celery,
> butter, egg, chicken stock, poultry seasoning, rosemary, and lots of black
> pepper), and laid the meat atop and put it in the oven. Took the other 2
> thighs and set them to simmering with some onion and celery and stock for
> gravy.
>
> Figuring on making green beans with shallots and some smashed yukons to
> round it out.
>
> What did you have...and what was your weather like today?
>
> kimberly
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> totally my bathing suit"