My Thanksgiving Menu

I remember the first turkey I made for Thanksgiving.  I listened to Alton Brown and did not cover my turkey with foil.  Big mistake, two hours into cooking my bird, the skin started to burn but it was no where near cooked.  I freaked out and called my friend  and she told me to cover it with foil.  He also said that the bird will cook in less than the time that it needed to cook.  It took forever to cook, a few hours more than what he said would need! My turkey came out amazing though!   The meat was juicy because I put herbs butter between the meat and skin before cooking it.  I stuffed the chicken with rosemary, thymes and tarragon.  I also stuffed it with carrots, quartered onions, and celery.

I like to remove the breasts and cut it into thick slices instead of the thin slices that some people like.

I also cut the thighs into chunks, this is much easier to transport with then bringing the whole turkey to my dad's place.

I love collard green and in keeping with the theme, I bought a smoked turkey wing to cook the collard green with.

 I did not make stuffing this year, I made my tomato cobbler instead.  What is thanksgiving without mashed potatoes and mac and cheese? So I made tons of those so there will be left over.  To lighten up everything, I also made cole slaw. I used Heinz Beef gravy, they are absolutely delicious. Besides I don't really know how to make it from scratch and there were already so much to do. Yum!