One of my aunts has always done a fusion Indian & American holiday menu (I’ve only eaten it once) – turkey is rubbed with masala (sometimes tandoori, sometimes other, sometimes mainstream American), roast potatoes are tossed with chaat masala, and so on. The older immigrant generation around their table enjoyed that boost of spices and flavors that brought a bit of home to an unfamiliar feast. (Me, I’m used to the mostly plain vanilla New England Thanksgiving I’ve been partaking of for a few decades; I save the twists for apps or other meals.)
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I feel your pain, I had pink eye last month with whatever that was that I had.
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Just a simple meat sauce using pork mince, bechamel and Grana Padano. Really cheap and easy actually, just time consuming.
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Pounded out chicken thighs pan fried in a spicy panko, egg noodles and the last of the purple cabbage.
Tomorrow starts turkey prep, spatchcocking (?) and 24 hour dry brine. Gingerbread and apple pie to make.
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Thank you 
Sorry to hear that you are feeling yuck. Possible to enlist others to do the heavy lifting around Thanksgiving dinner prep? Fingers crossed that you’ll feel better soonest.
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Will there be coquito instead of egg nog?
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Lawdy. Hope it passes quickly. The one time I had pink-eye in both eyes in my 20s it was a month long affair, if not longer.
Hi there! Every day is a little better, but I do often have moments that remind me I am still in recovery and not 100%. We have a wood pellet stove and I am still medically forbidden from filling it (bucket is too heavy to clear me currently). But, I have been lifting groceries and my enameled cast iron Dutch oven with wild abandon, so I have that going for me! The boneless turkey breast and single turkey drumstick I have planned for our Thanksgiving group of three comes in at just under 8lbs. Depending on the total weight once other ingredients are in the pan, BF may need to lift it in and out of the oven. But I really do feel a lot better! Thanks for checking in!
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Not the best looking chicken quarters tonight. Lemon oregano rosemary and garlic marinade.
Masala Mac & Cheese, using up some stelline and orechiette .
I made my usual bechamel with some assorted cheddar cheese scraps n the fridge , then stirred in some Sharwood’s Madras sauce. 1.5 cups of milk: around 3/4 cup grated cheese: 1/2 cup of Madras sauce : around 1 cup of small dry pasta. I don’t tend to cook more than one cup of small dry pasta at a time because we have a small fridge so I keep carby leftovers to a minimum.
Topped with a Havarti blend . Would do it again.
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I was supposed to meet up with my gal pals after a few weeks hiatus, but the weather and various ailments killed that plan.
Instead, we had our buddy over for takeout sushi and another horror flick on the big screen.
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You always order the best looking sushi! It looks very fresh.
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Thank you. We’re very lucky to have a good sushi place out in the boonies.
I do wish they had a larger selection of fish. They were out of our beloved fluke yesterday FLUUUUKE… I AM YOUR FATHER (sorry, couldn’t help myself), so we got escolar instead. We still have sashimi leftover bc as usual I over ordered 
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That’s torture for someone who can only get fair-to-middlin’ at best, sushi in these parts. Looking at that with an appreciative eye.
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I don’t drink either. Not big on cream-based drinks. But I do make a wicked egg nog for everyone else.
You got your hair cut and no scallops?! 
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So sorry. Hope you feel better soon. 
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I made “nachos” for the friend whom I’m staying with and myself. I used quotation marks because I start with a chili con carne that I throw in all sorts of vegetables that no one in their right mind would use. In this batch I used chopped lotus root and eggplant! And the “carne” is chopped chicken thighs!
Below what’s visible on top is chopped lettuce and melted cheese (the cheese which is visible unfortunately didn’t melt.) I topped the “nachos” with Greek yogurt as sour cream is very expensive here.
Thankfully Greek yogurt is not too difficult to find these days, but didn’t exist in Japan at all until 5 years ago or so. My friend likes my extremely gringo (sorry if that’s not PC these days) and I do, too so that’s what’s important to me.
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I can totally relate to Justin. We usually have a hybrid Korean – western Thanksgiving, but this is the first time that my brother has asked me to bring cranberry sauce. I’m making it as we speak
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Feel better!!
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