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I don't know about the rest of you, but the last week has been a total blur for me. An office move, making a non-traditional Thanksgiving dinner for 12 and all the things that go with those have kept me busy.
Due to me going vegan and my crazy dietary restrictions I decided to serve Indian food for thanksgiving. For a family of carnivores that loves their meat, potatoes and gravy it went amazingly well.
The menu was fairly simple. Crudités with homemade hummus was laid out as guests were arriving. We chose a simple moscato wine to have, and served it chilled, but not ice cold. For the starter we had a spicy lentil dahl with papadom and naan. Then, a buffet style meal of jasmine rice, gobi mutter, chana masala, veggie korma, corn, a simple cole slaw and for the carnivores, chicken biryani and tandoori chicken.
All of the recipes for the meal can be found on my Thanksgiving Pinterest board, except the cole slaw. I've included a recipe for it below.
If you live in Central Pennsyltucky and have no idea where to get some of the Indian ingredients or spices, Hampden Grocer carries all of it. As an added bonus, the owner is friendly and helpful!
Yes, we did still have pie. Minion #2 helped make an apple pie, and there was pumpkin and my famous pecan pie as well.
Dawn's Simple Cole Slaw
Serves 12
1/2 head of green cabbage, sliced thin
1/2 head of red cabbage, sliced thin
large handful of baby carrots, diced, matchstick, or tossed in a food processor
1 medium cucumber
rice vinegar
olive oil
pepper
Slice your cabbages and carrots and toss them together, mixing them thoroughly. Add vinegar and oil to taste. You want to taste the mixture, but not leave a lake of it at the bottom of your bowl. Add just enough to coat the veggies. Add a good bit of black pepper. You want to give it just a bit of a bite. Slice the cucumber in thin rounds and top the slaw with it.
P.S. I did make all the food up a day ahead of time with my wonderful Sister In Law. She and I cooked for 6 hours straight to get everything ready so I wouldn't have to be on my feet from the crack of Dawn (no pun intended) on Thanksgiving. I doubt there are words to say how nice it was to have the help, but it was truly wonderful and a lot of fun!
The menu was fairly simple. Crudités with homemade hummus was laid out as guests were arriving. We chose a simple moscato wine to have, and served it chilled, but not ice cold. For the starter we had a spicy lentil dahl with papadom and naan. Then, a buffet style meal of jasmine rice, gobi mutter, chana masala, veggie korma, corn, a simple cole slaw and for the carnivores, chicken biryani and tandoori chicken.
All of the recipes for the meal can be found on my Thanksgiving Pinterest board, except the cole slaw. I've included a recipe for it below.
If you live in Central Pennsyltucky and have no idea where to get some of the Indian ingredients or spices, Hampden Grocer carries all of it. As an added bonus, the owner is friendly and helpful!
Yes, we did still have pie. Minion #2 helped make an apple pie, and there was pumpkin and my famous pecan pie as well.
Dawn's Simple Cole Slaw
Serves 12
1/2 head of green cabbage, sliced thin
1/2 head of red cabbage, sliced thin
large handful of baby carrots, diced, matchstick, or tossed in a food processor
1 medium cucumber
rice vinegar
olive oil
pepper
Slice your cabbages and carrots and toss them together, mixing them thoroughly. Add vinegar and oil to taste. You want to taste the mixture, but not leave a lake of it at the bottom of your bowl. Add just enough to coat the veggies. Add a good bit of black pepper. You want to give it just a bit of a bite. Slice the cucumber in thin rounds and top the slaw with it.
P.S. I did make all the food up a day ahead of time with my wonderful Sister In Law. She and I cooked for 6 hours straight to get everything ready so I wouldn't have to be on my feet from the crack of Dawn (no pun intended) on Thanksgiving. I doubt there are words to say how nice it was to have the help, but it was truly wonderful and a lot of fun!
Your table looks beautiful! I love table decorating for the holidays. This year my oldest was old enough for me to teach him how to do the place settings :) I also think that non-traditional thanksgivings are great, I often go outside the box. Plus since I can't eat gluten anymore we had a very different thanksgiving than our normal carb based meals. Growing up my cousin was vegan so when we went over for Thanksgiving my aunt made a African peanut stew, that to this day is one of my favorite dishes. It is so yummy :)
The stew sounds awesome, something I'd definitely try.
I had a blast doing up the tables and making dinner with my SIL. The whole family had fun trying something different, and I hope it's the start of let's see what we can make that we ALL can eat for the holidays.