Turkey Day

I suspect many people in my family are still working on all those turkey leftovers. Yum! My parent’s kitchen in Covina smelled amazing. The air was heavy with the aroma of fresh rosemary. I imagined the turkey skin turning crispy inside the oven.

Gobble Gobble

I also made fresh lumpia for my family. I made traditional rolls with ground beef. I also fried up a batch with ground turkey, mushrooms and water chestnuts. Some liked those better than the traditional beef lumpia. Neat.

The next morning, I added a fried egg to the turkey leftovers.
Turkey and fried egg sandwich

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Lumpia

Thanksgiving 2009

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I had to work on Thanksgiving. I knew I had no energy or patience to cook after producing a 3-hour show. So, we decided to save our Thanksgiving cooking/feast for Saturday.

8 Hours Later

On our menu: Rosemary Sausage and Chicken. I found the recipe in our Cuisinart Slow Cooker Recipe book. (The book came with the Slow Cooker). The veggies, sausage, chicken, chicken stock and wine simmered inside the Slow Cooker for 8 hours.
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