Wednesday before Thanksgiving is usually the biggest travel day of the year in the U.S.
I hope everyone travels safe, and before Black Friday, make sure you read my Italy Gift Guide (and comment to win a limited edition Illy caffe’ tin) from yesterday to take advantage of the on and offline specials.
And what about me? I’ll be celebrating on Friday instead of tomorrow. This morning I am going to my macellaia (butcher) to inspect the turkey, to see if it’s a tacchinone (huge turkey) and if it will fit in my oven!
If you’re still looking for some last-minute inspiration for dishes or desserts, or already planning what to do after leftovers….Here’s my short contribution. You can find all of my recipes here.
Why not take some of those leftovers and stuff them!
Stuff them in a savoury tart like this one:
Stuff them in an eggplant:
Stuff them in mushrooms:
or toss leftover vegetables with some pasta and fresh pesto:
Then, when you conveniently still have room for dessert:
Make the very popular Sweet, Fried Balls of Ricotta
or lighten up with Baked Honey Pears with Ricotta Cream
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Some other Thanksgiving recipe round-ups:
- Blog Her’s HUGE roundup of holiday meal recipes from around the blogosphere
- Smitten Kitchen’s Q&A and Recipes
- Simply Recipes Thanksgiving Planning
- The Pioneer Woman Cooks – Thanksgiving category
Oh yes! I’ll be heading to the airport myself, we’ll see how that goes :) I’m already bracing for the traffic, tight security and delays. Yummy recipes! Happy Italian Thanksgiving to you :)
Yay for Thanksgiving, even if it’s one day late!!