Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving long weekend came and went.  It was a low key holiday for us this year since we only saw one side of the family.  Nonetheless, I had to made a turkey!  Any excuse available, I like to have a turkey in the house!  There are so many possibilities!  I made it for the Saturday and we had dinner ready for the next three days!

I got a $20 turkey!  ($1.99 / pound at Metro and I got the second last one for that deal!!!)  We got one Thanksgiving feast out of it, hot turkey sandwiches (twice), two pot pies and soup!  Now that was a bargain!  It was the fist time I bough a regular turkey, as in not pre-basted, and it turned out very moist, though I noticed one side of it was more thoroughly cooked than the other, and I did turn it occasionally.  I think- gasp!- my oven is acting up!

This is the recipe I use for my pot pie, thought I use some homemade stock and half and half cream instead of the canned soup.
http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/grams-chicken-pot-pie-108134.aspx
I've prepared it and it's sitting in the fridge waiting to get popped into the oven.  It's a busy day so I had to plan ahead.  Very looking forward to these left-overs!

Turkey pot pie just out of the oven.