| Thanksgiving has always been a major holiday for my family. I have the best memories of cooking for two or three days before Thursday, planning weeks ahead for half a dozen or so recipes. We had an A-Frame house that had stairs in the middle, so each year Dad put a huge piece of plywood on top of the cedar-sided railing, and our upstairs was transformed into a buffet. The plywood was dressed with a tablecloth, plates, napkins, punch, several kinds of cookies, bread sticks, cheese dips, crackers, and a selection of appetizers that varied each Thanksgiving. These turkey puffs are my mom's favorite of all those recipes, and this is the first year that I made them in our home. Happy Thanksgiving. | |
| Turkey Salad Mixture Dressing 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup olive oil 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar 2 tsp grated ginger 4 cloves garlic, pressed 1 lime, zested 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes Whisk together the dressing ingredients in a large bowl. Filling 1 1/2 lbs left over turkey, diced 2/3 cup dried apricots, diced 1/2 cup celery, diced 1/2 a small onion, diced 1 small red pepper, diced 2 tbls finely chopped pecans, toasted Add the filling ingredients to the large bowl with dressing and fold together until well-mixed. Taste for salt and pepper and place in refrigerator while you prepare puffs. Stir pecans into turkey mixture right before you load puffs. | Cream Puffs 2 1/2 cup water 1 1/2 cup butter 1/2 tsp salt 2 1/2 cup flour 10 eggs
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