Me and My Smart Ideas

My project this last year was to move most of my recipes to my Pinterest account.  Gone is most of the collection of old magazines, files and clippings.  I am still in the process of scanning anything I could not find online.  Heaven help me if my Internet fails and I want to cook, LOL.

So now that I am preparing my Thanksgiving menu, I am looking for recipes.  First I gave each of my dinner guests the opportunity to vote for what they wanted to eat.  And then I decided what I would cook. 

I chose to make the roasted butternut squash soup (done and in the freezer), but thought I would check the recipe for the chestnut soup that I had not made in quite some time.  And then I couldn't find it.  I looked through everything I have until I remembered Pinterest.  Yes, there it was online.

I plan to make the chutney today and need to run out to the grocer's for some apricots, but I decided to line up the rest of my recipes while I was searching.  How was it I had shown a stuffing in an old menu (I save all of them), but could not find a recipe?  Not even in Pinterest.  A Google search located it.  I am sure it is someplace at home I didn't look, like a cookbook, but I spent quite a bit of time sorting through stuff.  Again.

Anyway, my menu is set.  I think.  You just never know when I will change my mind. 

Baked Brie en croute w Fig jam

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup w Pumpkin Butter

Deconstructed Roast Turkey ala Julia and Jacques

Sausage, Chestnut& Fennel Dressing
Potato-Fennel Gratin w sweet potato puree
Brussels Sprouts w caramelized shallots and pancetta
Cipollini Onions
Brandied Cranberry Chutney
Romaine salad w pear and pomegranate
Honey mustard and maple dressing

Black Forest Cake

Pumpkin Mascarpone Pie

Happy cooking!