a peek inside the fishbowl

… a recap of a Canadian Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving day! (With links to recipes, of course.)

This was our menu:

To snack (trying to keep it relatively healthy):

– edamame
– spicy almonds
– cold shrimp and zesty cocktail sauce

For dinner:

– oven-roasted turkey and stuffing
– sourdough bread
– make-ahead mashed potatoes (it made too much for us, so we’re going to make the leftovers into patties tonight.)
– Porter and Tori Spelling’s bacon-wrapped green beans (this one is a keeper)
– Vanessa’s easy buttery carrots and turnips (see her comment in my previous post)
– corn
– maple/apple cranberry green salad (based on this awesome recipe)

For dessert:

– apple crisp with toffee sauce *drool* This is one of my favourite recipes. The sauce is TO DIE FOR.

Filling:
½ cup white sugar
¼ cup all purpose flour
½ tbsp cinnamon
¼ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp salt
1 cup light cream
1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
8 apples, peeled, cored and sliced into wedges

Topping:
1 ½ cups flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp salt
¾ cup cold butter

Toffee Sauce:
1 c. packed brown sugar
½ c. butter
½ c. light cream

Preheat oven to 350F. In large bowl, combine sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Gradually add in cream and lemon juice. Toss in apples, then spoon into buttered 9 x 13 baking dish.

Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Cut butter in until mixture is crumbly. Spread over apples and pat down lightly. Bake for 45 minutes.

Prepare toffee sauce by combining ingredients in a saucepan and stirring over low heat until sugar dissolves. Simmer until sauce thickens.

Serve warm apple crisp with vanilla ice cream and toffee sauce. Do no think about how many calories you’re consuming. Serves 10-12.

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It’s always a Happy Thanksgiving when there’s good food involved, isn’t it? Hope you had a good one!