Christmas Menu

Tomorrow we're planning on eating the following:

turkey, which is brining overnight

mashed potatoes with roasted garlic, olive oil, butter, salt, pepper, and rosemary (cooked this evening ahead of time)

carrot soufflé, which I prepped tonight and will bake tomorrow

chicken and sausage gumbo with rice, which Jonathan made yesterday

fried okra (using okra left over after making the gumbo)

collards

and for dessert, three kinds of cookies:

lactation cookies, not because I need the milk supply yet -- just because they're yummy.

praline cookies: a little something I came up with. Pillsbury cut'n'bake sugar cookie dough + praline pecans on top.

and snickerdoodles our neighbor gave us.

(I'm still trying to decide on one more side dish: corn roasted grits. I'll probably end up making it, though.)