Fresh Food Challenge - The Results

Yesterday we enjoyed what I think was one of the best Thanksgiving dinners I have ever cooked.  Was it because the ingredients were all fresh and organic,or just coincidence?  Either way I felt better knowing that I was cooking with the best ingredients that I could find locally. My daughter helped chop and made the stuffing  while we listened to a variety of music - Neil Diamond, Patsy Cline, and the Eagles. We had a great day of cooking and eating and quality family time.

Getting ready for a morning of cooking

The menu:  Roast turkey with stuffing, roasted butternut squash, cream cheese mashed potatoes, green beans with caramelized onions, wild rice, cranberry sauce, and apple crisp for dessert.

The ingredients:

Organic free range turkey - Beretta Organic Farms
Cranberries - Johnson's Cranberry Marsh
Potatoes - Whole Foods Organic
Celery - Whole Foods Organic
Onions - Whole Foods Organic
Green Beans - Whole Circle Farm
Butternut Squash - Whole Circle Farm
Wild Rice - Not organic
Bread - De La Terre Bakery
McIntosh Apples - Whole Foods Organic
Flour -  Oak Manor Organic
Oats - Oak Manor Organic
Sage & Thyme - from my garden (organic)
Butter - Organic Meadow
Cream Cheese - Organic Meadow
Sour Cream - Organic Meadow
Sugar - non organic
Red Wine - Southbrook Connect Organic

All in all I think I did pretty well with this challenge. The only two ingredients that were not organic were the wild rice and the sugar (next time they will be).  I have to confess the turkey was fairly expensive compared to frozen non-organic supermarket fare, but well worth the extra cost health wise and taste wise. Same with the butter.

Looks good enough to eat!

And today.. the leftovers.  Yum.