…or at least the little mishaps that make them all such wonderful memories.
I may or may not have cooked the Turkey WITH the bag of giblets in it once. And there was the Thanksgiving that I sliced open my finger while carving yet another innocent bird. Blood everywhere.
Unlike many people we just have a teeny tiny family to manage over the holidays. There are not mass gatherings ….though there were in the past and I enjoyed them all. All those parties helped me learn what sort of dips and sides I liked. Now my mom HAS to make the Broccoli, Cheese and Rice casserole …..it is carved in stone.
We also now co-cook the big dinner with my mom. We do it all on Christmas Eve so we can all live in our pj’s then next day.
Last weekend we had a fun Tenants Turkey Dinner, which my mom helped prepare. I was chatting with one of my neighbours about how Campbell’s soups are a cornerstone of so many of our recipes. I always make sure I have broth and various cream soups in my cupboard as my go-to’s for sauce starters.
Or Christmas dinner when that turkey doesn’t work out.
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If you have a houseful of guests, this selection will keep em happy while you beat out fires with wet towels or try to breathe moisture into an over cooked and dry bird.
Who doesn’t love soup and crackers! 🙂 The package includes some fun ideas!
Pepperidge Farm® Cracker Chips – Fill a bowl with these and no one will notice that dinner’s late!
The bold flavour and crunch of a chip, baked into a wholesome cracker, will leave guests satisfied with these yummy snacks while you scramble to get dinner on the table. Five whole grains, delicious ingredients like savoury real garlic and 60% less fat than 20g of the leading potato chip, your guests can indulge without the guilt!
Campbell’s® Ready to Use Broth – Brings flavour to dishes and helps prevent dry conversation.
While there’s no guarantee that all of Uncle Wayne’s jokes will be winners, your Classic Holiday Stuffing will be! Campbell’s Ready to Use Chicken Broth adds a mouth full of flavour to your holiday meals, with a simple pour straight from the box.
Campbell’s® Condensed Soup – The perfect foundation for classic recipes (that even your mother-in-law will love).
So you burned the turkey last year – who didn’t!? It’s time to redeem yourself. Campbell’s Condensed Soup is “Step 1” in a variety of great recipes, including fan (and in-law) favourite Ultra Creamy Mashed Potatoes. Start with great flavours, plus a glass of wine for the chef, and you’ll be sure to satisfy even the fussiest guests.
Pepperidge Farm® Cookies – Put your foot in your mouth? Your guests would prefer these.
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- Remove foot from mouth
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Goldfish® Chocolate Grahams – Not a master baker? Throw some of these in a bowl!
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It was our first time roasting the chicken in this new rotisserie we had received. We had a faulty egg timer and didn’t know it at the time. So needless to say in the midst of prepping other meals and decorating the poor chicken got burnt to a crisp. Luckily we had enough dishes to serve everyone and someone was already bringing over a turkey.
No pizza but I must admit I don’t like my parent’s cooking so I convinced them 2 years in a row to get Chinese food! It was great while it lasted!
No pizza but we eat before going to the inlays as they don’t cook with my kids allergies in mind!
we had a family dinner with 17 people. of course, as most gathers do, ours ended up around the kitchen counter while I was pulling out the turkey. started cutting it and it was far from cooked while all other items were ready to be served. yum – microwaved turkey anyone?
Never ended up ordering anything for Christmas supper.
No pizza but we we’re minus a turkey one year when the dog dragged it off the counter!
no pizza but have ordered Chinese food one Christmas when my mothers in law dogs (2) dragged it off to a counter and eat most of it
no never ending up order any take out for christmas, but my sisters pumkin pie was almost a disaster she forgot to add sugar to it but we doctored it up before anyone noticed
No pizza ordering but I did leave the paper towels in the cavity of the turkey once , my sister pulled them out with the stuffing – oops! We all had a good laugh about that one.
YES!! A couple years ago I made my first turkey for a whole lotta family. I wanted it to be perfect so I tried bringing it. I’m not sure where I went wrong but the thing was cooked but tasted raw and so weird. I was so embarrassed.
my first time making a turkey I cooked it upside down which was okay but I forgot to turn the stove on!
auggh..Chinese tasted wonderful
never ordered pizza but there’s no shame in it. Some people prefer to spend the holidays alone, by choice
One year my mom was making Fresh Cranberry sauce in the blender with the lid off. It was everywhere. On the ceiling, on the cupboards.
I’ve never ordered pizza on Christmas but it sure is tempting! All that prepping, cooking, cleaning can get tiresome!
I have burnt the turkey on more than one occasion. Pizza is an ok replacement.
Our family is blessed with wonderful cooks and we have never had to order pizza.
We have never ordered anything or gone to a restaurant for Christmas dinner.
Never ordered pizza for Christmas Dinner but had to order Chinese Food at Easter. I have a turkey ready to go in the oven and my oven gave out.
We’ve never ordered pizza for Christmas. I guess we’ve been lucky so far! Last year however, my aunt was going to bring a turkey for Christmas and she had it outside in an old fridge. The dog found the raw turkey and ate most of it! My aunt was busy calling around to see where she could get a turkey and a local restaurant sold her one. It was great tasting turkey!
We’ve only done one Christmas so not yet!
I do remember one thanksgiving growing up that was turkey TV dinners due to a move. We were young and thought it was awesome!
No pizza – we are pretty lucky. There was one year my sister in law cooked the turkey and didn’t allow enough time to cook it so it was still when we went to eat. So we had to make due without it and eat the turkey later on on its own!
I often do order pizza on Christmas because I own a business and am very busy during Christmas so yes…haha I have ordered pizza before!
I made a chocolate cake for my Christmas dinner dessert. It was my first attempt at making a cake from scratch. The cake felt like it weighed 5 pounds and ended up being so dry and hard that it wasn’t edible. I had to get an emergency cake from the grocery store and frost it.
We ordered in Pizza one christmas for dinner 😛