Happy Thanksgiving from western NC! Very non trad meal...

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3. Salmon sounds WONDERFUL

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Just 2 here for the 'feast' so it's streamlined. Daughter not fond of roast turkey, so I do a turkey breast in the slow cooker with green enchilada sauce, extra roasted green chilies, some extra sauteed onions, cumin, garlic, Mexican oregano. Cooked some black beans to have with sweet potatoes and salsa, apple crisp (no pie dough) for dessert. Daughter makes a pate and we have cheeses for munchies all day.

Started the turkey in green sauce a few years back when daughter was still in Tucson. She always volunteered to 'run the barn' and take care of the horses so the ranch hands could have the day off. When husband & I retired to the area, I did the roast turkey the day before thanksgiving for a more traditional dinner for 2, then packed up the camp stove, sliced turkey, green sauce, tortillas, sweet potato & black beans for an outdoor picnic dinner with daughter and 8 horses. No TV, just fresh air, birds, lizards, savory food, and a beautiful setting looking out toward the Catalina Mountains.