How I roasted my first Thanksgiving Turkey

We have a family tradition of having roasted chicken and fries every weekend for a late lunch/ early dinner. So I am familiar with roasting when it comes to smaller birds. However, I always cook my whole chicken in a mixture of spices, herbs and vegetables which give it its aroma and yummy taste before I put it in the oven for a quick roast just to give it the golden brown sheen and crunchy skin. Since a 17 lbs turkey was nowhere close to fitting into any of pans, cooking it first in an aromatic sauce was not an option. So I was worried about how to make the blunt turkey meat delicious.

Crème caramel flan

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp butter (to butter the ramekins)
• 1/2 orange zest
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup granulated sugar (to make caramel)
• 2 tsp freshly squeezed orange juice (to flavor the caramel) 
• 6 cups milk

• 2 cups

Eggplant Pasta

Ingredients:

• 1 Medium Eggplant
• 2 onions finely diced
• 2 garlic gloves fined chopped
• 2 tomatoes diced
• 6 oz of spaghetti noodles (I used whole grain)
• 2-3 tbsp of dried basil
• Salt to taste
• Cheese of your choice

Preparation:

Chocolate Caramel Delux

1. Caramel:

• 2 14 oz cans sweetened condensed milk (I only used 1 1/2 cans worth of caramel)

 2. Chocolate Cake:

• 1/2 cup 100% unsweetened cocoa  powder
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 2/3 cup shortening
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 2 oranges zest
• 1 lemon zest
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/3 cups butter milk

Homemade Pizza in 30 minutes!!

INGREDIENTS>> Toppings

• 1 medium onion
• 1/2 orange pepper
• 1/2 yellow pepper
• 1/2 red pepper
• 1 zucchini
• 2 tomatoes
• 1/2 lbs of fresh spinach
• turkey pepperoni
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 cup shredded mozarella 
• 2 tbsp extra virgin  olive oil
• thyme

INGREDIENTS>> Dough

Flour Tortillas

Ingredients:

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• pinch salt
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup warm water
• 6 tbsp vegetable oil
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Preparation:

Hot Oven-Baked Chicken Wings

     My husband LOVES chicken wings and I, well, I started liking them as well.  Yes, I was not a big fan of chicken wings at first because I did not find it appealing to eat fried chicken with its skin still on. However, everything changed the day I asked my husband that next time he craved chicken wings to buy them raw instead of stopping by the local buffalo wings sports bar's take-out. Needless to say, the next day he came back from work with 3 lbs. of raw chicken wings. 

    To my surprise and more importantly to my husband's astonishment my first

Peanut butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

INGREDIENTS

• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 stick butter (4 oz)
• 6 Tbsp peanut butter
• 2 Tbsp milk
• 2 Cups All purpose flour
• 2 cups oats
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1.5 cups chocolate chips

PREPARATION: