WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

Breakfast
Cereal with banana and milk
Coffee
(I just realized every single item in my breakfast was organic. Cool!)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28

Breakfast
Poppyseed bagel with neufchatel cheese
White grapefruit (Regional: grapefruit.)

Lunch
Leftover turkey soup (Local: turkey, green beans, escarole, carrots, tomatoes, homemade egg noodles.)
Salad (Local: lettuce, tomato, radishes.)

Snack
Oat, corn, and wheat porridge with chopped apple (Local: porridge, apple.)

Dinner (sort of)
Slice of pumpkin cheesecake
Rooibos tea

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26

Breakfast
Life cereal with banana and milk (Regional: organic milk.)

Lunch
Leftovers (see Thanksgiving)

Dinner
Turkey soup (Local: turkey, green beans, escarole, carrots, tomatoes, homemade egg noodles.)
Parker House rolls (leftover)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24

Brunch
Pear bread pudding (Local: leftover eggnog, bread. Regional: butter.)
Morningstar Farms vegetarian sausage
Organic cran-raspberry juice

Dinner
Leftovers!

THANKSGIVING (belatedly!)

Appetizers
Deviled eggs (Local: eggs, pickles. Regional: mayonnaise, mustard.)
Brawn on crackers (Local: homemade brawn. Regional: mustard.)
Cheese and chutney on baguette slices (Local: homemade green tomato and apple chutney, bread. Regional: cheddar cheese.)
Eggnog (Local: eggs. Regional: milk, cream, sugar, bourbon.)

Dinner
Bourbon Red turkey (Local: turkey, sage, marjoram, parsley. Regional: unrefined cane sugar, butter.)
Mashed potatoes (Organic but not local: potatoes. Regional: butter, milk.)
Gravy (Local: turkey broth, wine.)
Sweet potatoes tossed in butter and Indian spices (Local: sweet potatoes. Regional: butter.)
Steamed green beans (Local: beans. Regional: butter.)
Cornbread and white bread stuffing (Local: cornmeal, white bread, onions, giblets and giblet broth, parsley, sage, marjoram. Regional: butter.)
Salad (Local: lettuce, radishes, tomatoes, Vidalia onion dressing.)
Cranberry relish
Parker House rolls
Blueberry wine (Local)
Persimmon Hill Seyval Blanc white wine (Local)
Pumpkin pie (Local: pumpkin, eggs. Regional: sugar.)
Apple pie (Local: apples. Regional: sugar.)
Whipped cream (Regional: cream.)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22

Brunch
Migas (Local: eggs, cilantro, tomatoes, homemade salsa. Regional: cheddar cheese.)
Black beans
Flour tortillas
Fresh orange juice (Regional: Navel and Red Navel oranges.)

Snack
White pizza on storebought crust (Local: basil.)

Dinner
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21

Lunch
Pasties (Local: turnips, potatoes. Regional: butter, white flour.)
Salad (Local: lettuce, tomatoes, Vidalia onion dressing.)
Pumpkin-cranberry muffins (leftover) from Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland (Local: pumpkin, honey, white flour.)

Dinner
Catfish stew from Time-Life Foods of the World: American Cooking: Southern Style (Local: catfish, tomatoes, homemade hot sauce.)
Butternut squash (Local: squash. Regional: butter.)
Cornbread from Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone (Local: cornmeal, eggs, whole wheat flour, honey. Regional: white flour, butter.)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19

Brunch
Cornmeal waffles (Local: cornmeal, eggs. Regional: white flour, sugar.)
Coffee

Snack
Flour tortilla with pinto beans and homemade salsa (Local: salsa.)

Dinner
Toad-in-the-hole (Local: eggs, homemade breakfast sausages. Regional: organic milk, flour.)
Mashed rutabaga (Local: rutabaga. Regional: butter.)
Salad (Local: lettuce, tomato.)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18

Brunch
Waffles (Local: whole wheat flour, eggs. Regional: raspberry syrup, white flour, sugar, organic milk.)
Coffee

Snack
Homemade ginger-green tea ice milk (Regional: sugar, organic milk.)

Dinner
Out

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17

Breakfast
Cereal with milk (Regional: milk.)
White grapefruit (Regional: grapefruit.)
Coffee

Lunch
Red Lentil Soup from Vegetarian Times (Local: tomatoes, cilantro.)

Dinner
Sauteed baby escarole with garlic (Local: escarole)
Half a PBJ (Partly local: pear-citrus marmalade)
Apple (Local: apple.)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16

Breakfast
Slice of apple pie (Local: apples. Regional: flour, sugar.)
Coffee

Lunch
Scrambled eggs with chard, tomatoes, and feta cheese (Local: eggs, chard, tomatoes, oregano.)

Dinner
Red Lentil Soup from Vegetarian Times (Local: tomatoes, cilantro.)
Moussaka (leftover) from Time-Life Foods of the World: Middle Eastern Cooking (Local: tomatoes, onions, eggs. Regional: organic milk, eggplant.)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15

Breakfast
Slice of apple pie (Local: apples. Regional: flour, sugar.)
Coffee

Lunch
Chilled Cucumber Soup (leftover) from Too Many Tomatoes, Squash, Beans, and Other Good Things: A Cookbook for When Your Garden Explodes (Local: cucumbers in the broth [but not the fresh one grated in at the end], onions, chicken broth. Regional: sour cream.)

Snack
A couple of Hobnobs

Dinner
Creamed Turkey (Local: turkey, parsley. Regional: milk.)
Homemade Egg Noodles from The Fannie Farmer Cookbook (Local: eggs. Regional: flour.)
Radish and Cucumber Salad from Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland (Local: radishes, green onions. Regional: organic milk used in yogurt.)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14

Breakfast
Pumpkin-Cranberry Muffins from Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland (Local: eggs, honey, pumpkin. Regional: flour, sugar, organic milk.)
Coffee

Lunch
Chilled Cucumber Soup (leftover) from Too Many Tomatoes, Squash, Beans, and Other Good Things: A Cookbook for When Your Garden Explodes (Local: cucumbers in the broth [but not the fresh one grated in at the end], onions, chicken broth. Regional: sour cream.)
Half turkey sandwich (Local: turkey, lettuce, tomato, pickle. Regional: mayonnaise, wheat bread.)

Snack
French bread with pecan chevre (Local: pecan chevre. Regional: bread.)

Dinner
(Extremely ad hoc because the s.o. was at a meeting and I was testing recipes)
Radish and Cucumber Salad from Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland (Local: radishes, green onions. Regional: organic milk used in yogurt.)
Slice of apple pie (Local: apples. Regional: flour, sugar.)