Recipe - Christmas Lite Menu

LITE MASHED POTATOES
One fourth cup Plain yogurt
1 One half cup Mashed potatoes

RED CABBAGE & CRANBERRIES
1 md Red cabbage
12 ounce Fresh cranberries
1 cup Water
One fourth cup Red wine vinegar
2 tablespoon Brown sugar
1 tablespoon Lemon juice
One half teaspoon Cloves

12 ounce FESTIVE PEAS

LITE STUFFING

FRUITY CHRISTMAS BASKETS

LITE ROASTED POTATOES

1 TURKEY

LITE GRAVY
Pan juices
10 Ice cubes
1 cup Chicken broth + 3 tb
One fourth cup Flour

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Mash potatoes, stir in yogurt. Serve hot. Season with salt & pepper to
taste.

Wash and shred cabbage. In a large skillet, toss cabbage with fresh
cranberries. Combine remaining ingredients in measuring cup and pour over
cabbage. Simmer until just soft. Refrigerate and reheat at serving time.

Stir cook 4 cups peas with shallots and One half chopped red pepper.

Stuffing has celery, onion, apricots, cooked ham, chicken broth cooked a
day ahead in the oven.

Baskets are meringues cooked ahead, filled with fresh fruit and topped with
vanilla custard sauce (like Pavlova).

Roasted potatoes peel, rub with oil, sprinkle with rosemary. Roast in
separate pan until golden and soft. Serve hot

Gravy Stir 10 ice cubes into the pan juices. When they have congealed
with fat, remove from pan. In a jar with a lid (or blender) shake together
broth and flour until smooth. Over medium heat whisk this mixture into the
defatted pan juices. Continue whisking until smooth and thick. Cook,
stirring often for 5 minutes. Serve hot.