Turkey a la King

I had never made Turkey a la King before.

I don't know why I've never made it, maybe because there was always plenty of gravy to make turkey biscuit pie or turkey and rice or turkey and dumplings????

Whatever the reason, his head or his shoes, He stood there on Christmas Eve, hating the Whos...

OOOOPS!!!!

Wrong story!

Back to Sunday! My son-in-law Jon loves turkey a la king and this year they can't go to Minnesota for the holidays, so I wanted to do something just nice for him. He's such a good, caring man.

He loved it! Homemade biscuits and homemade cream sauce, and he was so happy! :) And that was the best part of all, seeing Jon smile.

And making fun of him, just a little!!!

So this is the recipe and it was super easy:

Turkey a la King

4 cups cubed turkey
2 cups mixed veggies


For sauce:
1 stick butter, melted
1/2 cup flour
3 cups chicken broth
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup milk
salt and pepper to taste, a dash of nutmeg works well here, too, if desired.

Melt butter, mix with flour to make "roux" then whisk in chicken broth. Heat to thicken. Add milk and cream and seasoning. Heat. Add turkey and veggies. Heat over medium heat, stirring so bottom doesn't burn, just long enough to heat everything through.

I made homemade biscuits to go with this, but egg noodles are wonderful... or croissants, or packaged biscuits. Honestly, the sauce was so delightfully delicious, no one will care what form of carb-crazy deliciousness you serve this on, they'll just eat too much and be grateful!

And for the first time in several years (I am so ashamed to admit this!!!) I actually had my act together enough to have the Advent wreath ready for the first Sunday of Advent... It's simple and sweet, the way I like Advent to be. A time of cool stillness, waiting...

Simple food, simple times, simple faith....

And another cute kid!

Do you love the shirtless child in late November? :)

And here is what the Turkey ala King looked like since my camera was giving me agita while I worked this week! And I'm not even Italian!!!

And Grandpa bought Vanilla Holiday Nog for the kids.... He is now their favorite, which doesn't seem fair, right? Since I'm the cooker and baker and story teller? One jug of deliciousness upped his status exponentially!

Kids are easily bought! But I did save them a big box from Kohls so they can turn it into a ROCKET SHIP!!!!!

Because you can never have too many rocket ships!

Ruth Logan Herne loves the holidays, she goes a little wild with twinkle lights and loves egg nog, she bakes way too many cookies and then eats them, and then can't fit into her jeans.... But she shares cookies, too, so that makes it mostly all right! You can find her hawking her books and sharing her joy on facebook or stop by her website and blog to see what's going on... She loves company, and coffee. When the two are mixed together, everyone's happy!