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Thanksgiving menu?
What is everyone having for Thanksgiving? What type of apps/snacks are you having. Anyone have any awesome recipes? I'm hosting Thanksgiving this year and I'm trying to make my menu.
I am kinda nervous, this is the first year I will have EVERYONE at my house.
Re: Thanksgiving menu?
We're going to GMILs this year.
I'm bringing, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, mac and cheese, and spiced pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.
Sweet potatoes are always done classic, boil 1 sweet potato per person put into a casserole dish hot, peeled and smashed, add a stick of butter (less if you have less than 10 sweet potatoes) add light brown sugar to taste and top with a whole bag of mini marshmallows bake at 350 until the marshmallows are golden brown. YUM!
This for cupcakes
http://annies-eats.com/2010/10/20/spiced-pumpkin-cupcakes/
So far I have......
Cheese, sausage and cracker tray
Relish tray
lil' smokies in bbq sauce
deviled eggs
corn salad
Turkey
Ham
Stuffing, giblet and regular, Gravy giblet and regular
Mashed potatos
sweet potato casserol
cornbread casserol
cranberry sauce. (the canned kind, I know but I love it)
apple pie, pumpkin pie and blueberry cream cheese pie.
Rolls
I almost forgot my DD requested Mac n cheese.
ShaynaS79@aol.com Thanks!!
I forgot about the green bean casserole, that is my favorite!
Appetizers -
Cheese/Sausage/Crackers
Veggie Tray w/ Onion & Chive Dip
Black Bean Salsa (black beans, tomatoes, white shoe peg corn, cilantro, green onions, olive oil, lemon juice) w/ Tostitos
Red Chili Pepper Dip & Pretzels/Crackers
Mimosas and Bloody Marys
Dinner -
Ham
Turkey
Sweet Potato Pie
Mashed Potatoes & Gravey
Stuffing
Corn Cake
Ambrosia Salad
Cranberry Sauce
Green Bean Casserole
Caramel Turtle Cheesecake
Apple Pie
I'm pretty sure we're going to have FAR too much food, since now that I've been shopping DH's family decided they aren't coming after all. I'll be eating left overs forever.
The black bean salsa sounds amazing!!
H and I are going to the in-laws. I'm contributing: Roasted Garlic, Butternut Squash and Apple Soup and a pumpkin pie.
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Appetizers are
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Stuffed-Celery-2/Detail.aspx and this http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Holiday-Cranberry-Chutney/Detail.aspx served over cream cheese with crackers, along with veggie and cheese and olive platter.
Then turkey with stuffing - MIL makes the stuffing, H won't let me make it unless I make it exactly her way, so I just have her make it. Same goes for the sweet potato casserole. And she'll do the mashed potatos because mine aren't as good since I skimp on the butter and cream from guilt.
This is my side dish http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Green-Bean-and-Mushroom-Medley/Detail.aspx with some yellow squash added at the end since it's on sale. I also can't imagine Thanksgiving without coleslaw so I'll do that.
for desert http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Apple-Pie-by-Grandma-Ople/Detail.aspx best apple pie recipe ever. and traditional Libbys pumpkin pie.
And I'm making White Sangria Punch. SUPAH excited! I just finished it, it's marinating. I chopped pineapple, nectarine, and apple and it's sitting with passion nectar, pinot grigio and Absolut Mango. Also orange pineapple juice. When it goes in the punch bowl Thursday I will add champagne. Yum!
I want Sangria Punch!!!!! It sound yummy! If I did not have a bunch of kids I would so make it!
We have 19 people (13 adults, 6 kids) for Thanksgiving:
Appetizers
Cut veggies with hummus
Toasted flatbread with spinach dip
Deviled eggs
Main Course
Ham
Turkey with Giblet Gravy
Green Beans with garlic
Squash Casserole
Homemade Stuffing (2 kinds probably - vegetarian and non-vegetarian)
Maple Whiskey Glazed Carrots
Spicy Grilled Corn
Mashed Potatoes
Homemade Applesauce
Homemade Cranberry Relish
Desserts
Grandma is baking 5 pies
SIL is making cookies