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Thanksgiving menu?

I'm looking for diffrent things to have for Thanksgiving. If your hosting T-day this year whats on your menu? If your going to eat at someone elses house, what are you bringing?

 

Re: Thanksgiving menu?

  • Good post! I need to work on my menu this weekend!
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  • I'm not exactly sure what we'll be having yet, but we do go very heavy on the veggie sides. Besides the staples of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy and rolls, we always have butternut squash puree, roasted beets and fresh cranberry relish. The other sides get switched up every year, but its often things like asparagus, corn casserole, green beans, broccoli, glazed carrots, etc. I like to try out a new dish or  two every year.

     

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  • Turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, macaroni and cheese, and rolls.  Not sure what I'm doing for dessert this year.  I'm sick of the typical pies.
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  • DH and I usually manage to make it to both of our family's Thanksgiving dinners within about four hours and with an hour drive in between it doesn't give me a lot of options of stuff to bring (that and my in-laws make so much food as it is!).  Last year I made a cinnamon apple cheesecake that went over well, so I might be trying that again.  And it's definitely an alternative to pie (and so easy!) :)
  • I'm going elsewhere, but I'm taking:

    Rolls http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/11/pw_dinner_rolls_-_no_kneading_required/

    Sweet potato or butternut squash something... haven't decided yet. 

    And probably a Jack Daniels Cake. 

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  • We haven't decided if we will go to my mom's or not. If we do, I will bring corn salad, cornbread casserole, and maybe bacon wrapped greenbeans.

    If I do it at home I will have all the staples, but with 2 stuffings/gravys, giblet and non giblet. I think I will try and make a sweet potato casserole for the first time, (if you have a recipe I would love it). I will also make cornbread casserole, corn salad, greenbean casserole, and here is where I need more ideas!

    My dessert will most likely come from Publix!

  • imageLeg de Nico:

    I'm going elsewhere, but I'm taking:

    Rolls http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/11/pw_dinner_rolls_-_no_kneading_required/

    Sweet potato or butternut squash something... haven't decided yet. 

    And probably a Jack Daniels Cake. 

    I just looked at those rolls, and I think even I could do them! I've never thought about making rolls before, but I just might try them! Thanks!

  • My hubs is making the Alton Brown turkey... it is seriously, s'good!

    As for sides, I usually do a green bean casserole, broc and cheese casserole, rolls, mashed potatoes. I watching Giada at home today and I plan on making pumpkin and goat cheese risotto and this yummy roasted pear/walnut salad. I would like to do the turkey she did as well but we will see. It was cut up and covered in cranberry orange glaze.  

    For desserts, I am doing my Grandma's apple pie and maybe a pecan pie. Yum yum! 

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  • We celebrate at H's parents in NC but I will be making my nana's stuffing. 

    It is basically 2 bags of pepperidge farm stuffing (the cubed kind and the regular dressing kind), mixed with ground beef with onions.  It is so good, I can eat it for a whole meal.  I can't have thanksgiving without it.  :)

  • We are hosting for the second year but this year we have everyone bring a dish to help since I have less energy now and I can't stand up for hours on end right now.  We do everything homemade so we will have the turkey, giblet gravy, mashed red potatoes, bourbon glazed carrots, corn bread, biscuits, stuffing (doing a different recipe this year with apples and chestnuts), cranberry sauce (Mom is making), green bean casserole (SIL is making), pumpkin brownies, triple threat cookies (peanut butter/oatmeal/chocolate chip in one), apple pie (Mom is making).  FYI we are doing some modifications to lower salt content and with the exception of cornbread we have no corn products because of Mom's allergies.
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