Thanksgiving Day Menu--what's on yours?

[Laurie]

Our menu has not changed much through the years. Before my grandmother died she made the entire meal--for the past 20 years we've all been kicking in. We are pretty hefter eaters in our family!

Here's our menu:

Turkey
dressing AND stuffing with sage and sausage
mashed potatoes and gravy
green bean casserole
sweet and sour red cabbage with bacon
baked sweet potatoes
squash
cranberry in the can still looking like the can in the bowl (very important it looks like this for some reason lol!)
fruit fluff (orange jello with ice cream and mandarin oranges)
rolls and croissants

pumpkin squares
chocolate mousse pie
pecan pie

Lisa was always in charge of the relish tray at all family get togethers--we no longer have one to honor her missing from our table.

How bout the rest of you?!

 

[Milo10]

Heres ours:

Turkey
Stuffing
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
Sweet Potatoes
Green Bean Cassorole
Corn
Hawian Rolls

Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin roll
Apple Pie

 

[Zompter]

I'm not sure what's going to be completely on ours. But I will be making the following to bring.

Cranberry and Wallnut Rolls
Pecan Pie
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Green Bean Casserole

Got a lot of these ideas from Everyday food magazine. Always seem to have good and semi-healthy recipes in them.

 

[ticklechin]

Deep fried cajun turkey
corn bread, poblano and sausage dressing
hot crab dip with garlic rounds
habanero, apple and cranberry sauce
asparagus with garlic aioli
pecan pie

 

[mishalaa]

We're going to Cracker Barrel. :dance3:

 

[RDZCRanch]

First we have appetizers for during the day

Ruffled Potato Chips
Preztels
French Onion Dip
Veggie Platter + Ranch Dressing

Then the actual dinner around 3pm or 4pm...

Smoked Turkey
Oven Roasted Turkey
Stuffing
Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
Mixed Vegetables
Candy Yams
Green Bean Casserole
Cranberry Sauce Mix

Then dessert!

Pumpkin Pie
Lemon Meringue Pie

 

[lauralynne]

Baked Turkey
Fried Turkey
Ham
Regular Stuffing
Cornbread Stuffing
Mashed Potatoes
Cheesy Potatoes
Corn
Green Bean Casserole
Sweet Potatoes
Homemade Mac-n-Cheese
Rolls

Pumpkin, Pecan, and Apple Pies
Hello Dollies
Candy Bar Cake

I better start fasting now....

 

[momenteller]

I'm a little food obsessed and love to cook so Thanksgiving is my very favorite holiday! I do the turkey differently every year. This year I'm doing an apple cider brined and glazed turkey. Also usually make a whole cranberry sauce that everyone agrees is really yummy but no one has room for! So this year I'm making the cranberries as an appetizer.

Cranberry salsa over cream cheese w/crackers
Shrimp cocktail

Turkey
Mashed potatoes and chardonnay gravy
Butterscotch yams
Green bean casserole
Sourdough stuffing with carmelized onions and bacon
Croissants
Pumpkin pie

I usually make an apple pie too but I'm trying to downsize since its just our little family of four this year! Hopefully everyone will be too full to miss it.

 

[CJR]

We're going to Cracker Barrel. :dance3:

Me too... because I work there. :cry3:

 

[Stackie]

I have to squeeze 3 Thanksgiving meals into 5 hours. How I love having a separated family.....it's more stressful than anything, trying to please everyone. If you don't stay long enough at one or don't eat enough, they get offended and you feel bad. *sigh*

We are smoking a garlic butter injected turkey to bring to Phil's side of Thanksgiving. All I know is I'm eating tons of green bean casserole..it's my favorite )

 

[Essentia]

I'm having some Asian stuff. I was going to be cooking the traditional stuff but a friend asked us to come to his house, and he's doing some asian feast thing. In other words I have absolutely no idea what we will be eating. lol

 

[Chub_Chub]

I haven't tried Cracker Barrel's dinner, but I can vouch for the dinner at Mimi's Cafe! Delicious and good size portions. This year we are doing the Safeway dinner box meal thingy, so whatever that comes with. As long as mashed taters and pie is included, I'm happy.

 

[Melissa]

I will be dining at my best friends mothers house in Edgewater. Im not sure what we will be eating but I know Im bringing Sweet Potato Casserole, Corn Bread, and wine. I may do a chocolate moouse pie if I can figure out how to keep it cool for the 4 hour ride.

 

[addictedtochins]

Cranberry salsa over cream cheese w/crackers

I LOVE cranberry salsa, do you have a recipe?

 

[momenteller]

But of course! Its a friend's recipe, so I can't personally vouch yet, but she raved about it!

Cranberry Salsa with Cream Cheese

1 - 12-ounce bag or 3 cups fresh cranberries, rinsed and drained

1/4 cup minced green onions
2 small (approximately 2 tablespoons) jalapeños cored seeded and minced
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves, minced
2 tablespoons finely-grated fresh ginger
2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice
2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese
Cranberries and/or cilantro sprigs for garnish

Rinse, drain, and pick over cranberries, (discarding all that are soft or bruised). Place them in a food processor; pulse until finely chopped but not mushy.

Place crushed cranberries in a bowl; mix together with green onions, jalapeno peppers, sugar, cilantro leaves, ginger, and lemon juice. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours so flavors develop*(salsa will be too sharp and tart to begin with).

On a serving plate, place cream cheese; cover with the dip. Garnish, if desired, and served with crackers.

 

[Annieo]

My family already celebrated last Saturday as my brother is divorced and depending on where his week with my nephew falls is when we get together (Christmas was on 12/31 last year )

We had a very traditional mid-day dinner:

oven roasted turkey
scalloped potatoes
peas and carrots
stuffing
gravy
canned and fresh cranberries
crescent rolls (for me)

Dessert was chocolates from:
Croatia
Italy
Belgium
Switzerland
Hungary

We love our chocolate

 

[sheltiefan]

Our family has a big get together out in the country where everyone brings something different. There are like 50+ people there.
This year I have been "begged" by my nefews to bring Chicken Tetrazini So thats what Im doing.

 

[3CsMommy]

Turkey (14 pounds... the smallest they had!)
Ham
Mashed Potatoes
Gravy
Stuffing/dressing/filling (My mother's recipe, but baked in muffin tins. Portion control!)
Baked sweet potatoes w/ butter and cinnamon (one of my father's favorites)
Steamed Green Beans (b/c my mother won't eat greenbean casserole w/ cream of mushroom soup and my roommates won't eat it with cream of celery soup, so to heck with them!)
Steamed Snap Peas (the demon child loves these)
Sweet Corn Pudding (disgusting, but a roommate likes it and isn't making me cook it)
Waldorf Salad
Pumpkin pie from scratch (the pumpkin is baking right now)
Wine, assorted juices for the kids, pop/soda/coke

And then, theoretically at least, we'll be seeing a movie so I'll probably have Raisinettes and popped corn at the theater.

 

[Jenn]

Turkey
scalloped potatoes
homemade bread
rainbow parfait
fruit salad
raw veggie tray
stuffing
shrimp cocktail
black and green olives/pickles

cookies and cream pie
hershey chocolate pie

Hope everyone has a fantastic Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[leni]

I'll be working Thanksgiving, but my patient's family is having ham and they're inviting me to have some, and I don't know what else they're going to have.

Typically with my family we have:

Turkey
Stuffing
Ham
Mashed potatoes
Green bean casserole
These awesome meatballs my mom makes

Dessert is pumpkin pie and whatever cake my sister makes, she loves to bake

Sigh, sad I'll be missing it with my family this year, but at least I'll have Christmas off. We usually have pork or ham then :thumbsup: