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ranchera20 · Marc Jacobs

Thanksgiving Dinner!!!

Elle · Hermes

My menu includes:

Turkey

Stove Top stuffing

Mashed Yukon Gold potatoes

Sweet potatoes fried in brown sugar & butter

Fruit Salad

Candied yams w/ mini marshmallows

Cranberry sauce (from a can )

Relish tray - dill pickles, sweet pickles, gree olives, black olives

Turkey gravy

Sourdough rolls

Pumkin Pie

Apple Pie

Sparkling cider, wine, coffee

Hmmm, I think that's it!

jen · Kate Spade

Everyone in my family eats junk so I've started making healthy options for holidays. Last Thanksgiving I made sweet potatoe latkes. This year I'll proably make bean caserole and no-pudge protien brownies.

member · Hermes

This is the typical menu my mom and aunt make:

Turkey w/gravy

Stuffing

Mashed Potatoes

Broccoli Cassorole

Sweet Potatoes

Rolls/Cornbread

Cranberries

Some variation of a fruit salad

Pumpkin Pie

Usually either Apple pie or French Silk Pie

OMG - this is making me so hungry!! I Thanksgiving dinner.

Lilykind · Hermes

mmmmm...Thanksgiving dinner! My BF insists on half the stuff being from the freezer/easy to make pile. At this rate I'll never be able to do homeade anything...

Ham (we prefer it to turkey, plus it's much easier to cook)

Stove Top Stuffing

Green Bean Casserole

Roasted Potatoes with Herbs

Mrs Smith's Apple Pie with Ben and Jerry's Vanilla Ice Cream

King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls

Niblets

Martinelli's Sprakling Cider

ranchera20 · Marc Jacobs

I shouldnt have started this post because now I am craving all this food!!!!

My family....or dad I should say, usually make:

Turkey

Cranberry Sauce from a can and I add pineapple and pecans

mashed potatoes

salad

fruit dessert that my mom makes with marshmellows

green beans

PIES!!!

rolls

stuffing

*drooling*

Becca · Kate Spade

Mmmm!

Lobster Bisque
Turkey
Gravy
Stuffing
Sweet Potato Casserole
Peas
Cranberry Sauce (from the can)
Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Homemade Cranberry Relish (Mom insists on the two homemade versions)
Pecan Pie
Some other dessert

Man am I craving some Thanksgiving food right now! Too bad this will be the second year in a row I'm missing it.

ILoveChoo · Hermes

Last year was my first year cooking (AND the future in-laws came- talk about pressure!!), but it came out fantasticly so I'll probably do the same this year (all homemade- I love to cook!)

chicken (don't like turkey) done in an apple cider brine
stuffing with apples and cranberries
mashed potatoes (with lumps)
green bean casserole
sweet potatoes
cranberry sauce
pumpkin pie
potato rolls
gravy

-- Edited by ILoveChoo at 09:36, 2005-10-25

Christine · Coach

Yum....

appetizers:
-baked brie with basil in flaky pastry, served with crackers (this is amazing!)
-cold vegetable platter with dips

meal:
-turkey & gravy
-homemade stuffing
-mashed potatoes
-sweet potato casserole
-cranberry sauce (can)
-broccoli baked with cheese
-homemade rolls
-cranberry nut bread

desserts:
-fresh fruit trifle
-pecan pie
-pumpkin pie

alb · Marc Jacobs

Christine--Do you mind posting the baked brie recipe?? It sounds fabulous!

Sunshinegirl · Kate Spade

I host Thanksgiving for my family and my husband's family. I have not confirmed the menu as of yet but it looks something like this:

Appetizers: assorted cheeses, baked garlic, crostini

Soup: sweet potato/cashew soup or butternut squash soup
Salad: Mixed Greens (gotta have a salad at every meal)
Turkey (citrus infused)
Stuffing: sausage/bacon/apple/almond - the best stuffing in the world
Braised Brussel Sprouts - new this year
Roasted Garlic mashed potatoes
Carrots (havent figured out what kind of twist i'm giving them this year)
Some other vegetable
Sweet Potato biscuits (if we dont have sweet potato soup) or whole wheat buttermilk

Pear/almond tarte
Flan
Pumpkin Pie
Pecan Pie

Christine · Coach

alb wrote:

Christine--Do you mind posting the baked brie recipe?? It sounds fabulous!

I'd be happy to! I'll post it when I get home tonight.

bumblebee · Coach

stiff pitcher of cranberry margaritas with fresh lime juice

roast turkey with sausage stuffing

cranberry sauce from can and also a sugar-free version with whole berries

mashed potatoes w/chives and butter casserole

green beans with almonds

some kind of spinach salad or broccoli salad w/bacon (this one changes year to year)

fruit salad

lots o pies--mincemeat, pecan, pumpkin, apple

lots o wines

good coffee

cheese

-- Edited by bumblebee at 15:27, 2005-10-26

Sunshinegirl · Kate Spade

Bumblebee,

Cranberry Margies sound great and different. I found this recipe on-line. Is it anything like yours? this seems to be a frozen version.

1 1/4 cup cranberry juice
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup fresh frozen cranberries, rinsed
3/4 cup fresh squeezed lime juice
3/4 cup tequila
1/2 cup Grand Marnier
ice

Pour half of mixture in the blender and fill rest with ice. Blend. Repeat with second half of mixture. Makes minimum of two blender batches.

bumblebee · Coach

similar, but mine doesn't use any sugar and is not frozen. it's from an old instyle magazine issue. i'll try to remember to find it when i go home tonight and post it for you--it's very easy and delicious.

-- Edited by bumblebee at 15:45, 2005-10-26

alb · Marc Jacobs

Sunshine girl--do you have a recipe for your whole wheat buttermilk biscuits?

alb · Marc Jacobs

bumblebee wrote:

similar, but mine doesn't use any sugar and is not frozen. it's from an old instyle magazine issue. i'll try to remember to find it when i go home tonight and post it for you--it's very easy and delicious. -- Edited by bumblebee at 15:45, 2005-10-26

I'd love to get that too--what a cute idea!

alb · Marc Jacobs

I'm hosting it at my house this yr. It will be all friends and no family--and I'm kind of looking forward to the break from my inlaws. My husband wants us to do it potluck, but I'd rather cook myself, only I don't have a lot of time and am scared I'll mess it up. If I end up doing it all or mostly myself, here's what the menu would be:

Appetizer--maybe Christine's baked brie recipe

Drink--maybe bumblebee's cranberry margs (this sounds yummy and adorable), will also serve wine, both red and white maybe?

turkey--we will have it smoked maybe at Whole Foods?

gravy--will buy from Whole Foods (theirs is really good)

cranberry sauce--will buy at Whole Foods

stuffing--will make, probably the simple kind (my mom's recipe with cornbread)

sweet potato casserole--I have a great recipe for this that my MIL got from Williams Sonoma a couple of yrs ago. We have to have it every yr now. Has pecans and brown sugar--yum!

baked potato casserole--might do this if I can find the recipe (very fattening an time consumin--but soooo good)

lemon garlic green beans (served cold)--this is a recipe from my husband's family and it is really good!

salad--not sure yet, may do another good one from my MIL with gorgonzola and pears

rolls--need to find a good roll recipe, may also do homemade cornbread OR I might get store bought potato rolls and add this to it (copied from someone on WW forum):

Cornmeal/Parmesan “crust” for rolls--Mix plain cornmeal and fat free, grated Parmesan cheese (the green can kind)in equal parts. Store in a container and keep in the fridge. To use: lightly butter any type of bread or split, dinner-type roll and dip the buttered side into the cornmeal mixture. Place unbuttered side down onto a cookie sheet and broil until the topping is crisp and lightly brown. Keep a close eye on them so they don't burn. Comments: This bread is great with soups, stews, salads, etc. This isn't really a recipe, but is something we've used for years. I learned this from a friend who used to be a Black Angus restaurant manager.

dessert--choco pecan pie (will by from Firehook Bakery) w/ vanilla ice cream & either pear cobbler or caramel apple bread pudding with caramel ice cream

mikacat · Coach

these sound fabulous!

Sunshinegirl wrote:

Bumblebee, Cranberry Margies sound great and different. I found this recipe on-line. Is it anything like yours? this seems to be a frozen version. 1 1/4 cup cranberry juice 1/2 cup sugar 1 1/2 cup fresh frozen cranberries, rinsed 3/4 cup fresh squeezed lime juice 3/4 cup tequila 1/2 cup Grand Marnier ice Pour half of mixture in the blender and fill rest with ice. Blend. Repeat with second half of mixture. Makes minimum of two blender batches.

Sunshinegirl · Kate Spade

Hey Alb,

I do have a recipe for the whole wheat buttermilk biscuits. I will dig it up and also i owe you the meatloaf with curry recipe. I'll pull both out this weekend and send them to you.