OT: What's on your Thanksgiving menu?

Here goes:

12 lb. stuffed turkey

corn bread stuffing (with celery, mushrooms, chicken stock, pork sausage, onions)

green beans with hazelnuts

squash

massive amounts of mashed potatoes (I have sons)

gravy

homemade (by me) pumpkin pie with whipped cream

Hawaiian dinner rolls

cranberries

gravy

wine

Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday. Just people gathered at a table. Happy and grateful.

Hope everyone's Thanksgiving is wonderful.

xoxo

Victoria

Okay...the Italian Soda is on our menu this year. I think it will be fun for all us kids to try!! Thank you for the idea!

Up here in MT we are fairly traditional and plan wayyyy too much food. We are having turkey, ham (my littlest has been watching a wild turkey family for the last couple of years and she really doesn't want to eat turkey ), stuffing, smashed taters, gravy, succotash, green beans, deviled eggs, veggie tray, pies, pies, and cheesecake. I have one brother who gets to bring whatever he wants and we have had shrimp cocktail before! And one of my daughters makes the best homemade rolls!

I'm pretty jazzed about the holidays this year. I just finished treatment and I'm looking forward to good fellowship, lots of snow, and chocolate.

Blessings,

~Mtmom

Hi, I am English afraid not a traditional meal as such.   Sorry...........

Sushi for starters

 Beef Wellington

Roasted Sprouts with Balsamic Vinegar

Roasted Carrots and Parsnips with a touch of Olive Oil

Yorkshire Puddings

Gravy

Small sausages wrapped in bacon

Roasted Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes with a little Olive Oil

Either Apple Sauce or Cranberry Sauce both unsweetened  (like sauce with anything and this my only sweet mix)

My sons Chocalate and Rasberry Souflee with limited ingredients vanilla ice cream for dessert (yummy)

i stopped drinking around nine month ago  (thought it might me feel healthier and it didn't!!!) but enjoy Tonic Water with some lime or lemon

Hubby perhaps some Pinot Grigio

Son enjoys his water he must drive home

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL

RozHopkins said:

Hi, I am English afraid a

Hi, I am English afraid a traditional meal as such.   Sorry...........

 

Sushi for starters

 

 Beef Wellington

 

Roasted Sprouts with Balsamic Vinegar

 

Roasted Carrots and Parsnips with a touch of Olive Oil

 

Yorkshire Puddings

 

Gravy

 

Small sausages wrapped in bacon

 

Roasted Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes with a little Olive Oil

 

Either Apple Sauce or Cranberry Sauce both unsweetened  (like sauce with anything and this my only sweet mix)

 

My sons Chocalate and Rasberry Souflee with limited ingredients vanilla ice cream for dessert (yummy)

 

i stopped drinking around nine month ago  (thought it might me feel healthier and it didn't!!!) but enjoy Tonic Water with some lime or lemon

Hubby perhaps some Pinot Grigio

Son enjoys his water he must drive home

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL

 

 AND THEN THERE IS CHRISTMAS........

We're going to our son and DIL's and all I have to bring is pie.  So I will tell you about the pie that has become our family tradition.   It has about 2,000 calories per slice! 

Pie crust, next a layer of cheesecake (homemade), next bananas, next chocolate pie filling (homemade), next whipped cream.  The pie has to start the day before because the first layers need to chill before adding the bananas and then the chocolate pie filling needs to chill before I can add the whipped cream.  It is very rich and uses way too many pots and pans and  I wish I'd never made it the first time because my family loves it and now wants it.  I'd rather have pumpkin or apple pie.

The other nontraditional thing we typically have when I cook is corn fritters.  The rest is boring: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, yams, and peas.  I've tried to get fancy on the family, but they don't eat it so I finally learned not to knock myself out. 

I'm so happy to be going away for dinner.  I'm trying to diet so not only do I not have to clean house (yea!), I won't have all those leftovers!  My husband isn't very happy about it, tho.

Suzanne

Everyone is making some amazing stuff!  I'll want to get some recipies after Turkey Day!

For us:

Fontina and Asiago Gougeres

Turkey

Gravy

Farm Bread (my father makes all of the above and I'm responsible for everything below)

Italian Mother-in Law Stuffing (pine nuts, raisins, swiss chard)

Horseradish whipped potatoes

Harvard Beets (my fav)

Whole roasted cauliflower (with white wine, lemon, olive oil, garlic and rosemary sauce)

Applie pie

Skillet peach cobbler

Pineapple upside down cake

finally plenty of liquor and some coffee/tea to try to spur us our of our food comas!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Clementine

I normally  have big crowd and this year down to 3 of us...I bought all our goodies for feast-then we got invite to sister inalws with BIG group...so that will be more fun. I"ll just bring some of the things I prepare-I'll still cook our turkey so we can have left over sandwiches..

Denise

TraciInLA said:

I'm with CC, Clementine

Clementine, I think I'm going to need that stuffing recipe too -- though mainly because my partner Trace is dying to know if the ingredients include any actual Italian mothers-in-law!

If my supermarket doesn't carry Italian mothers-in-law, can other mothers-in-law be substituted?

 Traci

 

Traci,

As usual you crack me up. Now my mind is running wild with mothers-in-law ideas. I wonder if you substitute Greek mother-in-law then you have a mediterrean stuffing which might be healthier.  An English mother-in-law might be too bland.  Spanish could be nice and spicy.  I like the sound of the Italian but might want to use a nice French mother-in-law. 

Denise and Kyle and the grandkids went down south to San Diego.  His sister is here from Ireland with her hubby and kids and all his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins live there so they will have a huge dinner.  Den and I are going to have a quet Thanksgiving with just the two of us.  I considered doing a turkey breast and the other fixings but we decided that we wanted filet of sole, mashed potatoes, creamy carrots, and applesauce.  Den's diet is either pureed or very soft so this a meal that is one of his favoites.  Its one of mine too.  Although we miss the grandkids we are enjoying the time with just the two of us.  

I love hearing all the foods that are being prepared.  My family always had turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, fruit salad, green beans, sweet potatoes, pies and ice cream, and green goddess jello salad.  It was always at my mon's and I would bring a dessert and I always made the whipped cream topping for the fruit salad.  

 For those that remember Claudia (Chenheart), I plan to watch the Buffy thankgiving episode and will think of her table with Reggie and his tribe and the pilgrim dolls with little arrows.   This holiday will always remind me of her. 

To all of us a Happy Thanksgiving and may our plates always be full of love, family and caring.

Stef

I like pictures. So I posted pictures of my menus for Thanksgiving and Christmas on my Expressions Page.

This is ourThanksgiving.

12 lb Turkey

8 lb Spiral Sliced Ham

Corn Bread & Herb Stuffing

Macaroni & Cheese

Baked Sweet Potatoes

Whole Baby Carrots

White & Yellow Sweet Corn

Southern Green Beans

Turkey Gravy

Cranberry Relish & Jellied Cranberry

Hawaiian Savory Dinner Rolls

Pumpkin Pie

Southern Sweet Potato Pie

Caramel Apple Crisp

Black Forest Cupcakes

Vanilla Chocolate Filled Cupcakes

Christmas is all about seafood.

I love to cook around the holidays.

Hugs and Happy Holidays to all

Donna

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter plus more for baking dish

1/4 cup golden raisins

3 cups low-sodium chicken broth, divided

1 lb good quality day old country bread torn into 1/2" pieces (about 10 cups)

8 Tbsp olive oil, divided

1 bunch swiss chard, center ribs and stems removed and cut into 1/2"pieces, leaves torn

2 1/2 cups chopped yellow onions

5 garlic cloves

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

1 Tbsp. sugar

1 cup pitted green olives, coarsely chopped

4 oz. pine nuts (about 1/3 cup), toasted

1 Tbsp. chopped fresh oregano

1 Tbsp. chopped fresh rosemary

2 tsp. kosher salt

1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes

2 large eggs

Preheat oven to 250.  Butter a 13x9x2" baking dish and set aside.  Soak raisins in 1 cup broth in small bowl for 30 minutes.

Scatter bread in a single layer or a rimmed baking sheet.  Bake, stirring occassionally until dried out, about 1 hour.  Let cool and transfer to a very large bowl.

Heat 2 Tbsp. oil in a large skillet over medium high heat; add swiss chard leaves and stir constantly until just wilted.  Transfer to bowl with bread.  Heat 2 Tbsp. oil in same skillet; add stems and cook, stirring often, until crisp-tender, 3-5 minutes.  Add to bowl.

Heat 4 Tbsp. oil and 1/4 cup butter in same skillet; add onions and garlic.  Stir often until just beginning to brown, about 10 minutes.  Stir in vinegar and sugar; cook until vinegar is almost evaporated, about 5 minutes.

Add onion mixture to chard bowl.  Add raisins with broth, olives, pine nuts, oregano, rosemary, salt, and pepper flakes; gently fold into bread mixture until thoroughly combined.  Drizzle in 1 cup broth and toss gently.  Let cool completely.

Preheat oven to 350.  Whisk remaining 1 cup broth and eggs in a small bowl.  Gently fold into dressing until thoroughly combined.  Transfer to prepared dish, cover with foil, and bake about 40 minutes.  

Eat heartily!!!