ok ok so this post may be pointless to some of you.. BUT I love Thanksgiving! It's my favorite holiday! Do you guys ever do anything special for Thanksgiving? What do you cook? I normally make Turkey, ham, cornbread dressing, green beans, macaroni and cheese, Mashed potatoes, gravy, Fruit salad, cranberry sauce, and TONS of desserts! I'm SO excited about Thanksgiving!!!!

i always host because i LOVE to cook! This year it is my family, my mom and dad and my mom's parents. Usually it is more but we had some family move away recently.
I am making
(Brined)Roasted Turkey with Bourbon-Butter Glaze
Classic Green bean casserole
Apple-Bread Stuffing
Southern Comfort Sweet Potatoes
Best Mashed Potatoes
Pumpkin Rolls
Spinach and Strawberry Salad
Cranberry Raspberry sauce
Cream Cheese Fruit Salad
Pumpkin Orange Cheesecake
Cranberry Cheesecake

Fried turkey
Ham
Fried chicken *for Naeem as he don't eat the above*
Stuffing
Jellied cranberry sauce
Mashed potatoes & gravy
Baked mac & cheese
Sweet potato fluff w/ marshmallows
Green beans
Collards
Deviled eggs
Potato salad
Yeast rolls
Cornbread
Sweet tea
Soda
Coffee
Sweet potato pie
Chocolate pie
Chocolate syrup cake
Pumpkin roll
Other munchies for people to munch on while the other guests are arriving:
Chocolate & caramel drizzled pretzels, peanut brittle, homemade fudge, peanut butter balls, oreo balls (cream cheese, oreos & white chocolate chips), white chocolate & milk chocolate covered oreos and trail mix!

Ours is pretty small and simple this year because EVERYONE seems to be going in different directions =[ But I'm hosting this year =] Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday too!! Anyway, I'm making
Honey Glazed Spiral Ham
A turkey breast (not gonna be too many people this year)
Homemade rolls
Green Bean Casserole (my FAVORITE!!)
Mashed potatoes and Gravy
Corn (for the folks who don't like gb casserole)
Turkey stuffing
Pumpkin Pie
Cherry and plain cheesecake....
I think that's it. We'll just all hang at my house, eat dinner, watch the Macy's parade, and then put the Christmas tree up! After that, we're "required" to go to another family deal that night. (NOT thrilled with that lmao)
I'm a formula feeding, vaccinating, CIO, non-co-sleeing, pro-choice, gun supporting, unmarried, 23 year old Stay At Home Mommy to a BEAUTIFUL and very independant little angel and loving EVERY minute of it!
This year is just our small family (me, DH, and the 3 kids) and a friend and his little girl. This year my friend's birthday falls on Thanksgiving, so we are making a very nice meal. We are having the normal:
Turkey
Cornbread dressing
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Sweet potatoes with marshmallows
Corn
Green beans
Rolls with honey butter
Pumpkin Pie
AND we are making a homemade cake with homemade icing for him for his birthday too. To drink we will have wine, apple cider, cherry Dr Pepper, Sprite.

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- aneely08
on Nov. 22, 2009 at 3:56 PM