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OT: What's your Thanksgiving menu?

Posted by on Nov. 24, 2009 at 12:35 PM
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What will you be eating this Thursday?  We always seem to go overboard trying to do way too many things, so this year I have cut it down to the basics:

Breakfast of pumpkin muffins, coffee and juice, then dinner....

Turkey (grilled)
Gravy
Cornbread Dressing
Corn on the Cob (grilled)
Sweet Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans
Honey Rolls
Cranberry Sauce
Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Cheesecake (can you tell we LOVE pumpkin?)

We are 6 adults plus my two-year old.  This will be the first time we've tried grilling the turkey, but it sounds good!

Posted by on Nov. 24, 2009 at 12:35 PM
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  • mrsflorea
  • by on Nov. 24, 2009 at 1:00 PM
  • I am cooking this year for the first time in 3 years. First year hubby and I were together I went all out, since I wanted to make a good first impression with his family. They didn't touch any of the so-called "fancy" stuff I made: wild rice-stuffed acorn squash, Frenched green beans with garlic cream sauce, homemade stuffing, and acorn squash with brown sugar and butter. They wanted plain old mashed potatoes and Stove Top stuffing. Literally, all that "fancy" food went to waste. This year, I am making what they will eat. I am doing two 12 pound turkeys, since we will have at least 14 people, one will be made traditional-style, with the butter injections, etc. and the other will be made using an old salt pork method. Green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce (jelly and berry), butter rolls, salad, average appetizers. Apple, pumpkin, and cherry pie for dessert. The only "fancy" thing I'm making is Red Garnet yams whipped with heavy cream, cinnamon, and vanilla. I don't think anyone will eat those, but I want to make them anyways. Good luck with your dinner!

  • Daynara
  • by on Nov. 24, 2009 at 1:01 PM
  • We are doing all this and broccoli casserole and carrots and minus the pumpkin cheesecake lol

    Quoting Megara:

    What will you be eating this Thursday?  We always seem to go overboard trying to do way too many things, so this year I have cut it down to the basics:

    Breakfast of pumpkin muffins, coffee and juice, then dinner....

    Turkey (grilled)
    Gravy
    Cornbread Dressing
    Corn on the Cob (grilled)
    Sweet Potatoes
    Mashed Potatoes
    Green Beans
    Honey Rolls
    Cranberry Sauce
    Pumpkin Pie
    Pumpkin Cheesecake (can you tell we LOVE pumpkin?)


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  • ASpradlin
  • by on Nov. 24, 2009 at 1:08 PM
  •  I don't look forward to doing all the cooking at 38w6d preggo, but I'm going to. I think that maybe, just maybe DH will help me. That is if he doesn't go deer hunting...Anyway, I have a pretty simple menu because I just don't want to be all fancy and we're only having anywhere between 3-9 people, I think. Nobody will say for sure if they are coming!

    Turkey (oven baked of course)
    Stuffing
    Green Peas
    Corn on the cob
    Mashed potatoes
    Green beans (DH is allergic to peas)
    Cranberry sauce
    Rolls

    For dessert:
    Sweet potato pie
    Apple pie
    Cherry pie
    Butterfinger pie (mine all mine darn it)

    I think that's it...

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  • Chrissy9479
  • by on Nov. 24, 2009 at 1:17 PM
  •  We are having:

    Turkey

    stuffing

    Mashed Potatoes/gravy

    sweet potatoe pie

    green beans -fresh from my grandmas garden even lol

    corn

    rolls - my aunt is making them homemade

    cranberry sauce

    pumpkin pie & apple pie - I'm making them from scratch!

    plus we will have pickles, olives, these ham rolls my grandma makes (very yummy) and some veggies to munch on while we wait for dinner lol. there are going to be like 20 of us in my aunts house, so its going to be a blast! yay!! :) can't wait!

  • Twinboysmom22
  • by on Nov. 24, 2009 at 1:29 PM
  • Turkey
    Ham
    Gravy
    Mashed Potatoes
    Cranberry Sauce
    Rolls
    Stuffing
    Yams
    Green Bean Casserole
    Beans
    Fruit Salad
    Cinnamon Apple Pie (mine homeade)
    Cheesecake (my special recipe hehe)
    Pumpkin pie
    Banana creme Pie
    Chocolate Pie
    Lemon Mar. Pie

    I think that is it, but I am pretty sure I forgot things..everyone makes a ton of stuff haha!

     

  • preggomama26
  • by on Nov. 24, 2009 at 2:30 PM
  • 3 turkeys- 1 deep fried, 1 deep pit and 1traditional

    green bean casserole

    mashed tators

    stuffing

    candied yams

    jalapeno cranberry sauce

    regular cranberry sauce

    black eyed pea dip

    beenie weeines wrapped in back with brown sugar

    pumpkin pie

    pumpkin cheescake

    and Im pretty sure thats about it lol

    Mind you there are only 8 adults and 1 kid that are going to be there on thanksgiving. lol I don't know what my sister and I were thinking.

  • preggomama26
  • by on Nov. 24, 2009 at 2:32 PM
  • Oh and the turkey I bought for the oven is 23pounds. lol.  My sister bought a 16 pound turkey and a 12 pound turkey.

    Quoting preggomama26:

    3 turkeys- 1 deep fried, 1 deep pit and 1traditional

    green bean casserole

    mashed tators

    stuffing

    candied yams

    jalapeno cranberry sauce

    regular cranberry sauce

    black eyed pea dip

    beenie weeines wrapped in back with brown sugar

    pumpkin pie

    pumpkin cheescake

    and Im pretty sure thats about it lol

    Mind you there are only 8 adults and 1 kid that are going to be there on thanksgiving. lol I don't know what my sister and I were thinking.


  • Megara
  • by on Nov. 24, 2009 at 3:35 PM
  • That reminds me of my first Thanksgiving w/ DH's family!  The mashed potatoes and dressing were from a box.  I volunteered to make my mom's holiday honey rolls, and I was the only one who ate them, everyone else preferred the canned biscuits!  I have since taught DH to appreciate them, though!

    Your yams sound really good, care to share the recipe?

    Quoting mrsflorea:

    I am cooking this year for the first time in 3 years. First year hubby and I were together I went all out, since I wanted to make a good first impression with his family. They didn't touch any of the so-called "fancy" stuff I made: wild rice-stuffed acorn squash, Frenched green beans with garlic cream sauce, homemade stuffing, and acorn squash with brown sugar and butter. They wanted plain old mashed potatoes and Stove Top stuffing. Literally, all that "fancy" food went to waste. This year, I am making what they will eat. I am doing two 12 pound turkeys, since we will have at least 14 people, one will be made traditional-style, with the butter injections, etc. and the other will be made using an old salt pork method. Green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce (jelly and berry), butter rolls, salad, average appetizers. Apple, pumpkin, and cherry pie for dessert. The only "fancy" thing I'm making is Red Garnet yams whipped with heavy cream, cinnamon, and vanilla. I don't think anyone will eat those, but I want to make them anyways. Good luck with your dinner!


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