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I'm making my first Thanksgiving dinner for my family ever this year. I'll be cooking today and tomorrow. DJ is making the desserts. He'll be decorating a pre-baked pumpkin pie and making a chocolate chocolate chip cheesecake cookie pie on his own.
So, what's on your menu?
Here's ours:
Bacon-wrapped Turkey Roast (boneless Butterball roast) with roasted delicata squash, brussel sprouts, and baby carrots (also w/ bacon).
Garlic Smashed Potatoes (w/ crispy-fried bacon pieces)
Mac & Cheese Casserole (w/ ham and peas)
Mushroom Stuffin Muffins (also w/ bacon)
Gravy
Canned Cran. Jelly - just like mom used to open.
Pumpkin Pie
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookie Pie
I hope I haven't bitten off more than I can chew. DJ's making his pie today and I'm making the casserole and the stuffing today. That's leaves the roast and the taters for tomorrow and everything else is pre-made. Yes, I am leaving the gravy to the experts and cracking open the jars all by myself.
This is what I am making on Friday:
Roast Turkey
Mashed Potatoes
Stuffing
Veggies - Probably Peas and Carrots
Gravy
Potato Rolls
Pie from Bishop's Orchard
For Thursday, I'm making a mashed potato casserole, cranberry-apple stuffing, mac & cheese casserole and corn muffins. We go to my Aunt's for Thanksgiving but I feel like I bring it all with me! I'm also in charge of slicing the turkey and ham and making the gravy.
We then have a second Thanksgiving on Sunday (my mom, a nurse, has to work Thanksgiving day so we celebrate a second time!) On Sunday I'll be doing the whole works -
Rosemary - sage rubbed Turkey... 23+ pounds! Roasted onions, garlic and carrots are cooked with him
mashed potatoes (using the roasted garlic from the turkey)
regular stuffing (in the turkey and extra cooked in muffin tins)
cranberry-apple stuffing (because you can never have too much stuffing!)
cream gravy (with a hint of marsala)
shallot and lemon green beans with julienne carrots
corn bread and potato rolls
pumpkin pie with real whipped cream
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Canned Cran. Jelly - just like mom used to open.
yep! We'll have that too!
and chicken nuggets for my non-turkey eating son and niece!
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Lynn
Yes, I am a Disney Addict... and I'd rather be cruising!.
Turkey-we make only a breast as no one likes the dark meat here-cooks faster too -gravy
Ham-spiral
mashed potatoes
sweet potatoes
green bean casserole
creamed onions
cornbread stuffing
corn
turnip
butternut squash
cranberry orange relish
rolls
pumpkin pie
applecake
ALL HOMEMADE!! Can you tell I am here while the pie is in the oven
AND.......don't you just love the leftovers??????
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DVC Members since 1994- 520 points
Last edited by disneymom9092; 11-21-2007 at 01:57 PM..
Some of what we're having is unknown because other family members bring items, but here's what I'm sure of:
grilled turkey
mashed potatoes--good old-fashioned butter and milk only!
stuffing
gravy--combination of home-made and from a jar because the turkey doesn't make enough to serve on its own
sweet potatoes (from a sister)
corn
fruit salad of some kind (sister-in-law)
sunshine salad (Jell-o, grated carrots, crushed pineapple) if another sister-in-law can figure it out
home-made rolls
cranberry sauce
pickles, maybe (Mom always thinks we need pickles!)
Mom's wonderful home-made pumpkin pie
Mom's wonderful home-made raspberry pie (meaning I have to choose between them!) for my MIL who doesn't like pumpkin pie
Lots of love and good fellowship with our families!
Bacon maple roasted turkey
Mashed potatoes
Sweet Potatoe Cassarole
Corn
Green Bean Cassarole
Corn bread Drssing
Egg Bread with Mushroom Stuffing
Fressh Bread
Apple Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Ice Cream
Here's what we're having (and who's making/bringing it)
Turkey (grandma)
Dressing (what y'all up north call 'stuffing' - grandma, too)
Green Beans (grandma)
Gravy (grandma)
Stewed squash 'n Onions (Mama)
Chessy Corn and Pimento Casserole (sister Mary Clayton - it's one of the two things she knows how to make, so we always have it at family gatherings)
Congealed Salad made with whatever jello is the light pink color, celery, pecans and pineapple (Mama)
Butter beans and corn (Mama)
Deviled Eggs (Mama)
Sweet Potato Casserole (Mama)
Cranberry Salad (Mama's BFF Patsy makes it for us)
Cranberry Sauce (from the can, and Mama opens it )
Persimmon Puddin (Mama's BFF Patsy makes it for us)
Bread (sister Donna do you see a pattern re: what the siblings are trusted with?)
Pecan pies (grandma)
I think I am forgetting something important. Oh, do you notice the lack of MY name from the list? That's 'cause I live with my parents, so any contributing I try to do as far as food just gets in my mom's way in the kitchen. Therefore, I have to clean. I'd rather get Donna's end of that lollipop and bring bread!
Usually my aunt makes turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes with marshmallows and pecans, fruit salad, rolls, green bean casserole and stuffed mushrooms.
And always something sinful for dessert.
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Picking up our Brasilian exchange student at the a/p
We are hanging out here and I am making a very traditional dinner- turkey, stuffing,sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, roasted veggies ( parsnips, beets, carrots,turnips) apple/cranberry pie and a Sara Lee pumpkin pie ( since I am the only one who likes it) and the same home opened cranberry sauce thats so poular here! My son is making some chocolate something with berry sauce.
Turkey, roasted after being brined in a maple syrup/fresh thyme brine. MMMM
Smashed potatoes
Sausage stuffing - 1/2 cooked in the bird, 1/2 out
Homemade Gravy
Cranberry Sauce - the kind in the can!
Squash
Peas
Green Bean Casserole
Big old Salad with blue cheese and almonds
Rolls
Homemade Pumpkin Bread
St. Martin "Hash" - also known as traditional homemade Chex mix with a few added ingredients
Dessert was apple pie and pumpkin pie, with either french vanilla ice cream or whipped cream - both made at their local bakery.
I've gotta cook up the 22 pounder that John got free from work tomorrow - I'll be making
turkey
mashed taters
stuffing - no sausage in mine - Jennie hates the sausage!
Green bean casserole
Carrots
Gravy from a jar (unless I get ambitious)
Homemade corn bread - usually I make pumpkin (see Thursday) but we had chili today
Dessert will be homemade pumpkin pie and maybe an apple if I have time.
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I'll be cooking today and tomorrow. DJ is making the desserts. 
He'll be decorating a pre-baked pumpkin pie and making a chocolate chocolate chip cheesecake cookie pie on his own. 
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do you see a pattern re: what the siblings are trusted with?)
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