thanksgiving meal

[jmc1070]

this will be my first thanksgiving meal that is completely cooked by me. I'm looking for suggestions or ideas for something different from the traditional turkey and trimmings...any ideas?

[aggie49]

i do homemade stuffing with sausage and hamburger meat in it with celery onions mushrooms celery green pepper cut finely garlic stuff the bird melt butter pour over the top with seasonings to your liking mashed potatoes green bean casserole rolls  the secret is to cooked it slow and about every 1/2 hour spoon the butter back over the turkey so it satys moist we always poke the turkey with a fork all over so it goes into the turkey while cooking but i am sure you will be fine i no i have been cooking thanksgiving dinner since i was like 10 years old and i am 52 now and everyone always comes to my house when i cook so let us no how it turns out for you and remember it  gets better every time you do it AND DON'T FORGET THE PIES WE DO APPLE AND PUMPKIN

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

[Kirenisa]

I don't know about you but when my family does our Thanksgiving meals  (which sadly I don't think we're doing this year) but!

.Turkey
.Stringbeans
.verity of pie flavors, pudding Chocolate, Strawberry icecream, Pumpkin and Coconut
.Cookies, Peanutbutter, sugar and oatmeal
.Bread rolls
.Potatoes (not instant but real potatoes blended up with a blender)
.Stuffing
.gravy

and on occasion some other stuff but the deserts and stuff are usually made by scratch, beans you can buy in bulk cans my dad likes to add salt pork into them and everything else you can buy in a direction box / bag ect, shame my family isn't doing it this year though. 

[reiddb]

We always have to have deviled eggs at our special Thanksgiving holidays!!

[jmc1070]

thamks for some ideas.....not having a big gathering, so luckily I don't have to cook a lot!

[vickysue]

We have a big get together at my brothers house. I will be making the sweet potatoes and some snacks as thee are some in the family that always get there an hur late. And they usualy bring the mashed potatoes, gravey and green beans. So this year we will have the snacks early and wait for her. Do love to get together and see all that can make it.

[lray3152]

Sweet potatoe pie

[melrod2]

This year I wont be having much of a thanksgiving because it will just be me and my boyfriend and we are leaving town soon after thursday. Which is fine by me. I always stuff myself way to much.

[demaina]

Mustard mashed potatoes.  They are awesome.  We take 10 potatoes and peel, slice in quarters or sixths.  Heat a big pot with water until boiling and add potatoes and let cook for 20 minutes or until potatoes are easy to stab.  Dump out water and move potatoes mixing bowl.  We have a kitchen aid and use the paddle attachment.  Once mostly mashed, we add a stick of butter, 2 large spoonfuls of Miracle Whip, and a few big squirts of Heinz mustard.  You can add a bit more of each for taste, but that's about the measurements we use. 

Another way to change it is to add a pieces of hard boiled eggs into the potatoes.  It adds a different type of texture to the dish.


A good appetizer is deviled eggs if you have the time.  They aren't all that hard and seem to disappear at our house.

[jford87]

I am doing baked mac and cheese casserole, roasted cauliflower, and my stuffing is with ground beef, butter, chicken broth and stuffing mix. Everybody loves it!

[plennis]

Anything that sounds good to you that you can prepare easily will be good, just because you will be confident serving it.