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| LizDarnell |
Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 09:54:33 AM
I am making Thanksgiving dinner at my house, DH, my 2 kids, another couple with 2 kids is all, we are military with all family 8+hours away. So I want to be as traditional as possible, so I am asking you ladies what your idea of a "traditional menu" is. So far I am planning on-Turkey(obviously!), maybe a small ham, mashed potatoes & gravy, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, apple stuffing, fresh rolls/corn bread, rice pudding, pumpkin chiffon pie, regular pumpkin pie.....thats all I can think of today. Any suggestions on any other side dishes I could try? I love to cook and bake, and want to have plenty of food (and leftovers!!). If you want to just list your menu items that would be fine, I really want to go all out for my DH and our fellow Seabee family!!! Thanks!!
Liz |
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| brightmeadow |
Posted - Oct 30 2006 : 04:38:28 AM
It is not Thanksgiving at our house unless we have corn pudding.
There are a lot of recipes, but the simplest is to take a can or two of creamed corn (depending on how many guests) add 1 envelope or box of Jiffy corn bread mix (or crushed saltine crackers), 1/2 milk and 1 beaten egg, salt and pepper, mix together and bake until done, usually 45 minutes at 350.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Oct 29 2006 : 09:25:34 AM
I LOVE kale..greens of any kind really...I may have to use that idea Amanda..yum!!
We have the standard roast turkey (with corn bread stuffing) and mashed potatoes, gravy, fried okra (my family silly thing that is a tradition) red jello with bananas and fresh whipped cream, cranberry sauce ( I would LOVE the chutney recipe too!!!) green bean casserole or broccoli, and candied yams..which I hate but the rest of the family loves alot. Always a big raw veggie tray too..and pumpkin pies for dessert. Oh..and black olives so we can all put them on our fingers when we arn't supposed to.
We have our grown nephew and his wife and baby coming to join us this year so there will be 9 of us so far...the more the merrier.. I love Thanksgiving because it dosn't have all the other stress and chaos of Christmas...I will be feeding at least 25 on Christmas day. (AND I have everyone over for homemade cinnamon rolls and cocoa in the morning!!!) That is a day I feel like collapsing afterwards..Thanksgiving is more relaxing. I DO miss my dishwasher on days like that, however. I may just have to enlist others to help..I have a hard time doing that.
I like to be in charge I guess.
Jenny in Utah
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| kitchensqueen |
Posted - Oct 29 2006 : 08:37:49 AM
Wilted kale with bacon is great Thanksgiving dish-- just saute some kale with bacon and shallots and season with sea salt and a little black pepper (red pepper if you like a little spice). It's a great way to fit a leafy green veggie into the holiday meal, as these always seem to be overlooked.
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| Libbie |
Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 11:00:41 AM
Oh, cranberry-orange chutney - YUM!!! I would really like that recipe, too. I was trying to think of something I could bring to my parents' for Thanksgiving dinner, and that sounds like just the thing. Tasha - would you mind posting it? All of these menus are making me hungry....
XOXO, Libbie
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| katie-ell |
Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 09:46:41 AM
Marianne -- Wow, that's an amazing jello recipe! I've never seen that dish -- and I've seen a lot of jello in my day!! |
| Mari-dahlia |
Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 09:01:37 AM
My great aunt's recipe for jello is yummy. I remember her bringing it to every family event. She used raspberry jello. Make tiny (dime size) cream cheese balls, roll in crushed walnuts. Use 2 packages jello, use ice cube trick or refridgerate until semi solid. Add fresh raspberries and cream cheese balls. It is like eating a creamcheese and jelly sandwich! She used a bundt pan mold and inverted it. |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 08:11:08 AM
LIZ,
GO ON GOOGLE AND TYPE IN JELLO OR KRAFT, AND GO TO JELLO, A MILLION RECEIPES CAN BE FOUND.YOU CAN ALSO GET A JELLO COOKBOOK FROM KRAFT. WOW LOOK I USED ALL CAPS!!
NANCY JO |
| GaiasRose |
Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 06:30:51 AM
Liz and Kate, I will look for it this afternoon and post it on my blog.
Liz-I put just a dash of ground clove into orange jello and boy does it make a huge difference!, also blend a little into the cream while I whip it and serve it with the jello.
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Tasha-Rose
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| LizDarnell |
Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 06:07:42 AM
Sorry about that end on my last post, it was suposed to say- If anyone has a great idea for dressing up jello, or even just an simple trick to make it great please post, I have never made anything but plain jello.
~Liz |
| LizDarnell |
Posted - Oct 27 2006 : 06:04:10 AM
I do really enjoy cooking for other people, almost as much as trying new recipes!I would also love the recipe for the cranberry-orange chutney! My husband loves jellied cranberries straight from the jar, but I would prefer something different. I also may make some jello w/oranges in it, As a kid my Gramma always had 2-3 different jello dishes, I think that will bring back a few great memories for me as she passed away a year ago and now we don't really see that side of the family much. Thanks so much for making me think of that!! If anyone has a great idea for dressing up jello, or even just Thanks!
~Liz |
| katie-ell |
Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 12:09:23 PM
Tasha -- Ooo -- do you have a recipe for the cranberry orange chutney? I'd love to make chutney -- just enjoyed some (from Trader Joe) on brown rice and it was fantastic! Would like to make some, rather than purchase. Thanks! |
| GaiasRose |
Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 11:36:40 AM
Instead of cranberries I make a cranberry orange chutney and everyone here who comes for Thanksgiving (I host the Saturday after turkeyday at our house-just us, the inlaws, my parents and both of our siblings and their families). It's very yummy.
We have the standrad turkey, dressing (w/o pork-I don't serve pork in my house) potatos, gravy, appetizers, orange jello with mandarin oranges and clove, breads galore, pies from the local bakery plus my own sweet potato pie, sweet potatos with marshmallows and brown sugar, veggies both cooked and raw, cider, coffee, wine and egg nog (we go tot he tree farm later that day to get our Yule tree-gotta have the nog!) we have some with and without alcohol as there are children and non-alcoholics who come....there are a few odds and ends that others take care of, like my MIL makes this scalloped corn (BLECH! I do not like it at all and it just looks icky. There are exactly TWO people here who eat it and she makes a boat load of it....oy.)
So thats what we do.
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Tasha-Rose
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| Mumof3 |
Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 11:25:33 AM
Wow Liz! Can I come to your house? Your menu sounds delicious!! I also would add fresh cranberry-orange sauce and creamed carrots. Yum!! Don't you love cooking for other people?
Karin |
| LizDarnell |
Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 10:30:36 AM
I knew I left off something obvious - CRANBERRIES!! And I had been thinking about an apple pie also. I will have whip cream as a pie topper, I actually love cool-whip but I will have fresh whipped cream left over from the chiffon pie also. I think corn and/or peas would be a great side, but should it be plain or is there a great way of dressing up corn but not to much? Thanks for the great suggestions! I'll take all I can get.
~Liz |
| katie-ell |
Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 10:00:26 AM
Don't forget the cranberries! I love to make both cooked cranberries (using the recipe on the back of the Ocean Spray bag) and fresh cranberry relish -- chopped cranberries, diced apple, finely diced celery, ground oranges (with peel) or crushed pineapple, sometimes chopped walnuts, too. I just mix it all together, add some sugar to taste, and let it mellow for a few hours or overnight. Always have to make extras of both so there's some leftover for putting on turkey sandwiches or topping the stir-fry turkey which inevitably follows.
Have a wonderful dinner --- you have a fantastic menu already! Will you have whipped cream with the pumpkin pie? You could also add apple pie or pecan pie, to be truly decadent. So great that you love to cook and bake. It's so satisfying to make a Thanksgiving feast, isn't it. |
| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Oct 26 2006 : 09:58:28 AM
CRANBERRY SAUCE!!!!!!!!!
Pecan Pie is good too. I usually make pumpkin cheesecake.
Green Peas or Corn of some kind.
Jewelry, art, baskets, etc.
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