Post your 2011 Thanksgiving Menu!

[greekislandgirl]

Here's mine:

Veggie tray with homemade dips (ranch and hummus)
Roasted chicken (I'll do 2... I doubt I'll be able to find a whole turkey here!)
Stuffing made from homemade French bread and mushrooms
Homemade cranberry sauce
Garlic smashed potatoes
Fresh rolls
Peas & pearl onions
Roasted root vegetables (winter squash, potatoes, carrots)

Dessert: American apple pie with store-bought vanilla-bean ice cream

[pollypurebred39]

We are going to my in-laws for Thanksgiving lunch. I think I'm bringing rice krispie treats.

My Mother is coming for supper, it will be just DH, DS2, my Mom and myself. I'm planning;

Roast a stuffed chicken
Gravy
Cranberry sauce
potato filling
Green bean almondine at my Mother's request. My oldest says it's a perfectly good way to ruin green beans. LOL!
Biscuits
Cinnamon swirl cake with buttercream frosting

To drink, probably coffee and iced tea.

My Mom is bringing ambrosia salad. This is our family recipe.

AMBROSIA SALAD
2 cans pineapple chunks, drained
2 cans mandarin oranges, drained
2 jars maraschino cherries, cut in halves. Save some juice.
1 bag mini marshmallows
Several big bananas, sliced
1-2 container sour cream, depends on how creamy you want it

Mix all together, add a bit of cherry juice at the end to add flavor and color.

I've never made green bean almondine before, this is the recipe I decided to try. If anyone here knows of a better recipe I'd appreciate it.

Green Beans Almondine Recipe - Food.com - 14804

[Ramona]

The usual suspects:

Turkey
Mashed potatoes
Sweet potatoes
Stuffing
Gravy
Cranberry sauce

Dessert: apple something

[Contrary Housewife]

Traditional stuff:

turkey breast
stuffing
potatoes
gravy
green veg
cranberry fruit salad
deviled eggs
egg nog
cookies

[KimZ]

Mine is.... I'm not cooking .... Dinner at my sisters! and she goes to work at 7 pm my mom at 10 pm and me at 6 the next morning YUCK! but I guess we should be happy we all have jobs... I just wish mine was so.... et hem I won't say... I'll be nice and Thankful for now anyway

[oheoh's momma]

here I go:
Turkey
dressing hubby and adam
sweet potato casserole with marshmellows every one
Cranberry salad everyone
broccoli bread hubby and me
corn 4 kids
cole slaw paige
Mac and cheese (homemade) paige
mashed potatoes ashley
Potato salad my brother
touboli grandma
cauliflower with cheese grandma
ham with rasain sauce grandma
rolls
Pumpkin pie
quiet hour cake grandma
This is way too complicated ...

[greekislandgirl]

here I go:
Turkey
dressing hubby and adam
sweet potato casserole with marshmellows every one
Cranberry salad everyone
broccoli bread hubby and me
corn 4 kids
cole slaw paige
Mac and cheese (homemade) paige
mashed potatoes ashley
Potato salad my brother
touboli grandma
cauliflower with cheese grandma
ham with rasain sauce grandma
rolls
Pumpkin pie
quiet hour cake grandma
This is way too complicated ...

WOW!!! Maybe you shouldn't take requests from everyone every year hehehe! I am impressed!!

What's Quiet Hour Cake?

[gottadance]

Turkey
Dressing
mashed potatoes
sweet potatoes
roasted beets, w/walnuts n blue cheese side dish
rolls
gravy
green bean casserole

apple pie
pumpkin pie
ice cream

WINE!!!

[brenda67]

My Thanksgiving is alway's a good feast:

Turkey
Gravy
Mashed potatoes
Stuffing
Cabbage salad
Corn
Rolls
Fruit salad
Cranberry sauce
Sweet potatoes.. maybe pie? (my brothers request)
Stuffed mushrooms
Veggie platter w/dip
Fruit platter w/dip
Shrimp platter w/dip
Pumpkin pie
Berry pie


I'm soooooooooooo excited (just found out today) because my brother and his two young boys are going to join us as my sil has to work for the first time on a holiday..I haven't had Thanksgiving with my brother in 14yrs....................I'm going to do something special to create a good memory for my nephews maybe I'll make them a lava cake?

[Palooka]

I'm starting a tradition and we are having Thanksgiving here with just my family. This will be a first of cooking it all. I'm going to pardon the turkey. Vegetarian but still traditional.

Pecan Loaf
Broccoli rice casserole
Green bean casserole
Mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy
hash brown casserole
Vegetarian stuffing
crescent rolls
Watergate salad

Apple cake
Pumpkin bread

Yippee for all the leftovers!!

[betterthanIdeserve]

We are going to be kinda un-traditional this year with no turkey. The reason no turkey is b/c our ds raises them for 4h so we have already had so much turkey that when I cook it in a variety of ways for dinner I cant say turkey or no one eats it.lol. I think we might do steak and ham. but we will have the traditional mashed taters and green beans and corn and pumpkin pie, apple pie, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce.

[Starlight9803]

For the second year, it will just be DH, me, and the kids here for Thanksgiving (and I truly enjoy the holiday now that it's just us - no family drama lol) We're having:

turkey
stuffing
gravy
sweet potatoes
cranberry sauce
butter peas
pumpkin pie
pineapple-coconut cake

[OOwl]

Turkey (brined, then roasted with herb-butter medallions under the skin)
Gravy, made in quadruple portions to satisfy all my gravy lovers!
Make-Ahead Garlic Mashed Potatoes with cheese and bacon
Cornbread Stuffing with toasted pine nuts and dried apricots
Homemade Egg Noodles in chicken-stock gravy
Candied Sweet Potatoes with Gooey, toasted Marshmallows on top
That silly green bean casserole everyone HAS to make or it's not Thanksgiving
Brandied Cranberry Sauce, Rolls

Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie, Maple-Praline Pumpkin Pie

[MrsHutto]

It's my FIRST time hosting Thanksgiving!! I'm SO excited!

Brined, Oven-Roasted Turkey
Cornbread Dressing & Giblet Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
Lima Beans
Crock-pot Macaroni & Cheese
Broccoli Casserole
Brown Rice
Sweet Potato Souffle
Pea Salad
Cranberry Sauce
Deviled Eggs

Dessert - Cheesecake & Double-Layer Pumpkin Pie

Yummmmmy!

[DixieJ]

Turkey
Cornbread dressing
giblet gravy
seven layer salad
sweet potatoes
mashed potatoes
corn
greenbeans
rolls
pumpkin pie
pecan pie
german chocolate cake