chilled cider
appetizer

Turkey (cooked on the grill) and a tofurkey
gravy
dressing
cranberry sauce (both fresh and canned)
sweet potatoes
broccoli salad
acorn squash with couscous stuffing (vegetarian)
rolls and butter

iced tea

cake (orange recipe from Giada recently)

Turkey
Giblet gravy
Cornbread dressing (Southern style, Martha White recipe)
Mashed potaoes
Green beans
Tyler Florence's easy cranberry sauce (just the berries, the juice of two oranges, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Nothing measured)
knowing my sister, deviled eggs
probably some rolls

Mom's fudge pie
Mom's carrot cake
sweet potato casserole topped with an almond streussel that is turned into a pie. I just don't get why my family wants the casserole for dinner, so sweet for a meal?!!!, but they won't let me do nothing. I have to make this and a pie is my concession.

Turkey
Sage dressing
Mashed taters and giblet gravy
Green bean casserole (they all love it)
My homemade apple/cranberry chutney
Mac & cheese
Sweet potatoes with marshmallow topping (they all love it)
Rolls with butter
Salad
Ambrosia salad
Wine and tea
Pumpkin pie
Apple pie
Pecan pie
Linda

Thanksgiving at our house this year will be much different than usual since it is only Bruce and I.

We both are not that fond of turkey or having a bunch of left over turkey. This year we decided to do a meal that was more to our liking and not as many dishes. We just dont need all that food for 2 of us. It's going to seem strange just the two of us, but the food will be good!

Crabcakes for appetizer
Prime rib on the smoker
Paula Deans Mushroom recipe
Broccoli salad
Homemade dinner rolls
Pecan pie

Enjoy reading what everyone is serving up for Turkey day!

Turkey (all 46 lbs of him)
Gravy
Sausage Stuffing
Cranberry Chestnut Stuffing
Mashed Potatoes
Baked Sweet Potatoes
Butternut Squash
Turnip
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Peas
Cranberry Sauce (Jellied kind only)
Cranberry Jello Salad (MIL makes this)
Banana & Cranberry Breads
Pecan Rolls

Apple Pie
Peanut Butter Chocolate Pie
Mud Pie
White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
Hot Cocoa with whipped cream
Coffee

46 pound turkey!!!? Wow!!!

I'm making...

Turkey (only 19 pounds)
Ham (I let the folks at Honeybaked do this part)
Green Bean Casserole
Bread
Mashed Potatoes
Gravy
Sweet Potatoes & acorn squash w/ pecans (marshmallows on half)
Dressing from homemade bread
Tomato cocaine (cockaigne)
Cranberry sauce
Deviled eggs
Relish tray
Sweet tea
Bloody Mary's
Pecan pie
Pumpkin pie
Carrot cake

The sweet potatoes came from my garden and the pecans from my tree.

Keep in mind there will only be 6 of us... :-)
We all agreed to make it slightly healthier, hence the lack of stuffing and mashed potatoes! We've still got sweet potatoes and rolls and bread........and dessert!

Nibbles ahead of dinner:
Fresh veggies and cucumber dip
Baguettes with 3 different dipping oils (roasted garlic, roasted red pepper and balsamic)

Turkey (unstuffed)
Ham
Roasted veggies and sweet potatoes
Purple Broccoli salad
Squash yeast rolls
Deviled eggs
Green beans
Pear Bread
Cranberry sauce

Pumpkin Pie
Blueberry Pie
Maybe...Pumpkin Cheesecake
Real homemade whipped cream

Fresh apple cider
Wine

I feel very thankful and blessed already.
Deanna

OMG, you guys are killing me. My oven is ka-poutt! I have ordered out but I have no idea if it will be fit to eat or not. At least I have a toaster oven, microwave and crock pot but it still won't be as good :(

There will be three of us enjoying our Thanksgiving meal on Saturday. Our guest is working on Thanksgiving and part of Friday. He is our niece's fiance and she is forever grateful (for at least a week).

Appetizer is Pimento cheese with crackers

Roast turkey breast and gravy
Garlic mashed potatoes
Cornbread dressing
Dinner rolls
Cranberry sauce
Braised sweet & sour red cabbage
Glazed carrots

Dessert is a frozen key lime pie

Well, my big turkey meal was called off, BF's son is spending his turkey day with his mom so BF and I are all alone--YAY!! (Not that I don't love the son, just not the turkey). We thought BF had to work so my parents are spending the day with my aunt and her family and they didn't plan on us, so it's just going to be the two of us here at my house. So at least I can make a meal with some things I like. After pricing a duck and getting cold feet, I decided to just buy a small amount of boneless turkey for just the two of us.

Mulled cider, corn chips and guacamole for appetizers

Grilled turkey mediterranean style--with a yogurt and spice marinade. I got a breast for him and thigh for me.
Green beans
Mixed veggie salad with beets and walnuts, poppyseed dressing
Wild rice and bread dressing

Pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. Hopefully the son will join us sometime over the holiday for some of that!

We are having what we call a "vagabond" Thanksgiving - everyone who has no place to go is invited here. It's our favorite way to celebrate (as we too are vagabonds).

Roasted turkey w/ white bread stuffing
Boneless Chicken (from Hebert's) with cornbread, jalapeno and crawfish dressing.
Smashed rutabagas
Smashed potatoes
White rice
Green bean casserole (yuck)
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Roasted asparagus
Glazed carrots
Homemade gravy (made stock today)
Homemade yeast rolls
Shrimp spaghetti (?? - guests from Mexico City bringing)
Cranberry sauce

The Ultimate Pumpkin Pie
New Fashioned Apple Pie

Beer
Beer
Beer

Here is a link that might be useful: Confessions of an Aspiring Food Snob

Appetizers will be this

with hummus.

Dinner will be a Kosher meal so quite challenging for me to keep it all kosher (strict)

Turkeys (yup 2 13 pounders) Spiced Brown Sugar Rub
Gravy
Mashed potatoes
Sweet Potato dish
Roasted maple squash
Cranberry Jezebel
Green Bean Almondine
Broccoli Dish (SIL is bringing so not sure exactly what)
Green salad
Pumpkin muffins
Cornbread

Dessert will be
Pumpkin Pie - will be interesting because not only does it need to be dairy free, The crust needs to be kosher too so I am making it in a Graham cracker crust and replacing the milk with soy milk
Praline Pie - friend is bringing this
Trifle - another friend is doing this
Fruit salad

We are keeping it simple this year and trying to not have way too much food.

Turkey (sister bringing)
Gravy (sister making here)
Crispy roast duck (dad making)
Prime rib, roasted in rock salt
Mashed potatoes (SWMBO making)
Creamed corn w/ Baileys Irish Cream, or maybe creamed spinach w/ Amaretto
Green bean casserole (SWMBO making)
Sweet potato (sister bringing)
Garlic-gorgonzola cake (SWMBO making)
Cornbread (SWMBO making)
Various pies (SWMBO has made)
Veggies and hummus (Costco platter stuff)
Wine, cocktails, etc

Do you see how clever this is? I'm actually making nothing except a prime rib which is dead easy, and one side dish which I'll mostly make ahead and then finish right before dinner. Everything else is Someone Else's Job. I'll mostly get to stay out of the kitchen, which is good since it will be overcrowded and irritating. (I don't like "group cooking".)

We have 14 adults and several kids coming. Should be fun.

Ilana, that turkey appetizer plate is tooooo cute! We do kosher style too, I have come up with a dairy-free mashed potato dish that seems to work.

caminnc, ouch about your oven. My dishwasher frizzled out yesterday so I doubt it can be fixed in time for tomorrow's 12 at the table - I have a stash of nice 'china like' plastic that we can bring to the downstairs dishwasher in the bar. I have a repair man coming today, we'll see what miracles he can employ, LOL.

No appetizers here, the dinner will be more than enough

Turkey
gravy
dairy free mashed potatoes (or DH wants smashed potatoes, crispy)
green beans almondine
cranberry sauce, jezebel and my own (with raspberries, Grand marnier, concentrated OJ)
stuffing - TJs, doctored up with celery/onions
sweet potatoes, with bourbon and cardamom, OJ, brown sugar etc.
steamed broccoli
I asked someone to bring a Costco pumpkin pie (trust me on this)
Backup dessert: flourless chocolate mini-cakes, and Costco peppermint bark/salted caramel bark
fresh fruit for the dieters
(Am I the only one who sees that people are too stuffed or not eating much dessert after the meal? Maybe we're all getting older, LOL)

beer
beer
beer (as suggested by orthodox epicure, LOL)
fabulous wines from our wine geek friends

Fried Turkey (son in law doing this)
Baked Ziti
Sausage Stuffing
Broccoli Casserole
Sweet Potato Casserole (Ruths Chris recipe)
Mashed Potatoes (pioneer woman recipe)
Memphis Corn Pudding
Sausage Bread
Roasted Red Peppers
Dinner Rolls
Orange/Cranberry Relish (Barnmom recipe)

Pumpkin Pie
Apple Pie
Vanilla Ice Cream

Iced Tea
Homemade Irish Cream
Wine

Small gathering - just 8 of us. But the special guest of honor is my Grandson, 7 mths old now.

{{!gwi}}

Great menus and great pics!

Layered Mexican Dip with Tortilla Chips
Cream Cheese with Red Pepper Jelly on top and crackers.

Turkey Breast
Ham
Mashed Potatoes
Gravy
Corn Casserole (Corn Pudding)
Green Bean Casserole (brought by a guest)
Stuffing (Baked)
Rolls and butter

Pumpkin Pie
Peanut Butter Chocolate Pie
Cherry Pie

Football for those who enjoy
Conversation and libation for those who enjoy

I hope noboby misses the cranbery sauce as I forgot that, LOL!

What a cutie that little guy is!

On our menu (5 for dinner):

Turkey
Sausage dressing
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Broccoli-cauliflower combo
Homemade dinner rolls
Cranberry sauce (I think???)
Pumpkin pie for dessert

A little simpler than some of the menus above, but there's only 5 of us for dinner and I'm cooking in my mom's kitchen. (No, I didn't grow up in this kitchen, so it isn't as familiar to me.)

Donna

A small gathering this year.

Turkey
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Oyster dressing
Cranberry sauce
Green Bean casserole
(and yes, we all like it! !)
Sweet potatoes
(Baked in their skins,
Served halved with lots of butter available
To slather on them.
NO marshmallows or anything else sweet to ruin them!)
Spiced cranberry sauce
A "build your own"
relish/salad tray.
(lovestocook, LOVE your appetizer tray!
May try to copy it to some extent for this.)
Hot oatmeal rolls.
Pumpkin pie (with whipped cream)
Apple pie
Iced tea or ice water with meal.
Coffee with dessert.

Shaun, you have an adorable 'guest of honor!

Rusty

Shaun, that little guy is a cutie. He is going to break hearts once he's older, I can see it in that look in his eyes :)

Jessy, If you'd like to share your dairy free mashed potato recipe I'd love to have it. Also your cranberry sauce sounds divine! Wanna share that one too?

Thanks for the comments on our little guy. He's a sweetheart.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all~

Happy Thanksgiving from me too!

Shaun, I'm not surprised he's so cute, he's related to you! Adorable, I can't stop smiling at his cute mug.

*wink* thanks.

Jessy,

Would also like the cranberry sauce, d.f. mashed potatoes and the flourless chocolate cakes if you care to share. Have GS with allergies.

Ilana:

Dairy free mashed potatoes, LindaC style (stream of thought, no real recipe, LOL). Peel, cut into even pieces amount of Yukon golds, weight your choice. Boil until soft enough to be speared through with a fork - don't drain the water. Pick a serving dish, and place 1 - 2 sticks of margarine in the bottom, depending on how much fat/chemicals you want (grin). Sprinkle over them a couple of tablespoons pareve (no dairy, no meat) powdered chicken soup base. Using a potato ricer, start ricing the cooked taters over the margarine so they melt. Once in a while ladle a big spoonful of the potato water over the mixture, and use a whisk lightly to incorporate. Check for 'fat' mouthfeel/taste, adding more margarine as desired, and also adjust 'chicken' base for salt/flavor. The potato water also keeps it moist in place of milk. It very much depends on how much fat/salt/water you want, but you can easily vary it as you go.

Cranberry sauce: to the standard recipe, I add a frozen bag, usually 12 oz., of raspberries, and replace the water with about 1/2 cup Grand Marnier, the rest with concentrated frozen OJ. Another dish where you can vary the amount.

Happy cooking!

Here's ours

Tortilla roll-up appetizers
Turkey with Herbs de Provence and Citrus
Mama D's italian dressing
Mashed potatoes with make ahead gravy
Green Beans with bacon and scallions
Chipolte sweet potatoes
Cranberries with golden raisins and port
rolls

And my very first apple pie! I made it today thanks to the advice from this forum

Sweet shaun!

There will be fourteen of us today. And a traditional (for us)menu.

Crudites
Deviled eggs (DD's MIL is bringing this)
Turkey
Ham (DD is bringing this)
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Yam puff with walnuts-no marshmallows
Broccoli casserole (DD's MIL)
Corn
Green beans
Carrot raisin salad
Waldorf salad
Three bean salad
Yeast rolls wheat and white (frozen food section!)
Cranberry sauce
Pumpkin pie
Apple pie
Blueberry pie
Sweet tea, water and pop
Adult beverages
I was going to make Wassail, but it's going to be a beautiful day here in the fifties so I'll save that for Christmas!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Di

This is a awesome post, coming from New England I can see the traditions here in the northeast are somewhat different from other parts of the country.Turkey excluded, cooking methods differ somewhat. Interesting.

Dinner:
Roast turkey
Giblet gravy
Sausage bread stuffing
Mashed potatoes
Broccoli casserole
Butternut Squash
Green Beans
Creamed onions
Cranberry Sauce.

Desserts:
Vanilla cupcakes ( grandkids request)
Apple Pie
Blueberry pie
Pumpkin Pie
Vanilla Ice Cream
Cannoli's

16 will be guests for dinner.

Oh, I forgot the dressing using fresh herbs!

Di

Watch out Shaun, he may have a bigger appetite than he is LOL! Only four of us today but this is the menu:

Turkey
Duck
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
Corn
Noodles
Oven Candied Sweet Potatoes
Pumpkin, Pecan and Cherry Pie

Brad AKA Moonwolf

Even though it is just the 3 of us, 4 if you count the dog, I still do the full feast.
Clare

Turkey (only 10 pounds)
Gravy
Fresh Green Beans steamed (NOT Casserole - DH hates it.)
Mashed Garlic Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes (maybe candied)
Fresh Rosemary Fennel Dressing (herbs from the garden)
Fantail rolls
Cranberry sauce
Pumpkin pie

We are making progress. The menu is changing a bit.

Turkey (sister bringing)
Gravy (sister making here)
Crispy roast duck w/ orange brandy glaze (dad making) [ready to roast]
Prime rib, roasted in rock salt [ready to go in] PLUS Amaretto sauce [holding to finish]
Mashed potatoes (SWMBO making) [peeled and waiting]
Creamed corn w/ Baileys Irish Cream
Green bean casserole (SWMBO making)
Sweet potato (sister bringing)
PLUS potato leek soup w/ wasabi and cranberry garnish [done]
Garlic-gorgonzola cake and bruschetta (SWMBO making) [done]
Dinner rolls (Costco)
Various pies (SWMBO has made) [done]
Veggies and hummus (Costco platter stuff)
Wine, cocktails, etc

2:07 pm, everything is under control . . .

We're done here. Shaun, that dinner guest is very handsome!

Jessica, I hope they fixed the dishwasher.

L2C46, that is a very cute turkey appetizer, a vegetarian option is always good (grin)

Here we had 7. Ashley and Kevin made it, still no baby. Amanda, Dave and the kids and me. Mother went to my niece's, it was "her turn". Mother is in great demand on holidays, LOL, and came here last year. Stepmother had dinner with her sister, saving me 120 miles of driving, one more thing to be thankful for.

We had a cheese ball with Ritz crackers to start, Dave loves that cream cheese/cheddar/dried beef/green onion mix, so I always make it for him. We also had some rabbit from the smoker to snack on while I got dinner "around", along with home canned pickled beets, sweet and dill pickles and olives. The main menu was:

Turkey (a 21 pounder for 7 of us, both girls took leftovers)
Sage and onion stuffing (I wanted to add oysters ala Seagrass but was roundly voted down, so Elery and I will have that)
Mashed potatoes (with cream and butter, not kosher at all)
Gravy
Butternut squash/whole wheat dinner rolls
Broccoli with cheese sauce
Maple glazed roasted sweet potatoes
Fruit salad
Fresh cranberry and apple relish
French Silk Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Ice cream cake with M&Ms

Happy Thanksgiving.

Annie

I posted on lpink's thread and forgot a few things.

We had Thanksgiving at 1:00 p.m. I think we had 13 or 14.

We had,
smoked turkey
ham
cornbread dressing
giblet gravy
cranberry sauce
cream corn
broccoli casserole
sweet potatoes
potato casserole
cranberry salad
green salad
rolls
buttermilk pecan pie
pumpkin pie
italian cream cake
I think that is it!!! Very good Thanksgiving!