I did!

blue cheese and walnut biscuits

Took them to my friends home for dinner. Well received, but really didn't get the blue cheese flavor.

Just some the last 4 out of the oven and will see if they are improved with flavor from yesterday.

Me, too! I made bread stuffing and added oysters - I'm the only one that liked it.

I made the Honey Wheat Sandwich rolls for Thanksgiving and everyone loved them. I didn't get to make the cranberry raspberry salad as my Granddaughter had a recipe for some she wanted to bring. Will try to make it for Christmas. I am always looking for new ideas for foods I think my family will like.

Sue

Sue, I hope you can make it for Christmas. It's very good. I did add about 1/2 c. chopped celery and 1/2 c. chopped pecans. Just because I like those with cranberries. You actually tastes more raspberry than cranberry.

DD made the recipe from McCormick's Roasted Sweet Potatoes only we left out the cranberries due to the fact several don't like them in with the sweet potatoes. Tasted pretty good, not real sweet, only we did add marshmallows on top. The chopped pecans really did add a good touch. Used fresh yams

I tried a creamed corn dish that was listed in the times, but I changed it a tad because of a shopping error. Everyone really liked it:

Corn Pudding
1 15 oz can of creamed corn
2 15 oz cans of corn, drained
4 eggs, beaten
1/4 c sugar
2 Tablespoons of flour
1/4 c melted butter

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 2 quart casserole. I used a 7x11 pyrex dish.

In a large bowl, whisk together the corn, eggs, sugar, flour and butter. Pour into a shallow 2 quart casserole and bake until set, about 45 minutes.

The original recipe called for 2 cans of creamed corn and 1 can of corn.

I did the Cranberry & Raspberry sauce with celery and walnuts. It was a winner, Nanny

yee..made my own dressing, trying to keep the salt content down...not a success, lol...it was ok but think i didn't cube the sour dough bread i used, small enough...

I made the holiday fruit salad in the "holiday recipes". it was very good. In fact I made everything from "Our recipes"

This year I brined the turkey after reading it makes a real moist turkey. It was very very good!! Also tried a new cranberry sauce recipe using orange juice in place of the water. I liked it but it was a tad soupy. Not sure if they shrunk the bag of cranberries this year (didn't check) or if I should have boiled them a minute or two longer.

Yes, we made something truly new and different this year for Thanksgiving...... Reservations.

Instead of the mad dash and rush of trying to prepare all sorts of food, and be here and there as needed, we decided to just visit Aunt in the nursing home, and to have dinner at a restaurant. It was WONDERFUL--peaceful, festive, and so much wonderful food. The place we went served family style and packed up all the leftovers (3 shopping bags full) for us to take home. I think we have more leftovers than when we cook.

My DH and I hosted for my family - and our new items were a sweet potato cheesecake for desert (YUM!) and mulled wine for all day. I got the idea of sweet potato cheesecake from the food channel "The best thing I ever ate - thanksgiving" & the mulled wine was inspired by Ina Garten. Both were absolutely LOVED by my family!

I think we found new traditions!

Yes, I added two new items to our menu and both were liked! Yippee!

One was a sweet potatoe casserole with praline topping. I've never ever used a real sweet potatoe for anything. But I liked it!

And then there was the pumpkin bread .. YUMMMMM. Friend at work shared this one ... take a box of cinnamon swirl cake mix, add a small can of pumpkin, and a half bag of butterscotch morsels. mix together and bake as tho you're making a cake. I used mini loaves and boy, did the guys love it.

Cinnamon Glazed almonds were our new item this year.

Yep and it was good!!!

Spinach Maria
2 pk frozen chopped spinach
1 pk 8 oz cream cheese
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon butter
3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (more or less to taste)

Instructions for Spinach Maria
Cook spinach according to directions, drain very well (I let cool, then squeeze out the water in a paper towel or cheesecloth). Saute onion in butter until tender. Add cream cheese and stir until melted. Add spinach, parmesan cheese, and pepper. Cook several minutes more until well blended. Placed in greased casserole dish and bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until browned on top. Cover with shredded cheddar cheese.

Enjoy! I'm not a fan of cooked spinach, but I love this one.

We will be having new dishes tomorrow, creamed corn from the freezer section not canned (a coworker brought some in yesterday for our dinner there and it was really good), grapes on the veggie tray along with spinach dip, macaroni and cheese (homemade of course), and we are frying the turkey. Oh, and I won't be making giblet gravy, just plain old gravy since Lauren has been complaining about it for weeks now...and Alex has said he doesn't like it either. So, no giblets. We are also having chocolate pie instead of pumpkin because Johanna doesn't like pumpkin pie. We're also having pecan pie.

I made a new brussel sprout dish with currants and pine nuts and a salad with pears, walnuts, blue cheese, walnuts and a cranberry vinaigrette dressing. I always make new things and people seem to like them rather than the same exact thing year after year.

Gibby, sounds like the dish I prepared for the Brussels sprouts. I wasn't that crazy about them. I also tried a new recipe for caramelized butternut squash. Didn't care for that one either. Tried a new recipe for dressing and loved that one and a recipe (believe it or not) for mashed potatoes....excellent....Used fat free butter milk instead of sour cream and added sliced green onion. Big hit and so much healthier. Tonight we had meat loaf, red cabbage, mashed potatoes and cucumber salad. Took a break from turkey. Tomorrow, back to turkey.

Yes, I did, and it was a bust! It was a cranberry jalapeno chutney.

Also, pumpkin empanaditas from the Land O Lakes website - good but not worth all the effort.

Happy belated to you all! Yes, I did...for a minute I lost the recipe I'd cut out, and NEARLY came to KT for some help but found it shortly.

Made the balsamic and bacon roasted brussels sprouts from current (Nov 15th) issue of the WOMAN'S DAY weekly mag on sale in all the grocery stores. They were really delicious and very popular. Will definitely be making these from now on. Also, the herbed goat cheese bruchetta for one of the appetizers from same magazine and sooo easy!.

I put cream cheese and REAL butter in the mashed potatoes! It was a hit!

I made a roasted brussels sprout dish with real maple syrup and bacon, and even people who don't normally like them said they were very good. I also made Paula Dean's corn casserole, and although I thought it was only so-so, that dish was empty too.