That's quite a menu. Those coming to dinner at your house will eat very well. I'm having dinner with my son and DDIL at their house, She's cooking, I'm taking some sides, so I'll be having whatever she cooks, which is usually plentiful and very good.

Oh, the meal is not at my house, it is at daughter Amber's a half mile away. If you would go as the crow flies, it is half that distance. I fix a lot of the food though for our meals.

Sue

Turkey and country ham

mashed potatoes and gravy

stuffing

smothered green beans

sweet potatoes (not that marshmallow thing)

cranberry relish

rolls

chocolate pie

ROAST TURKEY

TURKEY GRAVY

CORNBREAD DRESSING

MASHED POTATOES

GREEN BEANS

SWEET POTATOES

RASPBERRY CRANBERRY SAUCE AND
OCEAN SPRAY JELLIED

HOMEMADE YEAST
ROLLS

BUTTER

ICED TEA

PUMPKIN CAKE WITH BURNT SUGAR
FROSTING

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

All of your menus sound so good! It's just the two of us, so we are having dungeness crab, warm sour dough bread and asparagus. One of those mini pecan pies from the store is for dessert, but I doubt hubby will have more than a bite of it. He says they have too much crust. While not as good as homemade, I like that there won't be an entire full sized pie tempting us.

Crab season just opened a couple of weeks ago, so I expect they will be good!

It is only 4 of us but Thanksgiving just isn't Thanksgiving for me if I don't have the traditional smells of the holiday. That is what sparks my memory of Thanksgivings past.

Traditional, yet small:

21# turkey stuffed with a bacon, celery and onion stuffing

Ocean Spray whole cranberry sauce...just like my mom made lol

Whipped/real mashed potatoes

gravy....LOTS of gravy to smother it all....:0)

Pecan pie

Iced tea

Mama pinky....add ham, cranberry salad, cheery cheesecake, and iced tea to your menu, and our menus are so much alike!...love traditional meal for Thanksgiving.

Marilyn Sue...what a menu!...how many are coming for your meal?

You all have a Happy Thanksgiving and remember to count those blessings!

We should have 12 at our table, however we do deliver at least 3 meals to those that are unable to come and we have to go boxes for everyone to take home leftovers. It is not Thanksgiving if you can't have leftovers! Have a Blessed Thanksgiving.

Add some Turkey cupcakes to the menu too!

Sue

Roasted turkey breast (recipe from Ina Garten)

White wine braised turkey legs

Gravy (from braising liquid)

Stuffing

Mashed Potatoes

Sweet potatoes with pecan/coconut topping

Sauteed green beans with shallots

Cranberry relish

Yeast rolls

Pineapple upside down cakes made in a muffin tin

Pumpkin pies also made in muffin tins

Pecan Tassies

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!!

I am only making part of our meal, my husband loves Deep Fried Turkey and I don't want to invest in the equipment. I love cooking, but lately I find it peaceful to make only part of the meal.

I ordered from a local restaurant:

Deep Fried Cajun Turkey

Cajun Spiced Smashed Red Potatoes

Candied Sweet Potatoes

Rolls

I am making:

Stuffing

Salad

Gravy

Cranberry Sauce

Apple Pie- my daughter is making this, she makes the best I've ever had.

We're eating with a group of friends who are renting a house on Lake Guntersville. I'm contributing challah, sausage, and wild mushroom dressing, rutabaga puff, and Ina Garten's wonderful lemon/ginger/molasses cake, which is deeeelicious! I've already made the dressing and the cake; will do the rest tomorrow.

We'll be having oven roasted turkey, glazed ham on the grill, roasted Brussels sprouts with balsamic vinegar, mashed potatoes, collards (I hope), cranberry-apple relish, and other dishes that I don't know about.

I kept a bit of the dressing in a little casserole for our supper of grilled chops tonight, lol! Pretty darned good, if I say so myself.

Same menu here, Turkey, Stuffing, Gravy, Green Beans (fresh/not casserole), fresh Sweet potato, just baked, Pumpkin & Apple Pie. Always a salad of raw veggies & dressings, optional, cranberry sauce & olives.

I would love to be a guest at your houses. Marilyn's food thread always make me hungry.

We will be a smaller group than usual tomorrow. Six at first until DD2 joins us for her second meal- her in-laws eat at noon. So a total of 10, but with different appetites. Usually we number 19.

DD suggested we change up our usual menu and try some new dishes. I thought great idea. She and I spent the afternoon together preparing food at my house.

Our menu: cheese platter, corn dip, antipasto salad, ravioli, with homemade fresh tomato sauce, tossed salad, roast turkey with gravy and dressing, roasted brussel sprouts with bacon, broccoli with lemon, baked potato and sweet potato with toppings, fresh cranberry sauce, red onion marmalade. Dessert will be pumpkin/peanut butter dip with apple slices, French apple cake with ice cream or whipped cream.

I've mentioned on other threads that we don't celebrate Thanksgiving with traditional foods, so we are having a salad with kale, broccoli slaw, turkey, sunflower seeds, dried cranberries and red onion. I'm hosting a Gilmore Girls viewing party on Friday, so the refrigerator is full of champagne and sparkling water and the pantry is stocked with GG-related junk food. I fully expect to experience a carb hangover on Saturday.

It's just the two of us but we're till having turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, sausage stuffing, a spinach casserole, fried Brussel sprouts tossed in a honey, vinegar sauce, sauerkraut, apple crisp and pecan bars. Today I made the stuffing, spinach casserole, apple crisp and cleaned up the Brussel sprouts so they're ready to cook.

Yum, I can almost smell the wonderful food aromas! All the menus sound delicious. Matti - I was interested to see that you make pineapple upside down cakes in a muffin tin. I make peach upside down cake that most people really enjoy and I have often thought it would be great to make it in a muffin tin. Do you use the standard 12-muffin tin, or another size?

Turkey, ham, yeast rolls, cranberry sauce (the stuff in the can), stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, tray of black olives/carrots/celery, pumpkin pie and pecan pie. I think that's all. Oh, and ALE 8 for the kids.

Don't suppose you could sneak me a big piece of that black raspberry pie? Naw, guess you probably can't. (heavy sigh)

No big plans for tomorrow. Depends on how I'm feeling and what others are doing (and how they're feeling). Picked up some stuff tonight in case there's some around but I might end up snoozing as I can. Been a rougher last few days but that's how it goes. Nothing too serious. Looking forward to some Swedish sausage, taters, cajun hotdish, veggies, fruit and ice cream if all goes well. Oh and of course some lefse. Otherwise, might snack or go out.

Happy Thanksgiving all.

First time in over 30 ish years that I am not hosting - but I did make a pecan pie and an apple cake (a very big dense one:) to bring. I had to laugh about the cranberry sauce--- I never cared for it but decided I would make it one year. I was delighted how simple it was to do and most people really liked it. DH on the other hand, said he preferred the canned variety and even looked forward to the imprint from the can.

File that in ya ca't please everybody all the time. :)

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone- your menus sound beautiful!

Shrimp appetizer and crudité platter

Roast turkey

Mashed potatoes and gravy

Stuffing

Carrot casserole

Basil corn casserole

Cranberry sauce jellied and cranberry orange relish

Rutabaga casserole

Grand biscuits

Pumpkin cheesecare and pumpkin pie with whipped cream

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!