Gobble Gobble!

fitmama418

This is the thread to share links/recipes for things you're making this week for Thanksgiving. Happy cooking/baking, mamas!

fitmama418

We are going to DH's parent's for Thanksgiving. We offered to bring a side and dessert. I'm making some variation of a pumpkin cheesecake with salted caramel sauce (like this):

https://www.cookingclassy.com/2012/11/pumpkin-cheesecake-with-salted-caramel-sauce/

And these divine looking mashed potatoes:

https://www.dishinanddishes.com/truffled-mashed-potatoes-with-prosciutto-and-rosemary/

fitmama418

CGMB said:

OMG @fitmama418...those potatoes though....

RIGHT?!?! I've got a small ass bottle of $25 truffle oil ready to be cracked open for the first time.

mskatiep

I'm think I'm going to make a normal pumpkin pie and then also make this one:

Pumpkin Cheesecake with pecan pie topping...

https://parsleysagesweet.com/2011/11/15/11750/

Haven't decided what else to make yet...

UntaggableKatie

I don't have to do any cooking... but I'll come be anyone's taste-tester!!

mamasoup030

MotherEFFingKatie said:

We ended up doing our turkey with a lemon rosary compound butter. Yum.

This makes me think of a holy turkey wearing a rosary on its feet !

Kim22

I'm probably going to be that ass who brings nothing. My sister I live with is hosting only we are going to DHs brothers. This means I can't cook and have no room in the fridge for anything to take with us because she has to make her stuff. I guess I can pick up snacks or dessert Wednesday at the store but that's about it.

Melissa1506

I am going to try and make the pioneer woman mashed potatoes. A few of the ladies I work with have made them and said they are amazing. https://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/11/delicious_creamy_mashed_potatoes/

TJHine

I made this today. The salted caramel leftovers are so freaking good!
https://m.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/four-and-twenty-blackbirds-salted-caramel-apple-pie.html

Kfran84

I get asked to make these potatoes all the time. They look so classy and are delicious. It's like a creamy cheesy red potato gratin.

https://www.food.com/recipe/boursin-cheese-potatoes-25266

Melissa1506

CaiShov said:

Melissa1506 said:

I am going to try and make the pioneer woman mashed potatoes. A few of the ladies I work with have made them and said they are amazing. https://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/11/delicious_creamy_mashed_potatoes/

I just don't know if I could ever get on board with cream cheese in mashed potatoes...

I am unsure on that myself but everyone raves about them so I figured they were worth a shot. Will let you know how they come out.

fitmama418

This post proves that if we every all had a N13 Thanksgiving, we'd eat like queens and need ALL the post-dinner naps.

DebateThis

Happy Thanksgiving!
It's just the three of us because I am in no shape to travel or host.

DH is bringing rolls and pies home from the bakery.
We're making Ina Garten's corn pudding, DH's family's cheesy broccoli, roasted carrots, a roasted acorn squash, mashed potatoes and stuffing. Most of it is really easy prep and DH will be playing sous chef so I don't kill myself.

I'm having all kinds of feels that this is the first Thanksgiving in NINE years that I haven't made the family recipe rolls, fudge, and caramel corn but I had to be realistic that I just got out of the hospital and the work-intensive stuff is going to have to wait.

cagoldi

Glad they let you go home, @DebateThis! Happy Thanksgiving!

DebateThis

Finnaroo said:

@DebateThis‌ glad they let you come home! Tell me more about this fudge of which you speak.

OMG. Ready for this? It's truly the easiest thing ever. I just don't have the energy for more cooking.

A bag of chocolate chips (good ones - Scharffen-Berger are my fave), a can of sweetened condensed milk, and a teaspoon of vanilla. Heat up the sweetened condensed milk til it's just under boiling, then pour it over the chips and let it sit til everything's all melted and gooey. Add the vanilla, stir it all together, pour it in a wax paper lined 8x8 pan and chill. Slice it once it's chilled for a couple hours.

I also love the marshmallow cream fudge recipe that's on the side of the Fluff jar, if you have a candy thermometer and feel like babysitting the stove a bit more.