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LaBellaVida · November 2013

For Thanksgiving dinner?

my typical dinner looks like this: turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, candied yams, cranjello, rolls, fruit salad, and some kinda green veggie side.

My desserts are pumpkin pie, apple pie, cherry pie and pecan pie.

I'm kinda get tired of eating the same thing year after year. Mh hates to change things up and likes the traditional meal.

if i change one side or two is not going to kill him, so i wanna know what you do, and what's your favorite dish that is different then i listed above?

HeartLikeMine3 · November 2013

nykkolhooks said:
Squash casserole.

Me too. Paula Dean's recipe is so good but so bad!

HeartLikeMine3 · November 2013

I also love broccoli cheese and rice casserole.

momofcatan · November 2013

How about a cranberry crunch? I think it can be side dish or dessert. Whole cranberry sauce and chopped apples on the bottle. Mixture or brow sugar, oats and flower on top.

LaBellaVida · November 2013

araziza said:
How about a cranberry crunch? I think it can be side dish or dessert. Whole cranberry sauce and chopped apples on the bottle. Mixture or brow sugar, oats and flower on top.

This sounds Delish!!!

I'm in the process of making my list so i can get my stuff today before everyone buys up the store.

LiLi23 · November 2013

@amtobey Those green beans sound delish! I was actually going to search a new recipe today, but I think I'm going to try those. YUM!

My MIL makes amazing mashed potatoes and homemade stuffing. I'll be making the turkey, some kind of sweet potato something (roasted, casserole...not sure yet), and a new recipe I found for homemade cranberry sauce. Ahhh I can't wait for my house to be filled with all these smells!!

llbta85 · November 2013

We do cranberry "relish" (a bag of whole cranberries, an orange or 2, sugar to taste, into the food processor for a few pulses) and it is my favorite dish. Other stand outs are my grandmother's kick @ss mashed potatoes, and my husband's deep fried turkeys.

I am on the hunt for a good stuffing/dressing recipe, if anyone has one they wouldn't mind sharing.

Achae · November 2013

Mnm I'm jealous of all the food I'll miss!

WasNotWas · November 2013

Ok. I have finally nailed down our menu this year...

Starters:

Baked sweet pear wafers

Apple Slices

Grapes

Parm Cheese

Blue Cheese

Brie Cheese

Walnuts

Crackers

Crusty Bread

Spinach Artichoke Dip

Main: Turkey

Sides:

Sweet Potato Fries

Asparagus

Onion Pie

Mashed Potatoes

Butternut Squash Gratin

Canned Cranberry Sauce

Rolls

Stuffing

LiLi23 · November 2013

@wasnotwas Ohhh you're coming to cook FOR me?? How sweet of you :P

WasNotWas · November 2013

LiLi23 said:

@wasnotwas Ohhh you're coming to cook FOR me?? How sweet of you :P

I'll do it! but I pish posh on your homemade cranberry sauce...canned FTW

lioness13 · November 2013

I make a great mac n cheese. I will be making that along with cornbread muffins and/or green beans. My guests will bring everything else.

LiLi23 · November 2013

@wasnotwas NEVAR!

Actually, that stuff is pretty good. I'll probably do both because who doesn't like a little bite o'turkey and jiggly cranberry jello stuff? Amirite??

LaBellaVida · November 2013

amtobey said:
When I go places, I cook these green beans.
It's turned my green bean hatin' husband into a green bean lovin man. He asks me to make them ALL. THE. TIME.

And they are super easy. I don't even measure anything, just wing it.

I've cooked these before!! They are good. I've added red pepper flakes and it gives a good little kick!

CoffeeBeanFiend91 · November 2013

My mom makes dinner but I always bake pies. Always pumpkin and apple this year I think I'm going to add a shoefly pie.

LaBellaVida · November 2013

CoffeeBeanFiend91 said:
My mom makes dinner but I always bake pies. Always pumpkin and apple this year I think I'm going to add a shoefly pie.

What is a shoefly pie?

RissNRuss · November 2013

I'm making pumpkin white chocolate cheesecake this year. I try to mix it up a bit every year, but I usually do a dessert, as that's what I'm good at. We always eat at someone else's home- so the main meal is already taken care of.

CoffeeBeanFiend91 · November 2013

brandilc84 said:

CoffeeBeanFiend91 said:
My mom makes dinner but I always bake pies. Always pumpkin and apple this year I think I'm going to add a shoefly pie.
What is a shoefly pie?

Sorry supposed to be shoofly pie. Damn autocorrect. Anywho, it's an Amish recipe it's a brown sugar and molasses pie. Also known as diabetes in a pie crust

LaBellaVida · November 2013

RissNRuss said:
I'm making pumpkin white chocolate cheesecake this year. I try to mix it up a bit every year, but I usually do a dessert, as that's what I'm good at. We always eat at someone else's home- so the main meal is already taken care of.

Yum on your cheesecake. Care to share your recipe? @RissNRuss

ASmallWonder · November 2013

We do a majorly lazy dinner because it's just us and my ILs (and my brother and he's vegetarian so he doesn't even eat the turkey): cheese & cracker and onion dip and chips, turkey with bacon and butter, garlic mashed potatoes, sauteed brussels sprouts, mushroom rice (MIL), yams (MIL), crescent rolls and stuffing. Dessert is always pumpkin pie (and an extra one for later for my brother lol) and something undecided. I might make my zebra cake which is just chocolate wafer cookies with cool whip in between and then frosted with cool whip. You let it sit at least 24 hours and the cookies get soft and when you cut it on the diagonal, zebra stripes

bel194 · November 2013

I'm buying a relish tray and bringing it to my aunt's..

phishgirl29 · November 2013

Maybe it's because I'm Italian but we always have lasagna as a first course before the turkey. DH and I make it a couple of days before. :-$

RissNRuss · November 2013

@brandilc84: Reference note: I have not tried this recipe yet, it's from a Taste of Home cookbook.

1-1/2 c. crushed gingersnap cookies (about 30)
1/4 c. melted butter
24 oz softened cream cheese
1 c. sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
5 oz white baking chocolate, melted and cooled
3/4 c. canned pumpkin (not pie filling)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

Almond topping
1/2 c. chopped almonds
2 tbs. melted butter
1 tsp. sugar

Combine butter and crushed cookies, press into bottom of 9" greased springform pan
Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth, add eggs and vanilla, beat on low until just combined. Stir in melted white chocolate. Combine pumpkin and spices, fold into cream cheese mixture gently. pour over crust and place pan on baking sheet.
Bake at 350 for 55-60 min or until center is just set. Cool 10 minutes, while combining topping ingrediants. spead topping in shallow baking pan and bake 10 min (until golden brown). Cool. Spread on top!

LiLi23 · November 2013

@phishgirl Ahh, I forgot, we do that too!

momofcatan · November 2013

brandilc84 said:

How about a cranberry crunch? I think it can be side dish or dessert. Whole cranberry sauce and chopped apples on the bottle. Mixture or brow sugar, oats and flower on top.
This sounds Delish!!! I'm in the process of making my list so i can get my stuff today before everyone buys up the store.

We serve it as a side and then people tell us it is supposed to be dessert. If you want the full recipe I can PM you when DH gets home. I know I'm forgetting one or two ingredients.

CoffeeBeanFiend91 · November 2013

RissNRuss said:

@brandilc84: Reference note: I have not tried this recipe yet, it's from a Taste of Home cookbook.

1-1/2 c. crushed gingersnap cookies (about 30)
1/4 c. melted butter
24 oz softened cream cheese
1 c. sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
5 oz white baking chocolate, melted and cooled
3/4 c. canned pumpkin (not pie filling)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

Almond topping
1/2 c. chopped almonds
2 tbs. melted butter
1 tsp. sugar

Combine butter and crushed cookies, press into bottom of 9" greased springform pan
Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth, add eggs and vanilla, beat on low until just combined. Stir in melted white chocolate. Combine pumpkin and spices, fold into cream cheese mixture gently. pour over crust and place pan on baking sheet.
Bake at 350 for 55-60 min or until center is just set. Cool 10 minutes, while combining topping ingrediants. spead topping in shallow baking pan and bake 10 min (until golden brown). Cool. Spread on top!

Oh Taste of Home eh?
And did you order/pay for said book?

If it was purchased in a store then ignore this. I used to work customer service for Taste of Home and it was an unforgettable experience.

Also this may be on of the recipes I've tried as it looks familiar and it was fabulous. But then again I have made tons of different similar things.

phishgirl29 · November 2013

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LiLi23 · November 2013

phishgirl29 said:

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YES!!!

RissNRuss · November 2013

CoffeeBeanFiend91 said:

RissNRuss said:

@brandilc84: Reference note: I have not tried this recipe yet, it's from a Taste of Home cookbook.

1-1/2 c. crushed gingersnap cookies (about 30)
1/4 c. melted butter
24 oz softened cream cheese
1 c. sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
5 oz white baking chocolate, melted and cooled
3/4 c. canned pumpkin (not pie filling)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

Almond topping
1/2 c. chopped almonds
2 tbs. melted butter
1 tsp. sugar

Combine butter and crushed cookies, press into bottom of 9" greased springform pan
Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth, add eggs and vanilla, beat on low until just combined. Stir in melted white chocolate. Combine pumpkin and spices, fold into cream cheese mixture gently. pour over crust and place pan on baking sheet.
Bake at 350 for 55-60 min or until center is just set. Cool 10 minutes, while combining topping ingrediants. spead topping in shallow baking pan and bake 10 min (until golden brown). Cool. Spread on top!

Oh Taste of Home eh?
And did you order/pay for said book?

If it was purchased in a store then ignore this. I used to work customer service for Taste of Home and it was an unforgettable experience.

Also this may be on of the recipes I've tried as it looks familiar and it was fabulous. But then again I have made tons of different similar things.

o_O It's my MIL's book. I copy out the recipes from her books I like, and she does the same from mine. Is that allowed?! Or are ToH like Metallica and you MUST NOT SHARE THE RECIPES?
@-)
:P

CoffeeBeanFiend91 · November 2013

RissNRuss said:

CoffeeBeanFiend91 said:

RissNRuss said:

@brandilc84: Reference note: I have not tried this recipe yet, it's from a Taste of Home cookbook.

1-1/2 c. crushed gingersnap cookies (about 30)
1/4 c. melted butter
24 oz softened cream cheese
1 c. sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
5 oz white baking chocolate, melted and cooled
3/4 c. canned pumpkin (not pie filling)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

Almond topping
1/2 c. chopped almonds
2 tbs. melted butter
1 tsp. sugar

Combine butter and crushed cookies, press into bottom of 9" greased springform pan
Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth, add eggs and vanilla, beat on low until just combined. Stir in melted white chocolate. Combine pumpkin and spices, fold into cream cheese mixture gently. pour over crust and place pan on baking sheet.
Bake at 350 for 55-60 min or until center is just set. Cool 10 minutes, while combining topping ingrediants. spead topping in shallow baking pan and bake 10 min (until golden brown). Cool. Spread on top!

Oh Taste of Home eh?
And did you order/pay for said book?

If it was purchased in a store then ignore this. I used to work customer service for Taste of Home and it was an unforgettable experience.

Also this may be on of the recipes I've tried as it looks familiar and it was fabulous. But then again I have made tons of different similar things.

o_O It's my MIL's book. I copy out the recipes from her books I like, and she does the same from mine. Is that allowed?! Or are ToH like Metallica
and you MUST NOT SHARE THE
RECIPES?
@-)
:P

Haha no nothing like that. We would get people who "never ordered them" and won't pay for them because they "legally" don't have to. That was 90% of our call volume

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