Let the Thanksgiving festivities begin!

nessabeers · November 2013

I know it's next week but we have a friend's thanksgiving tomorrow night and am getting excited to make my homemade cranberry sauce tonight and green bean casserole Tomorrow! I would love to hear some of your favorite traditions and foods/recipes! (Looking for a good sweet potato recipe)

Last year I made the same but fruit salad instead of sweet potatoes!

Rrrrrachel · November 2013

I love alllllll of it. everything about thanksgiving. We always get a couple of bushels of oysters and roast those on the grill in the morning, then have dinner later in the afternoon. It's an awesome day, even though the kids are falling apart by the end of it.

nessabeers · November 2013

I have never heard of that on thanksgiving but it sounds delicious mmmmh! Do you live close to the ocean?

girliegirl827 · November 2013

That looks so delicious- especially the green beans! Would you share that recipe?

Rrrrrachel · November 2013

Idk if it's a common thing. We live about 2-3 hours from the ocean, but my moms family is from the coast going waaay back.

Wurrkingurrl · November 2013

Stuffed mushrooms, twice baked potatoes and roasted vegetable polenta tart... OMG I cannot wait for Thursday!!!

nessabeers · November 2013

Green bean casserole:
I do 2 cans of green beans (you can use fresh uncut green beans about 9 oz. if you prefer that- I did that last year)
1 can of cream of celery soup
3/4 c. of milk
Salt and pepper
1 cup to as needed fried onions (I use french's fried onions)
Preheat oven to 350

Mix soup, milk, beans, s&p, 2/3. C of fried onions into a medium casserole dish. (We have a huge family so I double the recipe and use a larger casserole dish almost a 9x13.)
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes
Stir after baking
Top with remaining onions and than bake for 5 minutes before serving so onions are crispy!

patunia7321 · November 2013

I love stuffing! Oh and my mothers sweet potato casserole- dear lord. It's basically a heart attack in a glass dish. I love it. I don't have the recipe but its basically mashed sweet potatoes, butter, brown sugar, butter, roasted pecans, butter. Oh wait.... Did I mention butter?

girliegirl827 · November 2013

Thanks so much! That sounds easier than I thought it'd be!

nessabeers · November 2013

patunia7321 said:
I love stuffing! Oh and my mothers sweet potato casserole- dear lord. It's basically a heart attack in a glass dish. I love it. I don't have the recipe but its basically mashed sweet potatoes, butter, brown sugar, butter, roasted pecans, butter. Oh wait.... Did I mention butter?

That sounds amazing, I think I'll do one that has pecans in it for Thursday sounds delicious!

Eija3014 · November 2013

patunia7321 said:
I love stuffing! Oh and my mothers sweet potato casserole- dear lord. It's basically a heart attack in a glass dish. I love it. I don't have the recipe but its basically mashed sweet potatoes, butter, brown sugar, butter, roasted pecans, butter. Oh wait.... Did I mention butter?

My mom makes this too! I don't like sweet potatoes but you can't even taste them so I like it

) it really is just sugar and butter for the most part... But warm and delicious!

britt33 · November 2013

I make the annual bacon wrapped green beans. So yummy!

nessabeers · November 2013

britt33 said:
I make the annual bacon wrapped green beans. So yummy!

Bacon! That sounds tempting!

britndavid · November 2013

I love every single thing about thanksgiving! We always do a traditional menu (turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes ect...) but I think I'm looking forward to my mom's home made Mac n cheese mixed with my aunts sweet potatoes omg!

Rogue237 · November 2013

We do turkey (I brine the night before and do a sage/thyme butter rub), stuffing, mashed potatoes, Mac and cheese, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, rolls, gravy and chocolate chip pecan pie for dessert. Omg I'm so hungry right now.

AcaAwkward · November 2013

Last night I spent an hour making my grocery list! I can't wait to start cooking on Tuesday! We hosted last year and I was hoping to make that a tradition, but since our living room is still all torn up from the flood, it will be at my ILs' house. Kinda bummed, but at least I don't have to fret over the turkey and rotate out all my sides while it cooks!

I am making...

Hatch Chile Mac & Cheese
Squash Casserole
Fresh Cranberry Sauce
Pecan Pumpkin Butter Pie

I usually also make my grandmother's Cornbread Dressing but my MIL wants to make her dressing...which means it will be icky. I might make a half recipe just to keep at our house. She is a horrid cook. So glad we talked her into a pre-smoked turkey from Rudy's.

(List in process last night...it's 3 pages now!)

nessabeers · November 2013

@AcaAwkward please tell me more about this squash casserole =P~

Eta: obviously I struggled spelling awkward

MaglioMomma · November 2013

@AcaAwkward and do share your pie recipe-- sounds amazing!

richiel · November 2013

Homemade butter yeast rolls, I have to make them for every family gathering. They're awesome.

AcaAwkward · November 2013

nessabeers said:
@AcaAwkward please tell me more about this squash casserole =P~

Eta: obviously I struggled spelling awkward

Oooo it's the best - my mom's recipe! Here it is:

AcaAwkward · November 2013

@nessabeers ^^^ accidentally uploaded the photos backwards - read the 2nd one first for full ingredient list

@MaglioMama I'm trying a new recipe this year for pumpkin pie so I can't vouch for it yet. However, it is from Williams-Sonoma and they rarely steer me wrong! It's easy and uses the pecan pumpkin butter they sell:

https://www.williams-sonoma.com/m/recipe/classic-pecan-pumpkin-butter-pie.html

Teresa1896 · November 2013

Hatch chile Mac and cheese? Yum! That's my kinda thanksgiving!

AcaAwkward · November 2013

Teresa1896 said:
Hatch chile Mac and cheese? Yum! That's my kinda thanksgiving!

A little nontraditional, but it's become a staple since I introduced it 3 years ago! I loooooove Hatch chiles!

fourthnlast · November 2013

I'm so excited for Thanksgiving! I know I'll probably need a bottle of insulin to make it through the day, but I love me some mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing and all of the other goodies awaiting me on that glorious holiday

CalinAZ · November 2013

Just making the Thanksgiving shopping list right now - it's a little intimidating!

My Nana's Sweet Potato Casserole is pretty darn wonderful (though very laced with Bourbon)

(see if this works - this is my Nana's original typed recipe that we've scanned into a digital recipe book. Very special to have these from her and other family members)

Holljade · November 2013

This is our year with DH's fam. We suggested doing it at our house (SIL lives an HR away has 4 kids and is preg with the 5th so I thought it might be easier for for her to come down and not have to worry about cooking and hosting) but she wants to go blackfriday (or is it black Thursday shopping now?) So just MIL is coming down until around 5:30.

We are getting a ham made for us ::ducks::
Then making stuffing, mashed potatoes and mac and cheese. I am excited to be cooking with MIL and having her around. I love her

after MIL leaves DD and I will walk on over to my mom's to eat over there. I have reminded her several times a day that we will be over and to make sure to have enough and save me crab dip.I love being able to enjoy my moms home cooking ever year!

This year will be da bomb (yep just said it)