I finally have a Thanksgiving menu plan put together (with the help of my friends who we’ll be eating with). Can’t wait to see what you will all be eating this Thursday as well!
This is a picture of our turkey from last year. We cooked the turkey in an oiled paper bag and it came out nicely. Click here to read more about this technique.
Here’s our menu for this year. We’re going to be eating with two families on Thursday and are dividing the cooking tasks, so I don’t have to do it all this year. Yea!
– Turkey & Gravy
– Mashed potatoes
– Stuffing
– Cranberry sauce
– Cranberry slush
– Broccoli casserole
– Sweet Potato souffle
– Green salad
– Rolls
– Desserts: pumpkin pie, apple cranberry pie and something chocolate
Please share your Thanksgiving menu!
If you’re looking for the usual weekly menus, please click here! (I put up two posts today…sorry if it’s confusing!)
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Here is our menu – lots of links if anyone is still looking for recipe ideas!
Herb Brined Roasted Turkey
Baked Sweet Potatoes with Orange Caramel Glaze
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Sweet Italian Sausage Stuffing with Cranberries and Apples
Salad or another vegetable – waiting to hear family requests
Buttery Dinner Rolls
Pumpkin Pie with Caramel Pecan Topping
Flat Cranberry Apple Pie (posting recipe Monday)
Turkey
gravy and mashed potatoes
rolls
green beans (from our garden last summer)
wild rice salad
creamed corn
acorn squash stuffed with sweet potatoes (mom is bringing these – a Rachel Ray recipe she said)
apple pie and ice cream
For the first time, I’ll be doing Thanksgiving on Friday (thanks to my wife’s shifts at the hospital)… small affair so we are doing (gasp) chicken instead of turkey
– roasted chicken
– mashed potato
– acorn squash
– green beans
– stuffing
– cran sauce
– pumpkin pie
Wow! That is a feast. I’m debating whether to make a green salad. There are just four adults, so I’m not sure how much we’ll eat.
Forgot to list the cornbread stuffing (trying a recipe from pioneer woman)
Menu for 25. I make the meal, others bring drinks and desserts.
Roast Turkey
Roast Tofurkey (Vegetatians!)
Stuffing with Maple Chicken Sausage and Apples
Make-Ahead Garlic and Chive Mashed Potatoes
Brussel Sprouts with Leeks and Almonds
Sweet Potato Gratin with Bourbon Onions, Parmesan and Pecans
Gravy (Turkey and Vegetarian “Sausage” )
Citrus Cranberry Sauce
Canned, Jelled Cranberry Sauce (my favorite!)
Rolls
Lots of Desserts I’m not making!
I am interested in your sweet potato souffle… have you posted the recipe before?
~kelly
We’re having a big Thanksgiving this year – 16 of us, I think. I’m just doing the salad and the apple crisp. Yay!!
– turkey and gravy
– wild rice stuffing
– scalloped potatoes
– mashed potatoes
– green salad w/ dried cranberries, walnut, goat cheese and balsamic dijon vinaigrette
– green beans with almonds
– cranberry sauce
– biscuits
– stuffed mushrooms
– pumpkin pie
– pecan pie
– apple crisp
– chocolate pie
By following the link below you can find our menu with links to recipes included in the menu. Yours sounds great, too! Becky G.
http://camelliacottagediary.blogspot.com/2009/11/favorite-holiday-recipe-chocolate.html
Sorry, wrong link – let’s try again, Becky G.
http://camelliacottagediary.blogspot.com/2009/11/finalized.html
I got my post up early for the new pie recipe. Here is the link: Flat Cranberry Apple Pie
It is so good and easier than a traditional pie!
We’re hosting 18 but my mom does most of it–in my kitchen! We are also leaving town for the weekend for another family celebration. SO, we scaled it back a bit this year in order to have less food leftover.
Turkey and gravy
Savory Stuffing
Mashed Gold Potatoes
Roasted Brussel Sprouts
Orange-Cranberry Sauce
Field green Salad with Apple Vinagrette
Dinner Rolls and/or biscuits
Pumpkin Pie
HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone!
Okay, can’t even go there right now w/the Thanksgiving menu, but I know I’ll be linking this site on my blog, and referring to it myself for inspiration!
Smoked Turkey (courtesy of local restaurant)
Mashed potatoes
Green bean casserole
Glazed carrots
Cornbread stuffing
Autumn greens and apple salad
Cranberry sauce
Brioche Rolls
Pumpkin pie
This year I am taking some help from a local restaurant for turkey and stuffing. Just responsible for the sides and dessert. Gotta make it easy and keep it focused on what matters most…family and giving thanks.
Happy Thanksgiving.
We’re eating today(it’s Japan’s Labor Day and the closest holiday to Thanksgiving)
Turkey
Gravy
Mushroom stuffing
crock pot sweet potatos from Not Your Mothers Slow cooker cookbook(we used regular and purple sweet potato)
citrus-glazed carrots from epicurious
green beans
costco rolls
Pioneer Woman’s creamy mashed potato
and for desert
apple pie
pecan pumpkin pie
strawberry rhubarb pie
so far so good, just wish we had real cranberry sauce instead of canned.
Turkey & Ham (yes, we have to have both)
Mom’s famous Chicken~n~Dressing
Sweet Potato Souffle
Hashbrown Casserole
Corn, peas, cranberry sauce
Pistachio pudding (the kids LOVE this)
Cake & sweet potato pie for dessert
Banana bread for snacking
Fried Turkey
Ham
Gravy
Dressing
Mashed Potatoes
Sweet Potato Casserole
Baked Pineapple
Baked Corn
Green Beans
Broccoli Salad
Cranberry Sauce
Rolls
Dessert – Pumpkin Pie, Crockpot Cake, Fudge Puddles and Sopapilla Cheescake
Bacon wrapped roasted turkey with sage and oranges
Gravy made from pan drippings
Refrigerator Mashed Potatoes
Peppridge Farm Herbed Stuffing with onions and celery
Butternut Squash with nutmeg and honey
Steamed green beans with roasted almonds
Rolls (either Betty crocker’s or no-knead challah made into rolls)
Cranberry sauce (made with honey for the husband) and cranberry relish
Relish tray with pickles from our pantry
Butter
Apple Pie with cheddar cheese (says my Gramps “Apple pie with out cheese is like a hug without a squeeze”)
Dairy Free Pumpkin Custard with Rice Dream Ice Cream
My mom is cooking this year and I’m pretty sure it’s the whole traditional meal. I am cooking a sausage and lentil soup for the day after with fresh bread. I’m actually hauling my breadmaker on the 2 hour trip so I can use it to make the dough! Looking forward to turkey and all the trimmings!
Turkey
Ham
Cornbread Dressing
Mac and Cheese
Deviled Eggs
Green Beans
Pinto Beans
Coleslaw
Sweet Potato Casserole
Chocolate Pie
Italian Creme Cake
Rolls
We scaled back this year because we’re getting tired of having SOO many leftovers and eating them for so long after.
Appetizers:
Oysters on 1/2 shell
Relish plate
Main:
Brined & deep fried turkey
Roasted garlic & blue cheese mashed potatoes
Giblets gravy
Roasted asparagus w/ lemon brown butter glaze
Cesar salad
Cranberry orange relish
Family recipe jello salad
Roasted chestnut & sausage dressing
Classic yeast rolls
Dessert:
Pumpkin pie
Pecan pie
Rum whipped cream for pies
Okay, looking at this menu, for 4 adults, a 5 year old (who doesn’t eat) and a 9 month old (who eats more than her brother), it seems like an awful lot. LOL. Yes, we are scaling back, the only portion size that will stay the same is the Turkey (that’s one leftover no one gets tired of) and the jello salad (don’t really know how to make a smaller recipe). But, the pies are much smaller, we’ll make 1/2 as much as we usually do of the mashed potatoes, gravy, and dressing, rolls. Basically, rather than cooking for a party of 10, we’re cooking for a party of 5 (except the 20# turkey).
I forgot to add copious amounts of wine to the menu. LOL. That’s one of the traditions is to have a glass of wine in hand throughout the entire cooking process. That and vodka with the oysters.
I think I have enough to feed an army, but we’re only having 10 people…
Cheese and Crackers
Veggies and Dip
Stuffed Mushrooms
Dill Havarti Pastry Bake (the simplest, best app ever!)
Rolls w/ Rosemary and Butter
Turkey
Ham
Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
Sausage and Mushroom Stuffing
Green Bean Casserole
Corn Pudding
Creamed Onions
Cranberry Sauce
Pumpkin, Apple and Butterscotch Pecan Pies
Vanilla Ice Cream
Whipped Cream (Homemade)
What is this cranberry slush you mention!? Sounds interesting!! Every year my family makes a cranberry sauce w/ crushed pineapple that is delicious. The menu will be a surprise for me this year as I venture to my boyfriend’s family – first time away from my fam in 29 years 🙁 My bf and I hosted a Friendsgiving get together 2 weeks ago….
Turkey
Roasted Veggies
Garlic Mashed Potatoes w/ Chives
Roasted Brussel Sprouts
Roasted Green Beans
Pineapple Cranberry Sauce
Regular Cranberry Sauce
Parmasan Crisps
Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread –Barefoot Contessa (to die for)
Pumpkin Pie (Gourmet)
Pecan Pie (Gourmet)
Apple Crisp –Barefoot Contessa (a la mode of course!)
Magnolia Bakery cupcakes
For pics –http://hotmamahealth.blogspot.com/2009/11/friendsgiving-feast.html
Turkey
Stuffing
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Orange rolls
Cranberry relish
Cranberry salad
Corn (to appease the husband–Trader Joe’s sweet white)
Veggie platters
Cheese platters
Cranberry Slush
Pumpkin Pies
Cranberry Pecan Pie
Maple Cream Apple Pie
I guess I’m the only non-traditional. Both my husband and I have had weight-loss surgery this year. We’ve each lost over 100 lbs. Sooo ..to make evey bite count…Heres the menu
Sea Scallops in a Saffron Cream Sauce
Spinach salad with Gorgonzola
Pepper jelly dressing
French Bread
Pumpkin Pie (OK, so a little piece of tradition)
We will enjoy evey bite! Oh, and it should take about 30 minutes to get it on the table. Yea!
can you post the broccoli casserole recipe? i’m already planning my Christmas Day menu and that sounds good. Yeah, I like to plan ahead! Happy Thanksgiving!
yes, I will! I’ll take a picture of it today and then do a post 🙂