What are you cooking for Thanksgiving?

[Anonymous 1]

Every year I’m assigned green bean casserole. EVERY YEAR

Jazz it up with caramelized onions or sauteed shallots that's mixed in with the beans and topped with the fried onions and shredded cheddar cheese

That made me hungry.

[Deleted User 1074]

We always have the same thing: cheese, nuts and dried fruit plate as an appetizer. Roasted Turkey, Mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, peas, cranberry sauce, rolls, and the pie varies, either pumpkin or pumpkin cheesecake this year. and always have sparkling apple cider and white wine to drink.

[Anonymous 1]

We always have the same thing: cheese, nuts and dried fruit plate as an appetizer. Roasted Turkey, Mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, peas, cranberry sauce, rolls, and the pie varies, either pumpkin or pumpkin cheesecake this year. and always have sparkling apple cider and white wine to drink.

The pumpkin cheesecake sounds really good. We usually have pumpkin, blueberry and apple pies. I want to change things up, I may go with a pumpkin cheesecake this year

[Anonymous 5]

I finished my menu this week & began doing some light shopping yesterday. We're expecting 19-24 people, waiting for final head count & it could always go up by another 5 the day of.

Appetizers:
lil smokies in bbq sauce
pigs in a blanket (lil smokies wrapped in crescent rolls)
queso & chips
artichoke dip
jalapeno popper triangles (jalapeno popper mixture in filo dough)
tortellini salad (cheese tortellini with cherry tomatoes, feta cheese & greek dressing)
veggie tray/fruit tray/olive & pickle tray
homemade cheese ball & crackers

Main:
2 deep fried turkeys
spiral ham
mashed potatoes with gravy
cornbread stuffing with giblet gravy
bread stuffing (my brother & I hate cornbread stuffing)
green bean casserole
corn casserole
broccoli cheese & rice casserole
baked sweet potatoes w/ marshmallows
baked squash with onions & bacon
roasted brussel sprouts with bacon & parm cheese
jellied cranberry sauce (yuck)
homemade cranberry & orange sauce
salad
rolls

Desserts:
2 chocolate pies (old fashioned cooked on the stove homemade chocolate pie. 2 because 1 is to serve & 1 is to hide for me)
pumpkin pie
pecan pie
cherry pie
turtle cheesecake (homemade cheesecake with caramel & pecans)
dark chocolate brownies
apricot cake (my brothers contribution)
blueberry pie (my sis in laws contribution)

Beer/wine/sweet tea/sodas/water

Firstof all - What kind of a communist doesn't like cornbread!

Second - holy smokes lady! I needed a nap after reading that. It sounds like an amazing feast. I hope you'll have some hands helping with all of that! My hat is off to you. I do about half of that and I'm DONE by the end of the day.

Other than a couple of the desserts, I do it all. But I've done it for so long, i have it down to a science. In fact, I made the jalapeno popper triangles yesterday & put them in the freezer. I'll just have to pull them out & bake them that day. Tonight I'm shelling pecans. I got a 5 gallon bucket of them (unshelled) and I need about 5-6 cups of shelled pecans for everything. I'll knock that out tonight & probably make some spicy roasted pecans for snacks.

[stilltfez]

We scaled bck a few years ago and only make the thing everyone loves: Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, a butt load of gravy (my son calls it that), corn, a casserole from one daughter-in-law, corn casserole from the other, cranberry/pumpkin/banana breads, pie.

[Anonymous 8]

Turkey
Dressing
Sweet potato casserole
Minted greens
Deviled eggs
Maybe mashed potatoes, there are only 4 of us but I like variety

I haven't decided whether or not we'll do dessert.

[Fullxbusymom]

Nothing, my brother hosts so he does all the cooking for about 20 of us. I will bring an appetizer and dessert.

[Sassy762]

Jalapeno poppers
Stuffed mushrooms
Charcuterie board....maybe

Turkeys (1 roasted/1 deep fried)
Bourbon glazed ham
Sausage cornbread dressing
Mashed potatoes w/gravy (tons of gravy)
Sweet potatoe casserole
Mac n cheese.....maybe
Collard greens.....maybe
Broccoli w/ hollandaise sauce
Broccoli w/cheese sauce
Bacon green bean casserole
Garlic roasted Brussel sprouts....maybe
Buttered corn
Honey butternut squash casserole

Salad...not sure what kind

Cranberry orange relish
Relish tray with scallions,,tomatoes, cucumbers, stuffed celery
Yeast or crescent rolls

Pumpkin pie/sweet potato pie
Pecan pie or pecan squares....maybe
Creme brulee pie
Eggnog pie
Key lime pie
Lemon tart
Cupcakes

[Traci_Momof2]

The traditional: turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, some sort of veggie, pecan pie, choc pie, nut bread, fruit pudding salad.

The one untraditional thing that I add is shrimp. DS12 hates Thanksgiving because he dislikes pretty much everything I listed above. So I make him his own special plate of shrimp because he loves shrimp. He is happy with his shrimp and the rest of us are happy with everything else.

[Anonymous 9]

When I first saw your response, I thought this was one of your AMA responses!
Enjoy your turkey day, Sassy!

Jalapeno poppers
Stuffed mushrooms
Charcuterie board....maybe

Turkeys (1 roasted/1 deep fried)
Bourbon glazed ham
Sausage cornbread dressing
Mashed potatoes w/gravy (tons of gravy)
Sweet potatoe casserole
Mac n cheese.....maybe
Collard greens.....maybe
Broccoli w/ hollandaise sauce
Broccoli w/cheese sauce
Bacon green bean casserole
Garlic roasted Brussel sprouts....maybe
Buttered corn
Honey butternut squash casserole

Salad...not sure what kind

Cranberry orange relish
Relish tray with scallions,,tomatoes, cucumbers, stuffed celery
Yeast or crescent rolls

Pumpkin pie/sweet potato pie
Pecan pie or pecan squares....maybe
Blueberry and/or cherry pie
Key lime pie
Lemon tart
Cupcakes