Post your Thanksgiving Day menus!

sjdphc · 11-18-2005, 05:32 PM

Hello all! I don't know if a post like this has already been created, but since I can be a Nosy Nelly, I want to know what everyone is preparing for Thanksgiving dinner! I'll start:
Turkey
Homemade cornbread dressing
Sweet potatoes (with mini marshmallows)
Fresh collard greens
Homemade macaroni and cheese
Deviled eggs
Watergate salad
Peach cobbler (husband's favorite)
Dirt Pie
Double Layer Pumpkin Pie (maybe)
Rolls
Cranberry sauce

That's all I can think of right now. What about everyone else???

Yogini · 11-19-2005, 10:26 AM

It's a Vegan Feast! All home-made from scratch, except the "Unturkey" which is store-bought.

Now and Zen "Unturkey" roast and stuffing
Roasted Roots (Carrots, rutabegas, butternut squash, beets, onions, shallots & garlic)
Spinach and roasted pumpkin/red onion salad with toasted pepitas in a balsamic sauce
Steamed kale-quinoa salad with slivered almonds and cranberries
Mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy
"Cheese" cake
Cornbread with herbed "butter"

Yogini · 11-19-2005, 10:33 AM

^If I eat just a small portion of everything, it will be 800 calories!

LLV · 11-19-2005, 12:03 PM

Yikes, where do I begin? We have a large crowd, so there's food everywhere.

Turkey
Ham
Mashed potatoes with 2 kinds of gravy (some people prefer brown gravy over turkey gravy)
Sweet potatoes
Green bean casserole
Corn casserole (like a corn pudding)
Chicken and noodles (a tradition in our family, my MIL makes a big pot of chicken and noodles every year)
Dressing
Relish trays
Crescent rolls
Cranberry sauces (whole and jellied)
Pumpkin pie
Apple pie
Pumpkin cake dessert
Egg nog

I think I got everything, lol.

phantastica · 11-20-2005, 01:06 AM

This is my first thanksgiving ever, so I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible. Mom is bringing over the mashed potatoes, and the rest is on me. It's just going to be me, mom, and DS ... and possibly one of my brothers will come by.

That evening, we're going over to my sister's fiancee's family Thanksgiving for dessert.

Appetizers
deviled eggs
figs dipped in red wine
mixed nuts (or possibly roasted chestnuts)
crudites (celery, cucumber, carrot, baby-dill pickles)

Main Meal
salad
turkey ("in a bag")
baked sweet potatoes
mashed potatoes with turkey gravy
cornbread stuffing
cooked vegetable (not sure which one yet)
cranberry sauce (made with Splenda)

Beverages
white merlot
possibly mulled red wine
apple cider
sparkling white grape juice
egg nog

Dessert
pumpkin muffins (spice cake + canned pumpkin)

timmyshawn · 11-20-2005, 10:51 PM

Let's see. This year I'm toning down the menu alot. I usually cook enough for an army, but this year I'm cutting the menu by more than half. It's only me, Dh, and our 3 little ones.

Turkey Breast (cooked in the rotissery)
Stuffing
Corn on the Cob
Mashed Potatoes w/ turkey gravy
Rolls
Pumpkin Pie
deviled eggs (maybe)

pixiefalls · 11-21-2005, 12:15 AM

Oh my! There is no telling what will be served if/when I go to a relatives house, there is just so many of us! Well this is what my mom will make for the lovely day:

Turkey
Pineapple ham (possibly)
Mashed potatoes
Mac and cheese
Cranberry sauce
Cornbread stuffing
Baked beans with meat (made with mustard, ketchup, and maple syrup.. bad for you yet tastes soooo good.. like so many things!)
Sliced sweet potatoes in syrup
Pumpkin pie
Chocolate pie

Elanajel · 11-21-2005, 01:04 PM

We are having T. day with my in-laws and I am bringing some of the food.

Roasted veg. soup (me)
Tofurkey
Mashed millet/cauliflower (in lieu of white potatoes) (me)
Sweet potatoes
Green salad
Vegan pumpkin pie (me)
Rolls

Probably something like olives/pickles and raw veg. for appetizers. I certainly plan to stay within my points target and I'll exercise in the morning before we hit the road.

Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday.

PhysDom · 11-22-2005, 10:57 AM

I am meeting my mom and sister in the middle -- at my Grandparents house Wednesday night. My mom, sister, and I will all bring different parts of dinner and assemble/prepare it Thursday.
I'll bring:
- Turkey!
- Low-fat green bean casserole
- Pumpkin Roll (with low-fat cream cheese, fake butter)
- Mashed potatoes (with broth instead of milk and butter)
- Homemade gravy (from turkey drippings)

They'll bring:
- Cranberry fresh-fruit salad
- Stuffing (from a box! It's our favorite!)
- Dinner rolls
- Sweet potato pie (gross!)
- Bourbon-ginger glaze for the turkey

I can't wait! I love Thanksgiving! I'll try to fill up on Green Bean casserole and white meat, and the fruit salad. Let's hope I can us moderation with the potatoes and stuffing... it's my favorite, hands down...

LLV · 11-22-2005, 12:26 PM

How do you make the green bean casserole low fat? The most fattening thing about it, really, would be the french fried onions. Plus, of course, you can use the lower fat cream of mushroom soup. But if I would omit the onions from my green bean casserole, I'd be clobbered over the head, lol!

PhysDom · 11-22-2005, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LLV

How do you make the green bean casserole low fat? The most fattening thing about it, really, would be the french fried onions. Plus, of course, you can use the lower fat cream of mushroom soup. But if I would omit the onions from my green bean casserole, I'd be clobbered over the head, lol!

The trick for me is to change the cream-of-it-doesn't-matter-what soup into 98% fat free cream-of-whatever soup. This will take care of most of it... I also mix a little fat-free sour cream in for a little zip. Also paprika (I'm a big fan) for flavor.

Then, I'll put the french fried onions in a ring around the top of the dish, instead of all over the top. It looks like decoration that way, and I'll be able to just eat some of the casserole from the middle...without all of the onions.

LLV · 11-22-2005, 04:39 PM

Hey, that's a good idea

Sporadic_Moods · 11-22-2005, 05:01 PM

Hungry Girl has a great green bean casserole - totally guiltless at 80 cals/serving!

http://www.hungry-girl.com/week/week...s.php?isid=660

LLV · 11-22-2005, 08:29 PM

OH, those onions look great! I've never seen them, though

PhysDom · 11-23-2005, 09:03 AM

I couldn't find those onions, either.
Since I'm travelling, I just made my casserole last night all set to go in the oven when I get to my grandparents...
and I ended up putting a small ayer of sauteed onions (in a little spray) in the middle of all the green beens... that way, when I don't get crunchy onions, I'll still get onion taste. And, dude, everyone likes layers.