Our TG dinner will be:

Turkey (surprised ?) Butterball !!
Bread stuffing
Potato stuffing
Mashed potatoes
Mushroom gravy (lots of mushrooms, fresh of course)
Breaded cauliflower (sp? duh)
Sweet potatoes
Butternut Squash Pie
Black Olives
Cranberry sauce
Fresh Baked bread (okay bread machine)
Apple Pie
Something w/chocolate
Apple Cider

This year DD,Zookeeper, and I decided to make reservations for Thanksgiving!

I will be picking up a honey baked ham. We are going to cheat and not cook ourselves. We are going to be with the family so I have no idea what will be there.

I am going over to my friend Diane's house for Thanksgiving. She is making I think the traditional Thanksgiving stuff, turkey, tatoes, gravy stuffing.. etc. Her mom is making an apple and a peach pie.. no pumpkin c*** Leens. I am making the following veggie dish,

1 small butternut squash, cubed
( I am also adding carrots and perhaps parsnips and turnips)
2 red bell peppers, seeded and diced ( I am using one red and one green.. more festive colors)
1 sweet potato, peeled and cubed
3 Yukon Gold potatoes, cubed
1 red onion, quartered
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
salt and freshly ground black pepper


Directions
1 Preheat oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C).
2 In a large bowl, combine the squash, red bell peppers, sweet potato, and Yukon Gold potatoes. Separate the red onion quarters into pieces, and add them to the mixture.
3 In a small bowl, stir together thyme, rosemary, olive oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Toss with vegetables until they are coated. Spread evenly on a large roasting pan.
4 Roast for 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, stirring every 10 minutes, or until vegetables are cooked through and browned.

I did a test run on this recipe a few weeks ago.. YUM!!! I am also thinking of making an appetizer.. not sure yuet, but the recipes I saved all look great.

If I was making a Thanksgiving dinner, I always wanted to try different "ethnic" styles of turkey. For example, an Italian Turkey would have italian seasonings rubbed under the skin, be rubbed with olive oil and the stuffing made from foccacia, italian sausages, peppers.. etc. Or else a Chinese turkey.. stuffed with a rice mixture with water chestnuts, bean sprouts, seasoned tofu, soy.. etc. even a Swedish turkey stuffed with meatballs
As far as side dishes go, I would be pretty flexible... BUT I think every Thanksgiving dessert needs an apple pie and something chocolate imho.

Now I am hungry...

We had our Thanksgiving in October here in Canada and I worked so I didn't even get a sniff of turkery!

It all sounds wonderful though!

Eliz

Liz how do they celebrate Thanksgiving there. I know we are supposed to be celebrating the Indians and their friendship with the settlers. Is it different in Canada?

Now that I have typed what I think we are having Thanksgiving for I hope it wasn't wrong. Somebody slap me if I am. (not to hard I might like it lol)

Hi everyone!!

Linda T. that recipe sounds great, I've been attending TOPS meetings and this week we talked about squash and ways to cook it, not too many people eat squash, they should, it's healthy.

I copied down the recipe I want to try it for ThanksGiving, then I would like to share it with others at TOPS. Would that be okay?

To everyone out there reading, Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and lets all think of something we are thankful for.

XXOO

LadyPal

My understanding is that we celebrate Thanksgiving to be thankful for the harvest....and because Canada is colder than the States generally speaking we celebrate earlier as we harvest earlier.....I think through the years we have expanded the holiday in such a way that we ackowledge all that we have to be thankful for....like me for instance my warm igloo, animal furs to keep my family warm..just kidding couldn't resist!

Bye for now!

Eliz

That was funny! It took me a split second to catch it. I guess that means I am thankful for Boudreax and Tibideaux and my pet gator and the fact that we don't hae to eat swamp rat for Thanksgiving dinner.

Hi Lady,

Sure go ahead and share the recipe. I copied it off of allrecipes.com and modified it. The neat thing about the recipe, is that most veggies really can be used.. mushrooms, other sorts of squash, rutabagas, etc. Of course some would need to be roasted for less time, like mushrooms, but it still would be do-able.

I have been trying to eat more squash, so here is another recipe ..this time for spaghetti squash.

1 spaghetti squash, halved lengthwise and seeded
2 tablespoons vegetable oil ( this can be reduce easily)
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced ( I used more, of course.)
1 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes
3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese ( I found a marvelous fat free feta at the market.. 30 cals an ounce and no fat. Alone, I don't think it tastes all that great, but fine in a recipe.)
3 tablespoons sliced black olives ( i leave this out)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil ( I use more I think)

When I make this, I can eat half of a spaghetti squash myself, so I only use an ounce of cheese on my portion

Directions
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
2 Place spaghetti squash cut sides down on the prepared baking sheet, and bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a sharp knife can be inserted with only a little resistance. Remove squash from oven, and set aside to cool enough to be easily handled.
3 Meanwhile, heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Saute onion in oil until tender. Add garlic, and saute for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, and cook only until tomatoes are warm.
4 Use a large spoon to scoop the stringy pulp from the squash, and place in a medium bowl. Toss with the sauteed vegetables, feta cheese, olives, and basil. Serve warm.

Linda both recipes sound delish...this must be the spaghetti squash recipe you mentioned...will have to try them both.

Not sure what we are having for dinner. If just Dad, Chris and me, I plan to keep it simple...if the kids are here for dinner then I will do the usual turkey, dressing, etc. Heather always requests a big bowl of homemade macaroni and cheese, this child could live on it and nothing else. Dad will want cream style corn to which we will hear all about how Stephen can't eat it any more after all the toilets he cleaned in the service...yech!! Nothing like a topic to keep the overeating from happening.

Leens I ate potato stuffing while in NJ years ago and loved it. Do you have a good NJ recipe you'd be willing to share???

Thanksgiving is thanking God for ALL your blessings. Being thankful for all you have instead of what you don't have. But mostly thankful for family and friends

Sweetpea, Potato stuffing is an old english dish. My dad's father used to make it and thats how my dad learned. My mom makes it every year but to tell you the truth, I've never done it myself. She will make some and give me a bowl full for me and hubby....to gasy for the little one lol. The recipie, I'm not sure of, but it does have potatoes, sausage, onions, celery and some other stuff ?? I make bread stuffing myself which is very easy to do.

Have a great turkey day, what ever you decide to celebrate or cook.

Love, Leens