Thanksgiving menu?

alikatt17

I offered to make dinner this year, mostly because my mom's cooking is well... I'm much better.  I wanted to make things a little different from the usual.  I guess mom's bringing a fresh cranberry sauce & rolls and Grandma's bringing pumpkin pie.  I think I have control issues.

Herb-roasted turkey
Chestnut & Sausage stuffing
Dinner rolls (ooh,  maybe she'll go all out and buy Pillsbury brand crescent rolls.  I was going to make yeast rolls..)
Cranberry sauce (not a can)
Garlic mashed potatoes
Sweet potato & cranberry saute
Rosemary roasted vegetables
Pumpkin cheesecake (haven't decided between regular pumpkin cheesecake with the gingersnap crust or the more involved turtle pumpkin cheesecake)

VarunaTT

This is what I'm leaning towards:'

• First Course = Clementine Jimica Salad
• SEcond Course = Pumpkin and Shrimp Bisque
• Dinner = Roasted Turkey with Clementines, Sweet Potato Casserole, Pioneer Woman's Stuffing, cranberry sauce, homemade french bread (my recipe makes 2 loaves, 1 for dinner, 1 for the stuffing) and one more veggie TBD
• Dessert = Old Fashioned Pecan Pie and one more thing for me I think (I don't like pie).

alikatt17

That sounds awesome.  I may want your salad & turkey recipe.  Please

fishgirl77

H does the Thanksgiving cooking, so I'm not certain on everything.

Roasted turkey breast with citrus
Smoked gouda and garlic smashed potatoes
Sauted green beans
Stuffing (all I know is we're not doing oyster stuffing this year)
My grandma's dinner roll receipe
Roasted corn chowder (which will include a some lobster if the sale is still going)
Pumpkin cheesecake (with the pumpkin we boiled down from Halloween and gingersnap crust)

6fsn

Mmmmmm.  Ours is totally old school
Apps- shrimp, veg, cheese, relish, whatever else anyone brings

Meal- turkey, noodles, mashed potatoes, sausage stuffing, green beans, seven layer salad, jello salad, fresh cranberries, canned cranberries, bourbon sweet potatoes, rolls, whatever else anyone else wants

Dessert- pumpkin, mince meat, berry, and cherry pie, peanut butter cookies with hershey kisses, birthday cake, cheesecake, some caramel thing, whatever else someone brings

Drinks- Wine, beer, coffee, tea, Bailey's, Jameson's, whatever else you want. 

We rent a lodge in the woods for the weekend.  There will be ~50 at various times.  There's also a menu for Wednesday night's weenie roast and Friday brunch.

Mrs.Thistletwat

You're making me want to have Thanksgiving at my house. We're going to the IL's for T-day brunch and then to my cousins' for dinner. I'll be making cake pops for brunch and I don't know what H will be making to bring to dinner.

E Squared

So far, it looks like we have (at the ILs')...

• Roasted turkey
• Smoked turkey
• Giblet & non-giblet gravy
• From-the-box mashed potatoes
• "Artery Glue" potatoes (scalloped potatoes with tons of cheese, sour cream & bacon)
• Smoked fish dip with crackers
• The sweet potatoes with an option of little marshmallows, brown sugar & nuts, or plain
• A shit-ton of pies

We're bringing Dharma's mac & cheese with the addition of a Panko crumb & bacon top layer.

My parents are going to bring something...PortoRican-y, by request.