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Favorite Turkey Day Side Dish & Dessert

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I'm really looking forward to Thanksgiving and was wondering which side dish / dessert you ladies are looking forward to most.

For me, it'll be the homemade cranberry and apple relish my future MIL is making, and of course pumpkin pie with lots of homemade whipped cream!
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  • emmaaaemmaaa mod
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    FI's aunt's mashed potatoes! They are to die for and I'm not so patiently waiting to eat two helpings.

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  • JennyColadaJennyColada member
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    FiL makes rice pilaf that is AMAZEballs!
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  • littlemushroomlittlemushroom member
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    Party potatoes and my aunt's stuffing!

    Dessert is the brown sugar cheesecake I make. Super yum!
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  • levioosalevioosa member
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    I cannot eat turkey without jellied cranberries. 

    I also love sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, and dinner rolls.  I'm pretty basic.

    Edit: For plural fail.




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  • cafarriecafarrie member
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    I don't know what she does differently/extra but my Grandma's stuffing is DELICIOUS.  I'm going to miss that this year (we'll be with H's family).  Fave dessert is the ginger snap cookies i'm making later tonight!
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    littlemushroom said:
    Party potatoes and my aunt's stuffing! Dessert is the brown sugar cheesecake I make. Super yum!
    What are party potatoes?


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    FeeleyToBe said:

    littlemushroom said:
    Party potatoes and my aunt's stuffing! Dessert is the brown sugar cheesecake I make. Super yum!
    What are party potatoes?


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    Bahaha, are those Spongebob's eyes on the potato in the middle?

    But in all seriousness, I think she means cheesy potatoes with cornflakes: 

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  • plainjane0415plainjane0415 member
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    I like dishes that double as a side dish and a dessert.

    My favorite would have to be sweet potato casserole. The kind with toasted marshmallows on top.

    If I had to pick a standalone dessert it would be pumpkin pie with cool whip. I pretty much live for cool whip at holiday time.

     

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  • FiancBFiancB member
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    Cranberry sauce on all the things!
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  • sarawifenowsarawifenow member
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    I love mashed potatoes and gravy the best as a side dish. For dessert? Pumpkin pie with whipped cream!
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    FeeleyToBe said:



    littlemushroom said:

    Party potatoes and my aunt's stuffing!

    Dessert is the brown sugar cheesecake I make. Super yum!

    What are party potatoes?


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    Party potatoes are mashed potatoes whipped with cream cheese, sour cream and lots of garlic, then topped with melted butter. At that point, they MUST sit in the fridge overnight for the flavors to meld. Doing it the same day does not make them come out the same. Then they are baked in the oven the next day and are done when hot and bubbly and the edges get crispy. Sooooo good!

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  • randomnumber041616randomnumber041616 member
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    JellO Salad.  Apparently I'm the only person who totally loves this.  My mom makes a lime one every year at Thanksgiving and a red (yeah I think in jello world red is a flavor) one at Christmas.  These are apparently just for me.  My mom, stepdad and brother will eat some of it, but my sister won't touch the stuff and I eat the hell out of it. 
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    levioosa said:
    FeeleyToBe said:

    littlemushroom said:
    Party potatoes and my aunt's stuffing! Dessert is the brown sugar cheesecake I make. Super yum!
    What are party potatoes?


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    Bahaha, are those Spongebob's eyes on the potato in the middle?

    But in all seriousness, I think she means cheesy potatoes with cornflakes: 

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    Don't think I've ever had it, or even heard of it!  (Those do look like Sponge Bob's eyes!- LOL!)
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  • Couggal12Couggal12 member
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    I'm looking forward to stuffing & deep fried turkey! All the FOOD!
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    kat1114 said:
    My mom's stuffing and wine. Wine counts as a dessert, right?

    I think wine counts as a meal.  My favorite meal is probably a cold savignon blanc.  Maybe that'll be my dinner tonight.  That will make the turkey trot fun tomorrow morning

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  • Aray82Aray82 member
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    Side: Butternut squash puree--so easy! Pureed squash with just a touch of maple syrup and butter to taste 

    Dessert: Pie. All of it.
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  • flutteringinflflutteringinfl member
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    Favorite side dish would be green bean casserole for sure.

    Dessert is pie. Specifically, apple or some kind of mixed berry pie.
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    smichek said:
    My grandma made these addicting sugar cookies with crunchy icing. She taught my mom how to make them. My mom taught me. These cookies are seriously the bomb and they are ONLY made from Thanksgiving until Christmas. Anyone we give them to hounds us for the recipe and requests them around the holidays. H's family calls them magic crack cookies because they are so addicting. Sometimes for Thanksgiving I will bust out a small batch and it's like the official start of Christmas time. Good lord, the way people go after them is like watching hunters go apeshit on opening day of deer season around here.
    @smichek- recipe?

    I make my gramma's pumpkin flan for Thanksgiving. She made it for 40 years and I do it now. Think of the richest pumpkin pie filling you've ever had but creamer- served with a cinnamon whipped cream. Heaven.

    I also get excited with my mom's stuffing. It's filled with apples, celery, and sausage and is heavenly.
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    dcbride86 said:
    kat1114 said:
    My mom's stuffing and wine. Wine counts as a dessert, right?

    I think wine counts as a meal.  My favorite meal is probably a cold savignon blanc.  Maybe that'll be my dinner tonight.  That will make the turkey trot fun tomorrow morning
    Good luck in the Turkey Trot!  I haven't done one in about 3 years, which was my first one.  I had just started dating my now fiance. 

    He drove me to the race and it was cold and misty so I told him he could wait in the car and meet me at the end; told him it'd be about 30 minutes (I'm not the fastest runner).  I got to the end and couldn't find him.  Went looking for him everywhere.  The parking lot, the pavilion; called his phone no answer.

    I'd been sweating and after 25 minutes wandering in the cold I was now chilled and freezing.  Finally found him (I seriously think he fell asleep in the car, but he denies that) and we went home where I huddled under the covers for the next hour b/c my ass and thighs were so cold they were frozen.  We decided I had a "frozen turkey ass" and we still use that phrase often.

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    wandajune6 said:
    smichek said:
    My grandma made these addicting sugar cookies with crunchy icing. She taught my mom how to make them. My mom taught me. These cookies are seriously the bomb and they are ONLY made from Thanksgiving until Christmas. Anyone we give them to hounds us for the recipe and requests them around the holidays. H's family calls them magic crack cookies because they are so addicting. Sometimes for Thanksgiving I will bust out a small batch and it's like the official start of Christmas time. Good lord, the way people go after them is like watching hunters go apeshit on opening day of deer season around here.
    @smichek- recipe?

    I make my gramma's pumpkin flan for Thanksgiving. She made it for 40 years and I do it now. Think of the richest pumpkin pie filling you've ever had but creamer- served with a cinnamon whipped cream. Heaven.

    I also get excited with my mom's stuffing. It's filled with apples, celery, and sausage and is heavenly.
    To the bolded- I second this!  Think of how many people your Grandma's recipe would bring enjoyment to.  That's how I look at food- I want to share it and will always share a good recipe.

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  • wandajune6wandajune6 member
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    @smichek- the recipe sounds amazing but I'd understand if you're uncomfortable sharing. I forget that people keep these things private-- my gramma's (well, pre-dementia) a total AW so she'll share anything as long as you tell everyone you know that you got the recipe from her!
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    wandajune6 said:
    @smichek- the recipe sounds amazing but I'd understand if you're uncomfortable sharing. I forget that people keep these things private-- my gramma's (well, pre-dementia) a total AW so she'll share anything as long as you tell everyone you know that you got the recipe from her!
    Meanwhile, I used to know a woman that would purposely write a recipe down incorrectly so that no one else's version would be as good as the original.

    Now to answer the questions:

    My favorite side dish would have to be the mashed potatoes and gravy or stuffing.  My favorite dessert is the apple pie that I am making for H later today.  Although I also have to admit to a favorite holiday breakfast item but sadly since I don't get to go to my parents for holidays anymore I haven't had them in about 3 years :-(  My dad makes mini fried doughs for breakfast and we serve them with powdered sugar, maple cream, and assorted jams.  Delicious!!!

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    FeeleyToBe said:
    dcbride86 said:
    kat1114 said:
    My mom's stuffing and wine. Wine counts as a dessert, right?

    I think wine counts as a meal.  My favorite meal is probably a cold savignon blanc.  Maybe that'll be my dinner tonight.  That will make the turkey trot fun tomorrow morning
    Good luck in the Turkey Trot!  I haven't done one in about 3 years, which was my first one.  I had just started dating my now fiance. 

    He drove me to the race and it was cold and misty so I told him he could wait in the car and meet me at the end; told him it'd be about 30 minutes (I'm not the fastest runner).  I got to the end and couldn't find him.  Went looking for him everywhere.  The parking lot, the pavilion; called his phone no answer.

    I'd been sweating and after 25 minutes wandering in the cold I was now chilled and freezing.  Finally found him (I seriously think he fell asleep in the car, but he denies that) and we went home where I huddled under the covers for the next hour b/c my ass and thighs were so cold they were frozen.  We decided I had a "frozen turkey ass" and we still use that phrase often.

    Thanks!  I did it last year, too.  I've been trying to do 5ks every other week until my wedding, but I developed asthma this summer and have had bronchitis twice since, so that's kind of derailed my running.

    Hahaha I LOVE your story!  FI won't do 5ks with me - he's not one for running.  He's offered to walk some with me running, though.  He loves walking everywhere, and the 5ks are usually in downtown DC, so the views along the way are pretty great (I'll try to snap a couple and post them!). 

    By the time I walk back to my condo, though, I'm sure I'll be absolutely freezing.  It's probably a 1.5 walk or a little more than that, but cabs are fairly hard to come by on Thanksgiving morning. I'm sure I, too, will have a frozen turkey ass lol 

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  • esstee33esstee33 member
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    Green bean casserole and cherry pie, always. 
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  • wandajune6wandajune6 member
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    smichek said:
    Well, I can share the cheater version. Grandma won't mind that. Cheater version is to use any sugar cookie recipe of your choice. The boxed Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix tastes a bit like hers. Grandma's sugar cookies, however, are this magical love child between a sugar cookie and a butter cookie. Anyway, once you make your cookies, let them cool completely. And make sure you make them kind of thick or else they will break easily when you ice them. The icing is just powdered sugar and a dash of milk, but it's so damn addicting. Nobody I know makes that icing, which is crazy because it's stupid easy. Getting the consistency just right takes forever. It needs to be thinner than toothpaste but not so runny that it's spilling off your knife (which is what I use to ice). I have tried pipe bags before but it just doesn't work out well for me. Anyway, that's the cheater version. And way easier than the sugar butter cookies I make because the dough is a bitch.
    That's my icing recipe! I agree though- getting the texture right is awful. If you have it, vanilla almond milk works nicely too- a slightly different flavor.

    I'll have to check out the cookie mix though!
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    esstee33 said:
    Green bean casserole and cherry pie, always. 
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    My favorite is my dad's mashed potatoes. He always leaves a little pool of butter in the center. Last thanksgiving, my brother's gf asked if we should mix the butter in with the potatoes. We were all "NO! Never destroy the butter-pool!!!" I know. It's weird, but it's my favorite thing.


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    My dad's stuffing is the best thing on the planet. Apples, sausage and raisins. He cooks it outside the bird, with the neck placed on top (and discarded after) so it still gets drippings. Delicious. 

    Besides that... mashed potatoes and gravy, since I so rarely eat them on non-holidays, sweet potato casserole (with crunchy pecan topping, NOT MARSHMALLOWS, and no canned yams, only fresh), any kind of cranberry sauce (canned, fresh, whole berry, jellied - I'll take it all), and my brown sugar and garlic asparagus:

    2 cloves garlic, minced
    1 T olive oil
    3 T butter
    2 T brown sugar
    1/2 t salt
    2 lbs fresh asparagus, snapped in half
    1 cup chicken broth or white wine (or a combination)

    1. In a large skillet over medium-high, heat olive oil. Sautee garlic for 2 minutes. 
    2. Add butter, brown sugar and salt; stir until sugar is dissolved. Add asparagus; saute for 2 minutes.
    3. Stir in chicken broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until asparagus is crisp-tender.
    4. Remove asparagus to a serving dish and keep warm. Cook sauce, uncovered and stirring constantly, until reduced by about half. Pour over asparagus.
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