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| This year I am having Thanksgiving dinner and it is also a birthday dinner for a son in law. What are you having for your menu. This is ours so far.
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I am not fixing all of this, the girls will fix some and bring. Sue |
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| Oh, would love to come to your house Sue! My daughter and granddaughters are coming here from GA. Son-in-law is deployed. I may change one of the meats to beer butt chicken or country style ribs ( need to ask them their preference), but otherwise this is it: Ham They will be here for a few days so lots of snack food and they have requested a homemade pizza and to make Christmas cookies to send to their dad. It will be a great time. |
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- Posted by brightonborn (My Page) on Wed, Nov 14, 12 at 7:20
| I am having just three of my six beautiful children and their families with me this year.. So this will be an easy Thanksgiving. I really love preparing this dinner most of all. Roast turkeyw/ giblet gravy. June |
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| The last few years, we've been going to a restaurant that serves a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. They serve family style, you get your leftovers to bring home, the price is reasonable, and you get to sit and enjoy the day. So, we'll be having: 2 kinds of salad (probably caesar and another Italian one), turkey with sausage stuffing, ham with mashed sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, creamed corn, 2 kinds of pasta and chocolate cake and pumpkin praline cheesecake. We generally pick the same things each year, so I'm pretty sure that will be the menu. And we'll eat for a week afterwards on the leftovers. All for $40 per person. |
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| Our menu doesn't change much. Butterbasted roasted turkey, corn bread dressing (I don't stuff the turkey anymore), giblet gravy, mashed potatoes+rutabagas, summer squash casserole, fruit and green salad with homemade dressing. I'll probably roast some fresh Brussels sprouts, too. He has asked for stuffed mushrooms which I'll make as an appetizer. Oh, we love a fresh cranberry, apple, orange relish. Neither of us a big dessert eaters, but he will buy a pumpkin pie. I have a can of pumpkin to make a layered frozen ice cream / pumpkin /whipped cream pie that my mother used to make. Wonder where that recipe is. It has a yummy gingersnap pie crust.
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| I'll be cooking for 15. 2 Turkey breast Baked ham Dressing with giblet gravy Cranberry Sauce Macaroni and cheese Lima Beans Mustard greens Pineapple casserole Only one dessert, they usually eat so much they don't want dessert. I'm making a peach cobbler. Mexican cornbread Rolls Iced tea I'll have Ro-tel dip with chips and fudge for them to munch on while visiting. |
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| We are celebrating Thanksgiving in my daughter's tiny New York apartment so will be buying dinner pre-made from Whole Foods and reheating it. I assume it will be the standard fare. |
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| Sue, I just love reading your holiday menus! We're only having my DD, SIL and DGS. I love preparing Thanksgiving too, Brightborn. I wonder why, because it sure is a lot of work. I read Azzalea's post with envy! Here's our menu--I'm still up in the air about desserts. Pumpkin pie for sure. Turkey |
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| We will have Roast turkey, cornbread dressing, cranberry sauce and giblet gravy Ham with pineapple sauce Green salad and fruit salad Deviled eggs and stuffed celery Mashed sweet potatoes Creamed corn (home grown) Broccoli and rice casserole Green beans Hot rolls Buttermilk pecan pie Pumpkin pie Some kind of cake and whatever else I decide on. We will probably have around 15. Son and his family and his MIL, daughter and her family, MIL and maybe DH's younger brother and his two daughters. |
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- Posted by two.25acres (My Page) on Wed, Nov 14, 12 at 9:30
| I lucked out this year, not doing the big dinner with my family of 32 instead having my hubby's family. His mom, sister, brother in law and their two kids. They don't like to try new things which is a challenge for me so I have to stick with: Turkey (we'll brine then grill) Mashed potatoes Bland dressing ( I usually do a fruited wild rice with sausage dressing) No sweet potatoes allowed. No cranberries allowed. Corn Gravy (gonna try a bourbon gravy) Sister in law bringing famous green bean casserole Jellos I'm doing a tiramasu layered cake and chocolate silk pie. We'll do orange julius' to go with the meal and a special coffee. It will be a boring meal for me but atleast it won't be as much work. |
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| Simple meal this year, my brother is taking his family to Hawaii, my sis's husband has had some health issues and they are having a quiet dinner with her son's family and not making the drive. Dinner with DH's family will be this Sunday, restaurant. One of 10 kids originally, his big noisy group has always been great about celebrating (Easter, Thanksgiving) a few days or a week early so people can have an easier holiday. We're already together several times a year. I'll make most of the dinner on Wednesday, take the food and cook the turkey at my mothers 2 hours away on Thanksgiving. Will just be the three of us, and that's fine, too many in her house and she gets anxious any more. I really couldn't manage more :) We're moving on Tuesday to our new house/garden 6 minutes from here...At least the short distance has given me time to set up the kitchen, and hopefully I'll know where things are :) Turkey |
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| This year I'm probably going to go out. Take my sister and maybe a friend or two rather than go to the hassle of making a big meal and the related work. The food is good, the price is downright cheap and they clean up. Everyone gets what they want, and I don't have to deal with the dietary issues some have and some claim to have. This way it's in their lap. And for $10 a person, I probably couldn't do it at home for twice that. Plus we go when we're hungry rather than waiting until everything is (hopefully) done. |
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- Posted by YogaLady1948 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 14, 12 at 21:19
| I will be eating whatever vegetarian entree they are serving this year at the restaurant we will be at in Pismo Beach~~I was a meat eater last year so I had the traditional turkey dinner, DH had the steak~~they only offer 3-4 entrees on Thanksgiving day. We plan it so we can watch the sunset;) This is our 2nd time doing this and we love it! At Christmas our new thing is having all the kids over the Saturday before Christmas for food, fun and gifts~~~then they are all free to do whatever on C-Day~~~our youngest kids ended up here anyway and DD#2's BF made pizza;) WIN WIN for me;) |
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| Turkey with sausage and bread stuffing. Giblet gravy Homemade cranberry sauce Mashed white potatoes Dish of olives and celery sticks Cole slaw Homemade dinner rolls Peas Broccoli Creamed corn Homemade pies (Pumpkin and Apple) |
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| Right now this is what is planned for me and three kids. Small turkey and a small ham mashed potatoes gravy stuffing dinner rolls canned cranberry sauce oyster casserole black olives, carrots and celery tray pumpkin pie It may change. I've already bought the pie, cranberry sauce and stuff to make the gravy and oyster casserole. |
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| We are having 3 friends over for dinner. Steamed turkey |
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| Somehow I forgot to add Stuffing (dressing actually) to my menu! Couldn't go without that! |
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| Two, though I commend you for preparing the (bland) food that your in-laws are familiar with...I'd never deprive my own tastebuds at my table. I would certainly serve cranberries, as well as anything else I really liked, rigbt along with their favorite foods. Cynic, I would ABSOLUTELY go to a restaurant, too, if I really felt that I didn't want to deal with all of those preparations. But, I don't think that your cost evaluations takes all of the subsequent meals into account. I'll get sandwiches (hot with gravy, turkey salad, cold sliced), mashed potato patties, potato soup, turkey stew, turkey casserole,
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