It's no secret that Thanksgiving is my second favorite holiday. Now that we're in the month of November, I'm preparing myself for my fourth year of cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Although I love cooking for people, I must admit I won't be sad when Sean and I move back to the States and we don't have to cook the
entire Thanksgiving meal by ourselves.
I've already bought two Thanksgiving magazines (Rachel Ray and Family Circle) but I wanted to ask my blog readers what some of their favorite Thanksgiving dishes are. Is there something special you make? Something new recipe you tried that you can't live without? Let me know what it is! I'd like to add a new dish (or two) to my table this year.
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We pretty much make the standard stuff (green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, corn, stuffing, etc.)
I used Pioneer Woman's mashed potato recipe, and it was pretty tasty! You can't go wrong with any of her stuff.
I think those are good resources! You could also try allrecipes.com, they have great recipes with reviews. Pioneer Woman's recipes are also great, I agree with Tootie!:)
Paula Deans hashbrown casserole! Now, it is not the healthies of things but it is oh so very tasty!
Healthiest! Haha.
My family makes egg noodles and we put them on mashed potatoes. We're German. We like carbs. :) We also serve turnips at Thanksgiving as well. I don't eat them, but the rest of my family gobbles them up.
I love homemade cranberry sauce with orange zest and pomagranate seeds. So yummy on turkey sandwiches! I also filled the turkey cavity with chopped apple, onions, sage, and some cider.
We do all the cooking for holidays too! It seems a lot of young military couples without children have yet to master cooking holiday feasts. Lol. Last year I made this AMAZING sweet potato casserole that I'm dying to eat again. But I don't have the recipe on me right now (home on leave) so I'll have to post it later!
Oh I love the food for Thanksgiving and the holiday season!! Have you ever had a hashbrown casserole for thanksgiving? It's good!
Ohhh..I just bought the rachel ray mag today...thanks for reminding me that it's in my bag waiting to be read!
This is my favorite way to eat cranberries (aside from the gelatinous tin can version that my husband adores so much):
Cranberry Waldorf Salad. It probably should be a dessert, but I make it a required side dish at our Thanksgiving table :-) You will need: 1/2 lb (2 cups) whole fresh cranberries, 3 cups mini marshmallows, 1/2 cup of sugar, 2 cups diced Granny Smith apples (with skin on) and one cup of whipping cream. Grind cranberries (but don't liquify, think of it as a fine chop) then add sugar towards the end. While cranberries are going, whip your whipping cream to a good, fluffy texture. In a large bowl, stir together marshmallows and apples then add cranberry/sugar mixture. Fold in whipped cream and chill overnight. My favorite dish :-)
HI!!! I just wanted to stop by and say hey.. I started following you in '08.. life kind of made me fall off the bandwagon. But I'm back, and SO happy to see you're still here!!!
I've got a great pecan pie recipe that makes men swoon. Email me if you are interested
danalynkeller @ gmail . com
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I just found your blog, as we're moving to Italy in December and I've been googling like crazy. Love it! To answer your question though, we've recently added a creamed corn dish to our holiday line up...it tastes exactly like Rudy's BBQ:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-creamed-corn/detail.aspx I add a bit more corn but otherwise, it's perfect!
Squash casserole!!!
Thanks for sharing the information about thanksgiving recipes. I also liked to cook for people but i got Thanksgiving android app which was very useful for preparing variety of dishes for Thanksgiving dinner and it had more recipes in each category . Really its very useful for preparing thanksgiving special dishes.
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