Thanksgiving!

[kacie tri-ing]

Hello! I was just wondering what everyone is making for Thanksgiving.

I just finished digging through my recipes and settled on a few things to bring to my in-law's for the day!

Spinach Balls as an Appetizer

Brown/Wild Rice with Almonds and Cranberries

Pumpkin Butterscotch Cheesecake


Ok, now that it's posted, I have to go actually make those things! Happy cooking/eating!

[Owlie]

Do you mind sharing the rice recipe? It sounds interesting.

I'll be helping out in the kitchen, as usual. We'll be doing:

-turkey
-roasted potatoes with garlic...or garlic with potatoes. I'm not sure.
-Mexican green beans
-zucchini
-brussels sprouts, maybe
-sweet potato casserole (hopefully not the "healthy" version. That was not a good experience.)

No idea what my mom settled on for dessert. It was a really good pecan pie/tart/thing the past two years, but since it's a hybrid recipe, the filling oozes through the crust and needs to be pried out of the pan!

[ny biker]

I'm sure my mother is bringing a pie to my cousin's house. My only responsibilities will be smiling, eating and pleasant conversation. And helping to clear the table afterwards.

[Veronica]

Minestrone soup. It's just us and it's fun to cook together.

Veronica

[katluvr]

Staying home, just the 2 of us. I work & recently gave up meat...so no turkey for us. Homemade pizza cooked on the grill. Veggie for me, turkey pepperoni for her!
K

[GLC1968]

I'm pretty psyched about the dinner I'm planning. It's just the two of us, but I wanted to go tradtional anyway.

Turkey - local, free-range, heritage breed from a farm down the road
Sage Stuffing - my mom's recipe
Grilled Asparagus
Roasted Veggies - brussels sprouts, yellow carrots, orange carrots, parsnips, beets, garlic, onions and yukon gold potatoes - all from our garden!

And for desert - Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie (also made from our home grown pumpkins and apple butter!)

[Veronica]

I'm pretty psyched about the dinner I'm planning. It's just the two of us, but I wanted to go tradtional anyway.

Turkey - local, free-range, heritage breed from a farm down the road
Sage Stuffing - my mom's recipe
Grilled Asparagus
Roasted Veggies - brussels sprouts, yellow carrots, orange carrots, parsnips, beets, garlic, onions and yukon gold potatoes - all from our garden!

And for desert - Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie (also made from our home grown pumpkins and apple butter!)

How long would it take me to drive to your house? I can't believe you grew brussel sprouts and beets. I guess someone has to like them.

Veronica

[OakLeaf]

After several years of vegetarian holidays we've ordered a turkey from a local farmer. We'll be doing it very traditional this year. Chestnut stuffing as always (whether or not we're having turkey) which is a royal PITA but soooooo worth it (as long as it's only once a year ).

One of my very favorites is Mollie Katzen's sweet potato casserole.

I just ran across this recipe for apple cranberry compote which looks really yummy.

And I got some lovely spinach from the special Thanksgiving farmers' market that I'll probably just sauté with garlic and pignoli. My natural food store just started getting real Italian pignoli instead of the Chinese species you usually find, woot woot!

I froze some pumpkin from the last round of pies I made - may do that, may do an apple pie, we still have a few on our tree.