Favorite thanksgiving recipes?

My recipe is a little different. I make it using mushroom soup as well. No flour, but 2 eggs, 1/2 cup mayo, & a small jar of Cheez Whiz in addition to the shredded cheddar.

Everyone looks forward to it each year!

Interesting yam recipe OP. I think I'll try that this year instead of butter & brown sugar.

I have not seen this in the thread yet:

Classic Deviled Eggs

Items Needed: (for 12 Deviled Eggs)

6 hard boiled eggs (large)
3 Tablespoons mayonnaise or salad dressing
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon mustard (or honey mustard)
1 teaspoon vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
paprika (optional)

Remove shells from eggs, and halve lengthwise with a knife.
Carefully remove the yolks, and place in a medium bowl.
Mash yolks with a fork, and add remaining ingredients.
Very carefully spoon mixture back into the egg white halves. Garnish with a light sprinkling of paprika (optional).

Enjoy!


I make these every year for Thanksgiving. Made this for my hubby's grandpa. He had never had sweet deviled eggs before and absolutely loved them :) Sadly, he passed away from suicide back in 2008. He was a veteran (SeaBees) and suffered from COPD. But he sure loved these eggs!


Also, another "must have" dish in my family is banana pudding.
I use 2 boxes of banana pudding mix, vanilla wafers and sliced bananas. Kids love this no matter how hold they are lol Ends up looking similar to this:


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Rich and decadent, everyone loves this cake!


“Better Than Sex Pumpkin Cake”

Ingredients:

1 box spice cake mix
1 can (15 ounce) pumpkin puree
1 can (14 ounce) sweetened condensed milk
Homemade whipped cream or cool whip
1/2 bag Heath toffee candy bits
1/2 cup caramel sauce
Pumpkin pie spice

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350F.
Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix and pumpkin puree and spice until blended well, batter will be thick.
Pour batter into baking dish.
Bake according to package instruction on cake box for 9x13 pan.
Cool in pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack.
Using a fork poke holes all over the top of the cake.
Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the cake, filling the holes, may have to pour it in intervals so it soaks in and doesn’t flood over
Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Spread the whipped cream over top of cake.
Sprinkle on the candy bits, and drizzle caramel over top.
Refrigerate overnight.
Serve chilled.




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I'm adding my coleslaw to the menu this year

a bag of coleslaw already chopped.

2 tablespoons vinegar
1/2 a teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup may0
1 teaspoon sugar optional but I used splenda
1/4 cup chopped celery
a big bunch of chopped cilantro.

chill

oh it's so yummy.

That's very kind of you. There really are nice people in this world.

I just cooked three family packs of chicken breasts and boneless thighs. The breasts on the BBQ grill and the thighs slow cooked in the oven with spices. I bought 4 large sweet potatoes at Walmart. I've been eating that with my two dogs now for nearly a week. Everything came out delicious. It's like Thanksgiving every day at my house.

I really did make Marie Calendar Turkey dinners about a week ago. They were fine. When you live alone the whole turkey thing is just to much. Happy Holidays.


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I've made sour cream apple pie and love it. I prefer it over regular apple pie. Try it, you won't be disappointed.

Would you know if it's possible to substitute Greek yogurt for at least 1/2 of the sour cream?

I wish someone would cook for me this year.
I've got zero energy after the European plague (i.e. the common cold).

Nice I love smokies. I worked with caering company years backed and they cooked Smokies in Grape Jelly, man those things were so good.

Fav recipe is Turkaine...


Take a Turkey... Bake it for like... hours...

Take a shit load of cocaine and sniff it...

Eat the turkey...


BAM!


Happy thanksgiving, you motherfuckers.

You're going to have a heart attack with that speedball combination of tryptophan and cocaine.

Hot Toddy

1 T honey
1 T fresh squeezed lemon
2T Bourbon

add 1/2 - 1 cup boiling hot water

It's also a great cough medicine!

ditto.. try the hot toddy.

I don’t know, would be worth trying it sometime to see if it works, I just wouldn’t try it on thanksgiving, lol

In that apple pie honey or vanilla would be a great flavor to add!

Found this.....

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Thanks for the very valuable link & info.

Basic Thanksgiving family menu:

Turkey (Turkey roaster oven), a first for us. Usually baked in bag with salt, pepper, fresh Provence spices, butter. I did get brine to try that out.

Dressing (onions, celery, apples cooked with butter in fry pan add fresh spices (sage, thyme) walnuts, dried cranberries) / can be made with any dressing, even prepared boxed dressing as ingredients are added to it afterwards. Also can add cooked giblets (optional) and juice from cooked giblets or turkey to add moisture to dressing if making from scratch.

Yams (baked, split open & topped with sour cream and brown sugar)

Cranberries (fresh or canned) add juice of one orange and orange zest.

Peas

Mashed potatoes or mashed cauliflower (add basics - butter, cream, salt & pepper)

Pecan Bourbon Tart pies


Now if we were with the entire family there would be the following added to above menu as everyone likes to cook:

Jello cranberry salad with sour cream

Broccoli salad

Vegetable tray & Dip

Deviled Eggs

Fresh baked rolls

Chips & Dips

Spinach Sour Dough Dip bowl

Variety of pies (pumpkin, apple, mince, etc)

Various types of sandwich meat rolled up & filled with cream cheese

Stuffed mushrooms

Whatttt? How have I never heard of this before? Thank you. I am so stuffing dates for the holidays this year.

I do meatballs that way

1 bag of frozen original meatballs, homemade if you have the time to make and brown

1 bottle of Brooks Ketchup, has to be Brooks, if you can’t find Brooks, Open Pit original will work

1 large jar of grape jelly

Throw it all in a crockpot

These are our football go to snacks for a crowd

These are also the most requested on my catering menu, people love it!

Aw...I would. I do a thanksgiving the day after thanksgiving every year for my husband and I to feast on. My sister in laws taught me this tradition very early in my marriage and now we never mind traveling and giving for the holidays knowing we have our own waiting to be done at home the day after. I have a single struggling man in my neighborhood I will be fixing him up with a huge plate this year.

There are tons of us who love to cook and share with others...its in our blood...tell your friends, neighbors, n family you may be pleasantly surprised.

RAW CRANBERRY RELISH
Perfect for Thanksgiving or on top of a salad.

Ingredients (Serves 2-4)
1 cup cranberries
2 cups roughly diced apple
½ cup orange sections
¼ teaspoon orange zest
4 tablespoons coconut sugar
3 mint leaves

Directions
Pulse blend all the ingredients in a food processor until roughly combined
Store in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving.

Cranberry attributes
Helps to suppress your appetite and help you shed unwanted pounds.
Halts the growth of bacteria & viruses that may be growing inside of you.
Helps reverse gallbladder disease.
One of the top liver cleansers.
Dislodges earwax buildup and help bring back hearing
Antiseptic role in healing urinary tract infections & yeast infections.
Fights Streptocococcus bacteria (strep).
Disarms & destroys invading estrogens from outside sources such as plastics, environmental pollutants, pesticides and other synthetic chemicals

Recipe: Anthony William, Medical Medium; Life Changing foods

Never dawned on me to do meatballs that way, but I will now. Thanks!

Where is the devil in them? Devil includes horseradish

I had a relative who used to make that every year, she put nuts in it, which I didn’t care for

Yours sounds really good, thanks!

CORN PUDDING !

(easy and WTF delicious)

mix together:

1 box Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix
1 can of corn
1 can of creamed corn
1 stick of butter
1 cup of sour cream

spread mixture into a 1 inch deep rectangular baking pan

bake at 325 for 25-30 min until toothpick comes out clean in the middle

You can also use this recipe alongside chili

A great appetizer for a larger crowd

Artichoke leaves with garlic aioli

3 artichokes, steamed, leaves removed, save hearts for yourself as a treat, lol

I steam them in my crockpot, add about 2-3 inches of water, cut steams off and peel them, throw those on the water, place chokes upside down, turn on high

Chokes done when leaves pull out easily

Garlic aioli

2 garlic cloves, pressed
1/4 teaspoon (or more) coarse kosher salt
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons olive oil
2-3 tablesspoons brown butter
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Fresh rosemary chopped finely optional

Mash garlic and 1/4 teaspoon salt in small bowl until paste forms.
Whisk in mayonnaise, olive oil, and lemon juice.
Season to taste with coarse salt and pepper.
DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.


Use a large round platter, set bowl in center for aioli, fan the leaves around starting at the outer rim working your way in

Looks like a lotus leaf when done

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Yummy stuff here also.

Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish
2 cups whole raw cranberries, washed

1 small onion

3/4 cup sour cream

1/2 cup sugar

2 tablespoons horseradish from a jar ("red is a bit milder than white")

Grind the raw berries and onion together. ("I use an old-fashioned meat grinder," says Stamberg. "I'm sure there's a setting on the food processor that will give you a chunky grind — not a puree.")

Add everything else and mix.

Put in a plastic container and freeze.

Early Thanksgiving morning, move it from freezer to refrigerator compartment to thaw. ("It should still have some little icy slivers left.")

The relish will be thick, creamy and shocking pink. ("OK, Pepto Bismol pink. It has a tangy taste that cuts through and perks up the turkey and gravy. It's also good on next-day turkey sandwiches, and with roast beef.")

Makes 1 1/2 pints.

Yeah, but flipping over a blazing hot 15-20# bird after 2 hours in the oven would make me a "mental case"

We do the same. In-laws are 4-5 hours away, so we drive every year. Saturday I do a second thanksgiving at home for us to have leftovers.

I get our turkey the day b4 Thanksgiving, put it into a cooler covered with brine and let it thaw this way. By Saturday it's perfectly brined and ready for cooking....

No one has mentioned but for us rutabaga is a thanksgiving necessity along with pecan pie.

Among the dishes we make with the leftovers....turkey sandwiches, turkey soup and we always freeze 1-2 turkey shepherd pies (great way to remember thanksgiving a few weeks later... And it uses up the potatoes, turkey and gravy)

Oh yum! Some good recipes in this thread.

Making some of it tomorrow, Thx