What can I make for Thanksgiving dinner?!
What can I make for Thanksgiving dinner?
besides turkey and stuffing
Answers:
Ham, Roast pork, potato salad, macaroni salad, yams, rice, green salad, biscuits, apple pie, sweet potato pie and cranberry sauce.
Potatoes and yams
Ham
Ham, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, deviled eggs, green bean casserole, rolls, etc.
I bet i have a suggestion you haven't herd yet. A TURKEY
mash potatoes, cranberry sauce, honey ham, corn, biscuits, gravy, veggie casserole, fruit cake,
well my aunt makes good stuff for it .ham, chicken,mashed potatoes,corn, peas,greenbeans,rolls/biscuits... sauce, doubled eggs,seeing not many ppl eat turkey in my family she goes and gets it cut into slices at the store.Try it!
Broccoli Rice casserole. My favorite. Also you can make Watergate salad as a dessert its really good. Both recipes are on Kraft's recipe page.
Last year when we went out for dinner my mother actually ordered a rack of lamb, and I saw quite a few other people ordering it as well. At home, I generally cook turkey & stuffing, plus mashed potatoes, green beans with minced onions, yams or sweet potatoes with marshmellows on to of either, homemade dinner rolls and if a friend of mine comes over I usually have peas for her as that is generally the only vegetable she really likes.
Now, if you don't want to cook turkey, you can cook ham, rack of lamb, roast beef, prime rib, cornish game hen, etc. There are so many things you can cook instead of turkey. You can even do New York steaks, filet mignon (if you do the filet mignon set a place for me! ).
Good luck!
One of my all time favorites is green bean casserole. It's really easy to make and the recipe is on the can of French's Onion Rings. I also listed a website with the recipe.
Mashed Yams with marshmallows on top
Mashed potatoes
Corn
Green beans
Carrots
Cranberry sauce
Pumpkin pie
Mince pie
"Carrot Cabbage Slaw" - 12 servings
4 cups shredded cabbage
2 cups shredded carrots
2 medium Golden Delicious apples; diced
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup honey
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 cup (8 oz.) sour cream
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/8-1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg (optional)
In a large serving bowl, combine cabbage, carrots, apples, raisins and walnuts. In a small bowl, combine honey and lemon juice until smooth. Stir in the sour cream, salt, pepper and nutmeg, if desired. Stir into cabbage mixture. Serve or chill.
"Fruit Salad Cheesecake" - 12 servings
1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple; drained
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup cold water
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese; cubed
1 1/2 cups crushed crisp macaroons
2 tbsp. butter; melted
2 cups halved seedless grapes
1 (11 oz.) can mandarin oranges; drained
1 (10 oz.) jar maraschino cherries; drained and chopped
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts
2 cups whipped topping
In a small saucepan, cook pineapple and sugar over medium heat for 5 minutes or until heated through. Place cold water in a bowl; sprinkle with gelatin; let stand for 1 minute. Stir into the warm pineapple mixture. Reduce heat to low; add cream cheese. Cook and stir until cream cheese is melted and mixture is blended. Remove from heat; cool completely.
In a small bowl, combine macaroon crumbs and butter. Press onto the bottom of a greased 9" springform pan; set aside. Stir the grapes, oranges, cherries and nuts into cream cheese mixture. Fold in the whipped topping. Pour into prepared pan. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Remove sides of pan before serving.
Got to have GRAVY, Rolls, Cranberry Sauce, Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Turnip, Corn, Green Bean Casserole, Apple Pie, Coconut Custard Pie and Pumpkin Pie.
this is a link i learnde from when first started cooking thanksgiving dinner
jan
Here's a list of what we've been having at our Thanksgiving for years now!
-Green Beans
-a green salad of sorts (my favorite is mixed greens with slices of grapefruits and oranges, candied walnuts and a vinegrette)
-mashed potatoes
-mashed sweet potatoes
-baked carrots, sweet potatoes and parsnips
-rolls
-cranberry sauce
for dessert:
-pies (usually apple and a pear/cranberry)
-chocolate chip cookies
-assorted fruits
-coffees and teas
paella
Roast Goose, Beef Wellington, Glazed Ham.......just a few ideas! You will find these recipes, and more at:
http://www.gourmet-food-revolution.com/t...
One side of my family does the traditional the other makes tamale pie(gramps hate birds).......it's a nice change of pace, so I would suggust anything that is different. It'll be a Thansgiving everyone remembers
fruit salad peas cranberry sauce