these! Green bean bundles, yum!
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/green-bean-bundles-with-bacon-and-brown-sugar.html
scalloped potatoes, no real recipe. Just make a cheese sauce mixed with some cream of mushroom and pour over the semi cooked potatoes and bake for a while
That used to be my must have too!! I wish I could find a GOOD cream of mushroom soup that did not have gluten!!
Kathryn Merteuil said:Wow, I always seemed to get the impression that I was the only person in the world who actually liked cranberry sauce. I think it is great!
[QUOTE=ronandannette;52563174]Thanksgiving here was 3 weeks ago and I can still smell that turkey (mmm)! We have the exact same thing every year; this is no time to think out of the box!
Bread-based onion & sage stuffing cooked in the bird. Whipped potatoes w/pan gravy. Whole-berry cranberry sauce. Rutabaga mashed with butter and brown sugar (probably similar to the way a lot of you eat your sweet potatoes). Sweet potatoes boiled and then pan-caramelized in butter and brown sugar. Brussel sprouts. Devilled eggs. Lime-pineapple-cream cheese jellied salad. Relish tray including assorted sliced cheese. Soft, fresh white dinner buns. Wine. Lots and lots of wine.
For dessert - 5 kinds of pie, all of equal importance: pumpkin, apple, raisin, lemon meringue and banana cream.
Wow, I always seemed to get the impression that I was the only person in the world who actually liked cranberry sauce. I think it is great!
We always a can of jellied for a friend who will only eat that, and we always make home made whole berry cranberry sauce for the rest of us. Soooo tough to make. 2 cups of sugar in 2 cups bowling water, 1 bag cranberries, boil for 10 minutes, cool.
Otherwise, the only other constant on Thanksgiving is it is always on the Saturday afterwards. Thanksgiving is never a day off work for DW and I, hasn't been for 35 years.
The entree varies. DD is vegetarian, and DS's girlfriend is allergic to turkey, so we always have a Tofurky roast. So the other entree may be turkey, prime rib, crab or ham for the rest of us. Not sure yet this year.
DW's goal is to make each Thanksgiving a little different, so that is our tradition.