Thanksgiving Sides - what are you making? I need ideas
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Make a cauliflower gratin aka cheese cauliflower Here is an intriguing Emeril version: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/cauliflower-gratin-recipe2.html#! Here is a 3-cheese with walnuts version: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/creamythreecheesecau_72958 Or check out the Scottish version - with whiskey http://www.dailycooking.com/recipies/40565/Cauliflower-Cheese-and-Whisky---Old-Scottish-Recipe.html |
Anonymous
| I usually do a lighter green bean dish or cold broccoli salad. Something more acidic against all the rich dishes. I have done green beans with lemon, green beans with pomegranate and vinaigrette, and this year I'm doing green beans with bacon and cranberries. |
Anonymous
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Potatoes that are cut up and baked
Stuffing Deviled eggs Broccoli salad with bacon and other stuff in it Blueberry jello with whipped cream Cherry jello with marshmallows and whipped cream ( jellos with fruit and whipped toppings are popular where I'm from ) Pickles/ olives |
Anonymous
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I like to have at least one side that is crisp and cool to cut the rich creaminess of the rest of the meal.
We make: turkey gravy cranberry relish stuffing mashed potatoes cole slaw salad with pears and blue cheese |
Anonymous
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We'll have 3-4 vegetarians at the table, so I do a lot of veggie sides:
Turkey Vegetarian mushroom-thyme gravy Cranberry - fig chutney Chickpea-squash dish with tahini dressing (protein based main for non meat eaters) Shredded kale - Brussels sprout salad Potato & parsnip mash Green bean salad w feta Thin sliced crispy sweet potato roast (see current smitten kitchen recipe) served w hazelnut pesto Relish dish: crudités & pickled things Breads: homemade dinner rolls, biscuits & focaccia |
Anonymous
Do you have a good recipe? This sounds amazing. |
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Can you please come live with me? |
Anonymous
No recipe. Just shredded greens + sliced almonds, halved grapes, dried cranberries, finely slivered lemon peel. Maybe a small amount of quinoa if I remember to cook it ahead of time. Lemon vinaigrette with a dollop of crime fraiche or Greek yogurt for creaminess but not so much as to make it thick or heavy. My kid will not eat cooked veggies, but is happy with any sort of salad as long as its not overly dressed, so this is something I know he'll eat & that will ring crunchiness and texture to the rest of the meal. |
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| We are having mashed celery root, green beans with shallots and lemon, stuffing with sausage, apples and chestnuts, cranberry sauce. Starting with a salad with pecans and cranberry for the first course. I got some sweet potatoes too so might do something with them because I love sweet potatoes. |
Anonymous
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roasted veggies: sweet potato, mushrooms, garlic, onions, squash
string beans with garlic and almonds cole slaw with cranberries cornbread |
Anonymous
Here's a really really good recipe and I lOVE it as a thanksgiving side: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Kale-Brussels-Sprout-Salad-368295 |
Anonymous
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Home made creamed corn (so amazing)
Sweet potato casserole |
Anonymous
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Corn pudding.
CORN PUDDING 2 15 3/4oz cans cream style corn, NOT drained 1 box Jiffy Cornbread mix 2 eggs (you could use egg beaters) 2/3 C milk (use skim/no fat) 1/2 C cooking oil 1 dash garlic salt (optional) Mix together and pour in to a greased 9X12 baking pan and bake at 350 for 45 minutes (my note: it can take an hour). My kids love it and it takes all of 3 minutes to throw together. |
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I'm making Brussels sprouts and bacon. SO amazing. People request it by name!
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/shredded-brussels-sprouts/ |
Anonymous
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We are having:
To start: Butternut squash soup Pear and blue cheese salad With dinner: Sausage and cranberry stuffing Orange cranberry compote Potato casserole Sweet potato casserole Roasted root veggies Corn soufflé |