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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Regular turkey
Regular cornbread or sourdough stuffing depending on which camp you're in
Mashed potatoes (skin off, milk, butter, salt, I do sour cream)
Basic gravy
Green bean casserole or steamed French green beans (depending on what camp you're in, again)
Cranberry in a can
Rolls

Then have other things that are fun:
a fun veggie like an adventurous corn dish 
a fun cranberry sauce recipe
a salad with roasted butternut squash, nuts, cheese, spicy vinaigrette, pepitas, dried cranberries
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This is good advice.

But also it's ok to just do a few sides.  Pick at least one very basic one (like straight white mashed potatoes) and have good plain rolls.  Then you can get creative with the rest and people will be fine.  It's one meal![/quote]

I think that sounds right. I also looked into ordering sides for pickup and they are 20-35 each! So I'm just going to make some plain stuff. I like the addition of buttered peas and buttered corn for the plain sides. If those are leftover, my young kid can eat them. In-laws are yam-averse, otherwise I would do a sweet potato casserole. Maybe macaroni and cheese instead? Or maybe cheesy potatoes?

Rolls I can buy. Sauce I will make ahead. Good to know about the Whole Foods gravy. Turkey I will do a plain brine as someone suggested. The potato ricer thing is new to me because I prefer rustic potatoes, so I'm going to buy one and try it out next week.

I haven't even thought of the "new fangled" sides... The pomegranate seed salad someone posted above sounds really good and pretty. I casually brought up Thanksgiving and MIL actually mentioned a few times that she thinks one of the older inlaws will eat very soft pot roast with the vegetables picked out... I have no idea if she meant I should make a pot roast for Thanksgiving, or what?! But maybe I will make that and have it ready for Friday after.[/quote]

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