Appetizer:
Charcuterie board
Samosa bread

Salad

Main:
Rolls
Turkey
Stuffing
Cranberry relish
Mashed potatoes and gravy
German potato salad
Green bean casserole
Asian style slaw
Roasted Brussels sprouts
Roasted rainbow carrots
Baked white ziti
(Strange items as per family requests)

Dessert:
Mini pies/tartlets-pumpkin, pecan, apple
Vanilla ice cream

The appetizer board and desserts will be handled by my teenage daughter, niece and nephew. I will make everything else except for the potato salad and slaw.

Hadn’t even thought about apps: cheese and fruit and crackers, probably. Sparkling water, red and white wine, and beer (like yuengling).

Dinner will be fairly simple: turkey (16 pounds), mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce (canned), rolls, collard/turnip greens, sweet potato casserole with roasted pecans and goat cheese crumbles, and winter salad (maybe arugula with pomegranate and feta). Pumpkin pie and homemade whipped cream for dessert.

It’s just my nuclear family (me and DH and our three kids) and my parents.

Love Thanksgiving!

Anonymous wrote:Ham
Green Bean Casserole
Canned Cramberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Seven Up Salad
Crescent Rolls

Intriguing. Sounds very mid-20th century is the best and worst way at the same time.

Still nailing down everything

Spiced nuts
Cheese ball and crackers
Ranch oyster crackers - 10 year old’s choice to make
Cranberry salsa and chips - got this recipe from here last year and it was so good I have to make it again

Turkey/ vegetarian roast options
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Stuffing
Unstuffed mushroom casserole
Corn casserole
Butternut squash? Or green beans?
Pears with Gorgonzola? Or spiced fruit?
Cranberry sauce
Rolls

Pecan pie
Caramel apple bars
Pumpkin cannoli
Cinnamon apple fudge - 12 year old wants to make

Apps -cheeses, crackers, grapes, pears, nuts
Meal- turkey, mashed potato,, cranberry sauce, rolls, green beans, carrot soup
Dessert- apple pie, pumpkin pie, vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, pumpkin chocolate cookies

Ham
Green Bean Casserole
Canned Cramberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Seven Up Salad
Crescent Rolls

Anonymous wrote:We eat lunch and there are only 7 of us, so no appetizers except we have the pot of butternut squash soup out first and mugs/spoons. Everything made from scratch, including the rolls

Butternut squash soup

Turkey
dressing (sausage and apple)
mashed potatoes
gravy
rolls
cranberry sauce
creamed onions (for the one weird grandpa)
a simple vegetable like green beans or brussel sprouts
some sort of vinegar coleslaw salad

I love these. But I get that it is a very old fashioned thing.

Apps:
deviled eggs (DH's nephew insists on these)
crudites with homemade onion dip
cheese and crackers
spiced nuts

Dinner:
turkey (I'm doing a breast this year)
stuffing
mashed potatoes
gravy
green bean casserole
green salad (this is the holiday salad I grew up with: green and red leaf lettuce, grapefruit and or tangerine slices, red onion, pomegranate seeds, blue cheese, vinaigrette)
sweet and sour red cabbage

Dessert:
NYT plum torte but with cranberries instead of plums
apple pie w/ cheddar and/or vanilla ice cream

My niece will likely bring some apps— she is into the charcuterie board trend.

Dinner, served around 1:30, will be
Turkey
Ham
Stuffing
Scalloped oysters
Sweet potato and apple casserole
Green bean casserole
Corn
Salad
Applesauce
Gravy
Rolls

Desserts:
Pumpkin pie
Funny cake
Vanilla pudding


These are all long time family favorites. I think I’m the third generation of women making these dishes for Thanksgiving, now teaching the fourth generation (including the boys, finally, I’m happy say) how to make them.

There are 8 of us and half are running a 5k in the morning, so we’ll put out apps before noon and eat in the mid afternoon. This is a mixture of catered and homemade.

Shrimp cocktail
Fruit & cheese platter, crackers, nuts

Turkey breast & gravy
Roasted tofu for the vegetarians
Homemade & canned cranberry sauce
Stuffing
Mashed potatoes
Roasted butternut squash
Creamed onions
Green beans
A simple salad- thinking kale, endive, fennel with dried cranberries and a citrusy vinaigrette

Pumpkin pie
Chocolate cream pie
Decorated cookies

We eat lunch and there are only 7 of us, so no appetizers except we have the pot of butternut squash soup out first and mugs/spoons. Everything made from scratch, including the rolls

Butternut squash soup

Turkey
dressing (sausage and apple)
mashed potatoes
gravy
rolls
cranberry sauce
creamed onions (for the one weird grandpa)
a simple vegetable like green beans or brussel sprouts
some sort of vinegar coleslaw salad

Appetizers:
Spinach artichoke dip and crudite, crackers
Probably some hot appetizers from Trader Joe’s

Meal:
Turkey
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Dressing
Cranberry sauce
Green beans (fresh, not casserole)
Corn pudding
Sister Schubert’s yeast rolls

Thinking about mac and cheese, but I’m not sure

Desserts:
3 pies of my husband’s choosing
Fresh whipped cream

Did you see this thread
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1299426.page

We have a huge spread because there are many family members (35+), and the eating starts from early afternoon and ends with dinner. We have many types of food restrictions spread across the attendees...nut allergies, dairy, shrimp, sea food, vegan, vegetarians, no beef, no pork...

Appetizers
- Hot crab dip
- Fried shrimp
- Stuffed peppers
- 3-mushroom salad
- Paneer kebabs
- Cauliflower fritters


Deep fried turkey
Gravy
Mashed potatoes
Stovetop stuffing
Sweet potato casserole
Spinach Ravioli and veggies in cream sauce
Georgian Beet salad
Green beans with almonds
Sweet corn casserole
Red Lobster biscuits
Mac and Cheese

Appetizers
Stuffed mushrooms
Charcuterie board w cheese
Bruschetta
Eggplant dip

Dinner
8-10 pound turkey
Turkey gravy
GF Mac and cheese
Sweet potato casserole
Asparagus
GF corn bread and red lobster biscuits
Cranberry sauce
We need a salad or something acidic