Breakfast is eggs, toast and coffee. Making eggs gets me in the kitchen mood. Lunch? What lunch? That's just tasting and nibbling as I cook.

Breakfast is some of dinner, usually tasters for the stuffing that hasn't gone in the bird yet: to be sure it's right, of course. Hardly anyone eats lunch: they might snitch a piece of kielbasa, if they can without getting smacked.

We do some sort of coffee cake + cut-up melon and berries for breakfast, and then cheese and crackers, crudite, hummus and pita around lunchtime. We also eat around 4:00.

Anonymous wrote:I'll probably serve crudite and pumpkin bacon soup.

PUMPKIN BACON SOUP? OMG is it awesome? Do you have the recipe?

I'll probably serve crudite and pumpkin bacon soup.

Cereal for breakfast. Nothing for lunch.

We got out to dinner so there isn't as much stuffing ourselves. I will probably make bacon for breakfast along with yogurt, fruit and coffee. (And quite possibly pumpkin pie if I get organized.) We will nibble for lunch and then have dinner at 4:30.

Anonymous wrote:We try not to fill up. We make a butternut squash soup and put it out warm in the slow cooker. It feels like a rich soup but has no cream in it--basically squash roasted and pureed in broth. Also have some cracker and cheese and fruit and veg.
Agree with pp that you want whatever food you pick to be set up OUT of the kitchen!

We also have squash soup; I use Giuliano Bugialli's recipe, which doesn't have cream, but is made with pancetta and beef broth, so it's hearty. We'll have a salad with it and some good bread. Our family tradition is to have dinner on the later side -- around 6 -- so, we'll have nibbles -- cheese and fruit plate and some nuts -- around 4:30 - 5.

Nothing. That's just wasting space in your stomach.

I don't. We host Thanksgiving every year so I don't give a thought to breakfast and lunch.

Anything I don't have to cook.

We try not to fill up. We make a butternut squash soup and put it out warm in the slow cooker. It feels like a rich soup but has no cream in it--basically squash roasted and pureed in broth. Also have some cracker and cheese and fruit and veg.
Agree with pp that you want whatever food you pick to be set up OUT of the kitchen!

Cereal or bagels. Then I chase everyone out of my kitchen.

Coffee, pastries, and cut up melon for breakfast.

Mini ham biscuits, deviled eggs, and a crudité platter around lunch time.

We are also eating around 4 or so. I have 12 people staying at my house and have feed them something earlier in the day as well.

We are planning to have Thanksgiving dinner at 4pm. And I'm having a hard time being creative and simple with breakfast and lunch. What are you planning to do?