What's On Your Menu? Thanksgiving 2012 Edition

[Aethian]

The toaster oven works fine for most meals though.

I know a good setup for a fruit pie that works well for the toaster oven size if you have a pie pan that fits.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

The usual...turkey with rolls, mashed potatoes, green bean and/or mushroom casserole, jello, corn, stuffing, can-shaped cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie.

Won't need to take in any leftovers for work that night because we're having food dropped off starting at 7, 2 hours before we open. If I had to guess I'd say Jimmy Johns.

[kpzra]

I know a good setup for a fruit pie that works well for the toaster oven size if you have a pie pan that fits.

We have one that fit's 9x13 pans, it's just that both dishes take 45ish minutes to cook and only one pan at a time fits. I could make a pie up the day before but I've been feeling crappy/depressed. I'd still be down for the recipe though

[Victory Sabre]

A change of plans. I had pizza Tuesday night at happy hour, so didn't want pizza again. I upgraded. I got a rack of ribs, and put them in my crock pot for about 5 hours. I think that'll be my new Thanksgiving tradition. So delicious and nummy.

[firecat88]

For us, the menu is looking thusly:

Dinner
~ Turkey (Alton Brown's recipe. The butterflied, dry "brined" one)
~ Mashed sweet potatoes
~ Roasted parsnips
~ Stuffing

Dessert
~ Cherry pie
~ Sweet potato pie

[Eireann]

Salmon (the store was sold out of turkey).
Some extremely good chocolate mousse that's made in Germany.

That's about it.

[Food Lady]

I had a casserole made of pot pie filling and stuffing early this morning (I worked overnight). Tonight I'll have salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, and green beans. I'm taking along a pear, chocolate cupcake, and I don't know what else. They'll have Italian food at work. I don't think I'll want that, though.

[Nurian]

My mead-roasted turkey, stuffing, creamed cheese corn, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and mock apple pie tarts.

[Teysa]

SO and I both woke up pretty early this morning, so for breakfast I made bacon, scrambled eggs, and toast.

Thanksgiving Dinner consisted of turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, dressing, rolls and cranberry sauce. This year was my first time making homemade dressing. It turned out OK, but I think I can make it better next time.

[Rodimal]

Papa Murphy's five meat pizza and football. My wife has to work all day and evening at WallyWorld.

[FormerCallingCardRep]

Thanksgiving dinner this year was at my daughters.

Dinner consisted of:

Turkey
Roast Beef
Sweet Potatoes
Macaroni and Cheese
Corn
Deviled Eggs
Marinated salad consisting of Tomatoes, Green Peppers, Onions, Cucumbers and olives
Baked Beans
Rolls

For dessert:

Pumpkin Pie
Apple Pie
Chocolate Pie
Banana Split Pie

[BroSCFischer]

First course: Salad

Spinach with Roma tomatoes, Broccoli, and Cucumbers. Topped with cheese and "Goddess" dressing (tahini based dressing)

Main course:

Turkey Breast
Brussel Sprouts
Baked Potatoes (Sweet and White)
Broccoli
Baked Carrots
Stuffing (9-grain Italian bread cubes with celery and onions)
Jellied Cranberry Sauce
Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce with Orange

Beverages:
Sparkling White Grape Juice
Cranberry Ginger Ale (Diet and Regular)

Dessert:

Baked Pumpkin Pie Filling (No crust)

BONUS:

I bring 2 Pumpkin pies (store bought), whipped cream, Egg Nog and Apple Cider into work with me, for my co-workers who have to work the holidays.

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[Moirae]

Today we had...

Turkey
Two kinds of stuffing
Yams
Green Bean Cassarolle
Homemade bread
Carrot Soufle (sp?)
Homemade Mac and Cheese
Jumbalya
Gumbo
Pumpkin Pie
Pecan Pie

[sms001]

My mead-roasted turkey

Great idea! If the googles don't fetch something, mind if I PM you for a recipe?

Thanksgiving dinner this year was at my daughters.
Dinner consisted of:

This sounds from context like it was her first hosting - if so, quite ambitious!!! (If not, still sounds quite ambitious, really. Always like those two meat dinners. )

[Ghel]

My hubby was diagnosed with diabetes about 4 months ago, so we had to make a diabetic-friendly Thanksgiving dinner. We had turkey, green bean casserole, deviled eggs, and pumpkin dessert (recipe below). My sister-in-law insisted we also have stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, and crescent rolls. Hubby didn't eat any of that.

Pumpkin Dessert
30 frozen phyllo cups, thawed
30 pecan halves, toasted (about 3 oz.)
2 oz. cream cheese
1/2 cup hard pack pumpkin
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/2 cup sugar (I used Splenda)
3/4 cup whipped cream, plus additional for topping

Mix the cream cheese, pumpkin, vanilla, pumpkin pie spice, sugar, and whipped cream until creamy. Distribute evenly among phyllo cups. Top with additional whipped cream and a pecan half.

They're like little, individual pumpkin pies. The original recipe said they were 4 carbs each, but then the original recipe called for sugar. They're certainly even fewer carbs when made with Splenda.