Thanksgiving omnomnom favorite dish?

[ChemicalSmiles]

HASHBROWN CASSEROLE!

for dessert.. pumpkin pie. gotta have pumpkin

 

[fizzle]

The mashed potatoes..........

+1, a classic and you cant go wrong. In fact I'd be pretty content with just mashed potatos as the whole meal haha but I certainly wont complain about the rest. :D

 

[Mariposa]

a_c: Have you tried roasted brussels sprouts? They're like fried, but less fat, and just as awesome!

(plus you finish it with nice, crunchy finishing salt....)

Did this recently. Brussels sprouts come in trees out here! I was skeptical but once we put them in the oven with drizzles of olive oil, a pinch of sea salt and cracked black pepper... NOM. WANT!!!

I'm breaking vegetarianism for Turkey Day, as I am making Thanksgiving for two (business partner/non-boyfriend, no one needs any ideas) with my house to myself. We will be lighting a fire and enjoying a true feast. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I adore my present living situation, but it will be ever so lovely to cook my bird and have a wonderful time with zero family stress and the house to myself!

I will share a simple family recipe. I think this works with Tofurky; haven't tried but will... next year.

To baste your bird or faux bird, do the following:

1 part cooking sherry or similar
1 part melted butter or Earth Balance (I will never give up butter)
1 tbsp or so of sweet paprika (not the store shit, get the real thing)

Baste your bird with a pastry brush every half hour or so according to size. Your bird will be golden-red and if it is a real bird, the skin will be gorgeously crispy and moist inside.

For vegans, grab the best set of fresh green beans/haricots verts, and do the same as the brussels sprouts. Fresh cracked pepper and sea salt is so much less shitty than a casserole. Add garlic if it is your taste (surely is mine). Roast at 450 until you smell the deliciousness, enjoy.

For gravy... packaged non-hydrogenated stuff is best but you can do the cornstarch roux with veggie broth for vegans.

 

[AmorRoark]

I'll make deviled eggs & pigs in a blanket for appetizers. Also making scalloped potatoes from scratch this year. I love both mashed and scalloped but my husband likes scalloped more so yep. I'm also making simple sauteed green beans. I'll leave the stuffing and turkey for him. I'll probably pick out some decent wine to pair with the whole meal. Oh yeah, pumpkin pie for desert. We're going to pig the fuck out this year. Probably have to go on a long, long walk because the gym will be closed both Thursday and Friday.

 

[ugly]

OMG yes hashbrown casserole... I'm glad you reminded me.

and pie. pie is glorious. real whip cream on a pumpkin pie.... I just ate the last piece. How dumb am I? I got the worst munchies ever, baked the pie. A couple other fam members were mad munchy too so the pie is gone and I will have to go buy another one. (I really like claim jumpers frozen.)

Not homemade out of canned pumpkin like my mother made.

My grandma made hers out of pumpkin. Grown in her garden pumpkin. In a wood burning stove. She didn't have electricity. (I am almost fullblooded hillbilly.) WTF how much faster can everything change????

 

[sarcophagus.heels]

My roommate makes this sweet potato pie that I could literally eat every day until the end of time. She refuses to give anyone the recipe (its a family thing) but it's so so so wonderful.

Not really a traditional Thanksgiving food, but my grandmother always made this chicken stuffed with ham and vegetables that was super delicious. I've found that showing animals into other animals can occasionally be awesome. We were never big on turkey in my house (my Colombian family is not terribly concerned with American traditions), and I didn't fault them. Chicken > Turkey, and I'll be damned if anyone could convince me otherwise.

 

[Ds]

it just came from the oven to darkn the meringue.

NANNA PUDDIN!

 

[_a_A_C_c_]

^yummy. I love banana pudding with nila wafers.

 

[Dave]

D's: that looks so killer! Want to nom!

 

[ocean]

Ohhhhhh man. D's that looks good!!!

Today I had a little bit of everything!
A little pasta salad, a little bit of garlic mashed potatoes, a little bit of the most amazing yams ever, a little bit of apple cranberry stuffing, a little bit o turkey, a little bit of roasted harvest veggies,2 bites of green beans and some cranberry sauce :D

Oh yeah, and a pumpkin cheesecake.
Thanksgiving food is the best.

 

[AmorRoark]

^ Isn't it?! I want to start a 1/2 Thanksgiving Day tradition just for an excuse to make sure we make the whole she-bang twice a year.

 

[Perpetual Indulgence]

^i like roasted brussels sprouts too. but roasting doesn't give you the super crispy pieces (like the above pic that are almost chip like) you get with deep frying.

If you put the oven on broil for the last 3 minutes it gives you something similar.

I tossed baby reds and brussel sprouts in olive oil, minced garlic, thyme, and rosemary...arranged around the chicken breast and added a bit of home made chicken stock....yum. The chicken fat mixed with the sprouts...divine.

I am a stuffing girl. Not Stove Top though as I don't eat HFCS, partially hydrogenated oils, or enriched wheat flour. I also find it too salty. Whole foods is where it is at.