The Thanksgiving "what are you making?" thread

[ihop]

Pretty!

[rocketgirl]

I am making buttermilk pie (like chess pie) for both my brother's family and the boyfriend's family.

My brother wants me to make mac and cheese, so I will.  I will probably also make sweet potatoes.  Because I like them.

[diablita]

that's lovely!

[redkitty]

My DH really wanted turkey, so we are making a turkey, mashed potatoes, rolls and green beans.  We have a giant turkey for 2.5 people.

[Chasing Amy]

Lady Edith weighs in at a cool 18 lbs. and is hanging out in the refrigerator.

[nadra24]

Roll dough is made, shaped, and in the freezer.  Tomorrow I will let them thaw/rise and bake them just after the turkey comes out of the oven.  I made and froze them because I'm giving half of them to my coworker, and it's easier and tastier to give her the dough and let her cook them when she needs them instead of trying to take them over to her tomorrow.

My mom bought a turkey that weighs more than my three year old niece.  They might still be eating leftovers when we go for Christmas.

[merigayle]

I am pooped.  I have been cooking all day. Good thing there was a snow storm and i cancelled work! LOL.

So far I have made:

2 layer pumpkin cake (frosting separate in case we travel and i will frost it there)
lentil, sweet potato, spinach dish for my main protein
green bean casserole from scratch, including frying my own onions in gluten free flour
sparkling cranberries (need one more toss in sugar)
sweet potato curry salad
dip and veggies all prepped and bag for transport


I think that is it. I forget, too much to remember.

[rocketgirl]

I have to go to WalMart because Target does not carry the normal sized pie crust in the foil tin, only the deep dish.  I want the option of leaving leftover pie instead of taking it home, or I'd use the roll out crust.

[nadra24]

Just bumping to say that the turkey kind of sucked, but my rolls kicked ass and the sweet potato casserole I decided to make at the last minute was awesome.

[LeezleB]

Of course I made my semi famous stuffing! !!

Turkey
Gravy
Cheesy potato casserole
Mashed potatoes
Green beans
Appple pie
Pumpkin pie
Homemade whipped cream
Rolls

All made by me and my youngest daughter. Just me and the kids. Kinda sad but ok I guess.

[moroccangirl]

We are eating today. We have friends coming in from Riyadh for the weekend so we wanted to wait for them. Plus DH worked Thursday and Adam had school.

I made:
2 roasted chickens
Sweet potato casserole (half with marshmallow topping and half with pecan)
Dressing
Cornbread
Green bean casserole using Alton brown's recipe
Macaroni and cheese
Cranberry sauce
Sweet potato pie
Pumpkin pie
Pecan pie
I bought rolls
DH's friend is frying a turkey for us. I had to wash that thing and inject it with marinade.

DH was supposed to handle the turkey but he had to take care of Sophia instead. But that was better for me. I'm tired and I need a shower. And I have to mop the floors before our friends get here!

[rocketgirl]

My brother made turkey, and also had ham, and beef brisket (I think).  He also made dressing and mashed potatoes, and had dinner rolls.  My niece made some sort of apple dumplings with cream cheese.  I brought sweet potatoes (with marshmallows and raisins), buttermilk pie, and macaroni and cheese.  It was all good.

The boyfriend's family had a salad with beets, peers, and blue cheese, turkey, gravy, green beans, dressing, scalloped potatoes, pumpkin pie, coca-cola cake, and I'd brought buttermilk pie there too.

I might have given birth to a food baby.  We went to bed really early.

[srsly]

My olive oil poached turkey breast, and turkey thighs came out perfectly tender and delicious. Next time, I will use regular oil instead of olive. There's no real reason to use olive oil, and it's too expensive to use. I brined the turkey with soy sauce and sugar instead of salt. The original recipe called for honey and I wasn't going to pay an arm and a leg for honey only to toss it out after the brining. I used regular sugar and it worked just fine. No one liked the fennel, and I think the cooking time could have been longer so the veggies could be done a bit softer. The carrots were fine, again it needed to be cooked longer, I think.

The other sides came out just perfect, mashed potatoes with roasted garlic was delicious, made by DD, the macaroni and cheese was just ok. I didn't bother with the veggies (green beans and squash), there was just too much food. We had stuffing with sweet potato, and green salad with miso dressing. The dessert was fantastic! Had coffee topped with vanilla ice cream and caramel along with pumpkin pie and apple pie. The family had ice cream on top of both pies and they said it's better than having whipped cream on top. I might try to have that for lunch today.

DD has gone back to her place took a lot of food with her, and DS is still here until Sunday and still have tons of food to eat! I think I'll rate our TD a success! Hope everybody else did too!

Now to the gym!

[fancypants]

My hubby and grandma agreed that my apple pie was the best they'd ever tasted, but my dad said he disagreed because he thought my pecan pie is the best pie in the world.  Baking a good pie is very important to me.

[merigayle]

My hubby and grandma agreed that my apple pie was the best they'd ever tasted, but my dad said he disagreed because he thought my pecan pie is the best pie in the world.  Baking a good pie is very important to me.

[moroccangirl]

I made the green bean casserole from scratch today, no cream of mushroom soup. I don't ever like GBC but this was SO good. I did cheat and use french's fried onions because I couldn't do the onion topping per recipe because of the kids not staying out of the kitchen, so I imagine it will be even that much better with the homemade topping. I think there is one small spoonful of it left.

I baked and cooked everything by myself. DH helped a lot, but I had to do all of the cooking. My friend from canada came with her american husband. She thanked me for showing her a true thanksgiving meal (his mom makes a big meal every year but she's not a very good cook, apparently). That comment made it all worth it to me.

[merigayle]

I make the GBC from scratch and it is fabulous. I had leftovers for lunch I fry my own onions only because i have to batter them in GF flour.

[fancypants]

I made the green bean casserole from scratch today, no cream of mushroom soup. I don't ever like GBC but this was SO good. I did cheat and use french's fried onions because I couldn't do the onion topping per recipe because of the kids not staying out of the kitchen, so I imagine it will be even that much better with the homemade topping. I think there is one small spoonful of it left.

I baked and cooked everything by myself. DH helped a lot, but I had to do all of the cooking. My friend from canada came with her american husband. She thanked me for showing her a true thanksgiving meal (his mom makes a big meal every year but she's not a very good cook, apparently). That comment made it all worth it to me.

Sounds like a wonderful meal!