We'll be having turkey for Thanksgiving. How 'bout y'all?
We are hosting a small T-day get-together for the warillever family -- just me, Mr. warillever, his mother, Uncle Ichabod, and the Agents. Nothing like the forty-person dinners that I'm used to at my folks' house.
Dinner for six should not be stressful -- I do it frequently -- but this is the mother of all feasts, a holiday based upon the abundance of tasty food. I am a little nervous. I have my menu planned, and have been testing out squash dishes for weeks. By the way, I have settled on butternut squash casserole from Allrecipes.com. It is too sweet for my taste, but Mr. warillever approved of it, which might be a first for him on a cooked veggie.
Otherwise, everything will be quite plain:
- Turkey
- gravy (jars as backup)
- mashed potatoes
- squash casserole (make on Wednesday, in oven last hour of turkey)
- green beans (steam on stove)
- corn (frozen)
- carrots (boil on stove)
- stuffing (Thursday am)
- cranberry sauce (from can)
- crackers/pretzels/breadsticks (from bags)
- veggies (chop, blanch some)
- 3 dips (Wednesday evening)
- oatmeal raisin cookies (kids make Tuesday)
- apple pie (kids make Monday, bake Tuesday)
4 comments:
It's just the two of us this year, but I'm planning:
Lemon green beans with pine nuts
Manchego smashed red potatoes
Mushroom crepes
Pecan Pie with chocolate cinnamon whipped cream
That sounds fancy!
In my veggie years, I ate the standard T-day fare minus the turkey and gravy. There is nothing better than my mom's bread stuffing.....
Sounds yummy to me! Happy Thanksgiving :)
Your menu does sound quite yummy...and if you want some pecipes and ideas you can definitely find a few at my Thanksgiving Blog so visit soon and have a great Thanksgiving celebration!!!!!
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