My Thanksgiving Menu

This year I'm going a little bit non-traditional. We celebrate thanksgiving two days in a row, so I wanted to skip turkey on my Wednesday thanksgiving.
I usually do a turkey with a miso butter rub, but I've decided to do a ham this year that my husband started smoking today.

Here's my menu

Smoked Apple walnut glazed Ham
Scalloped potatoes
Green bean casserole (w no canned ingredients)
Southern Cornbread Stuffing w pancetta
Candied sweet potato/pecan casserole
pumpkin cheesecake
Coconut hot chocolate with almond whipped topping

I am getting hungry just thinking about it!

Anyone else started their holiday meal plans yet?

  can I come?

thanks giving is my favorite meal. im sticking to tradition.


turkey slathered in butter and salt and stuffed with my from scratch stuffing.

grean bean casserol, with canned ingrediants because im not as cool as you

home made mashed taters.
stuffing on the side
rolls,
sweet potato casserole. and i will probably get some stouffers mac and cheese for SO on the side since he loves that smurf.

You're forgetting the turkey.

Ham is for Easter.

this is be like the 1st year for us. lol I made a turkey before and it did not go well! so take two this year! ham for sure

I want twice baked potatoes. but husband wants mashed
Boxed stuffing since he will eat it not me!
before I go on..I suck at cooking!
so I can make pea salad like a boss!
corn..I like corn!!!
and store bought pumpkin pie!
and rolls...store bought

<blockquote><b>Quoting ☮ Phuket:</b>" thanks giving is my favorite meal. im sticking to tradition. turkey slathered in butter and salt ... [snip!] ... sweet potato casserole. and i will probably get some stouffers mac and cheese for SO on the side since he loves that smurf."</blockquote>




Most people aren't as cool as me, what can I say.

Jk

I have made my green beans for the past three years with all fresh ingredients and it really makes a difference. Don't get me wrong- I love it with the canned stuff and I make it that way frequently throughout the year. I just always put aside a full two days for cooking my holiday meals, so I have the time to make everything all fresh.

YUM!
We use thanksgiving to use up all our uncanned produce from the summer, lol
lots of mashed taters, (usually all the small ones we harvested)
a homegrown turkey we called Thanksgiving all sumer
lots of peas, squash and other goodies this year.
Its pretty random for us each year! lol

<blockquote><b>Quoting Coffee Milk:</b>" YUM! We use thanksgiving to use up all our uncanned produce from the summer, lol lots of mashed taters, ... [snip!] ... we called Thanksgiving all sumer lots of peas, squash and other goodies this year. Its pretty random for us each year! lol"</blockquote>




That sounds perfect! I am thinking of raising turkeys next year.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Devil Duckie:</b>" You're forgetting the turkey. Ham is for Easter. "</blockquote>




We do ham AND turkey for Thanksgiving and Christmas since not everyone in the family likes turkey  

I've started my list, but we're going to a friend's and she and I are talking menu on Sunday  

Yummy!

This is my first year cooking since DH and I recently bought our own house.
I'm clueless on what to do, to be honest. I guess I'll just be finding a recipe online and trying to follow that.
I told my parents (since they're coming over for dinner) that if I some how mess up, we'll be getting take out. I already made sure the Chinese place near me will be open  

Mmmm. Sounds great.
I'm having:
-Turkey Roulade - it's a butterflied T breast that you roll up with yummy sage sausage, fig and cranberry stuffing. It's beautiful and delicious
-Yams with bourbon sauce (just made sauce yesterday and put it in the freezer)
- Brussels sprouts with chestnuts and pancetta
- Red pearl onions, roasted in a balsamic sauce
- mashe potato with leeks and thyme
- pumpkin cheesecake - made last week and froze it
- cranberry and caramel apple pie (making crust and freezing it tomorrow)

I have a bad neck and we are having house guests thru the week so i MUST do stuff in advance.

Quoting Safka9973:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Coffee Milk:</b>" YUM! We use thanksgiving to use up all our ... [snip!] ... pretty random for us each year! lol"</blockquote> That sounds perfect! I am thinking of raising turkeys next year."

do it!!! its so fun!! And they are great pest control and awesome free-rangers!
Where are you? I am in Fairbanks

You guys reminded me that I need rolls! Maybe I will try a sweet potato roll instead of standard potato rolls.

Ps- I love mashed potatoes, and I make the best ones I've ever had (restaurants included) but I make them at least once a week. Also, with having a ham this year, I think scalloped goes best.

Quoting Safka9973:" <blockquote><b>Quoting ☮ Phuket:</b>" thanks giving is my favorite meal. im sticking ... [snip!] ... year. I just always put aside a full two days for cooking my holiday meals, so I have the time to make everything all fresh."

how do you make it if you dont used canned mushroom soup or crunchy onions?

<blockquote><b>Quoting Coffee Milk:</b>" do it!!! its so fun!! And they are great pest control and awesome free-rangers! Where are you? I am in Fairbanks"</blockquote>




I'm in chugiak. We just did goats this year, and I have done ducks in the past so I'm pretty sure I could handle a turkey or two.