Thanksgiving Our Daily Dinner

Thanksgiving

optimistic1_2 13 years ago

In Canada our thanksgiving is October 11. I always cook a very large turkey stuffed with dressing, leftover dressing that does not fit into the bird I bake. Please feel free to post recipes for leftovers. Our menu this year has already been decided on.....
large roast turkey (hoping to find a 20 pounder) with a stuffing I got from a cousin who got it outta the tv guide in 1974
mashed garlic, chive potatoes
mashed honey pepper turnip
broccoli and cauliflour with cheese sauce
sauteed whole mushrooms
homeade cranberry sauce with orange peel
mixed salad greens with oil and vinegar dressing
parmesean popovers
gravy.
soft rolls and butter...yes butter...not margarine
Appetizers
sweet and sour meatballs
spinach and red pepper pita pizzas cut into small wedges
cheese tray
kolbossa, hot italian salami, and pancetta tray, with pate. crackers and pita wedges
pickle tray
homeade sausage rolls with chili sauce
and of course......shrimp.....with the kids are a must
desert
homeade pumpkin Pie (I hope, usually bake my own own pumpin and puree, but have two guests from outta town staying, might have to use canned pure....playing it by ear)
homeade whipped cream
1 homeade apple crisp.......for those ummm different people who don't like pumpkin pie.

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optimistic1_2 13 years ago said:

ohhhh and the meatballs are made with ground turkey....

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optimistic1_2 13 years ago said:

K Hope you can see my problem...........alot of food gets eaten.......still have massive leftovers. One thing I learned.......pate goes sooo well with pasta!

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windy1950 13 years ago said:

I wouldn't even stuff the turkey... it's too much trouble. What I do is cook the whole lot of stuffing either in a 7 qt crock pot or a 12 qt nesco roaster on low, for the entire roasting time of the bird. You can baste it occasionally to keep it from sticking or drying out.

Are you making the dinner rolls from scratch? If not, get Sister Shubert's Parker House Rolls from the freezer section of the store.

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chuckieb 13 years ago said:

If you end up with too many left-overs (which I'm always happy with personally) and have a hard time trying to figure out what to do with them, just cut back on the size of turkey you get and cut out a couple of dishes. At Thanksgiving especially, I think our eyes are always a million times bigger than our stomachs! And you have a gorgeous menu there for the main entree but who could possibly eat all those appetizers first and then try and tackle that? And then dessert?
Sending home left-over packages with dinner guests also helps. My favourite turkey dinner left-over is by far Hot Turkey sandwiches.

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pleclare 13 years ago said:

Hot turkey sandwiches and cold turkey sandwiches with stuffing and cranberries. YUm!

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