What is on your Thanksgiving menu?

It's the same old same old. I was telling DH we need a different side or something. It's all good, but it's just not exciting after all these years.

I was thinking of a baked mac and cheese (not our preferred method of macking) as something new to try. But does it really go with turkey, gravy, stuffing, and cranberry? I just don't know.

Also new, I'm having DH make the Green Bean Casserole himself this year as he's the only one who eats it anymore. Hopefully my kitchen and I will not regret that. 

Nothing! My birthday is the week of Thanksgiving. I took the week off and am flying to Florida.

I'm a terrible mom! My 26 yo and 21 yo will have to make their own plans. The 21 yo has 3 invites. The other has none, but she only leaves the house to go to work. I know for a fact my girlfriend will invite her over.

I'm off the hook again this year and couldn't be happier.  DS and future DIL are hosting and I'll just be bringing whatever they assign to me with pleasure.

We do thanksgiving with my in-laws early as my ds always had a 5 day weekend so we would go on a quick trip some where, usually San Francisco.

Anyway, it's tomorrow. I never do a traditional meal. It's too much for them to come down to us, and we don't let them cook for us. Therefore I always bring the meal up to cook there. However, this year their oven is broken. The stove top works.

This year's menu is a cheese platter, my dh will BBQ a tri tip, the sides are roasted/smashed/fried potatoes, shaved Brussels sprouts with prosciutto and crispy capers, green beans with lemon zest and parmesan, gingerbread pumpkin pie, and cranberry cake.

J

We 're very traditional for thanksgiving. I think it's funny when people say they are "sick of" the traditional meal. It's once a year, and I bet lots of those people eat tacos every Tuesday or spaghetti once a week.

I am going to try to get my family to plan a dinner out. Unfortunately, I don't think I can possibly pull together the house, a meal, company, and still have time for the crap ton of homework that needs completed.

If it weren't for present circumstances and the zoo, I would go out of town. There is a place, somewhat local, with Quaint cabins that would be so welcome right now.

Yeah, but I LOVE tacos. Turkey not so much.  

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I serve the same thing every year.  It is one of the only meals I cook all year.  My husband is the cook.  My menu is very basic.  My mom will be here and she likes sweet potatoes but I don't make those.

I have stuffed turkey
sausage and wild rice stuffing in and out of the bird
mashed/whipped potatoes
I used to have Copes dried corn but it's hard to find so just corn I guess
green bean casserole with french cut green beans
apple/cranberry bake (basically cranberry sauce and apples with butter and cinnamon baked in the oven)
gravy
rolls
pumpkin pie
mince pie

For about 3 years we've had a vegetarian friend of my son's so I usually make some stuffing without the sausage.  Don't know who my son will invite this year.  I never know until that day sometimes.

Since our families are extinct, just D/H and I and that is our tradition. We look forward to and enjoy the peace and are having in mini servings:
Roast turkey
Cornbread and regular stuffing
Sweet corn pudding
Yams with Manderin oranges
Green bean casserole
Cranberry sauce
Roasted Brussel sprouts
Not sure about dessert yet.

We do set the dining room table with China, crystal and silver and it is a very relaxing, pleasant and indulgent day.

I want to come eat with you!!

I am dining with friends this year. Im pretty sure there will br turkey, dressing and spuds. Oh, and gravy. Everything else is a mystery.

We do thanksgiving with my in-laws early as my ds always had a 5 day weekend so we would go on a quick trip some where, usually San Francisco.

Anyway, it's tomorrow. I never do a traditional meal. It's too much for them to come down to us, and we don't let them cook for us. Therefore I always bring the meal up to cook there. However, this year their oven is broken. The stove top works.

This year's menu is a cheese platter, my dh will BBQ a tri tip, the sides are roasted/smashed/fried potatoes, shaved Brussels sprouts with prosciutto and crispy capers, green beans with lemon zest and parmesan, gingerbread pumpkin pie, and cranberry cake.

J

We're doing Thanksgiving at my BIL’s and his sister, who is coming for a visit is losing her shit because he wants to cook the turkey in a pit in the ground. Not knowing much about cooking meat in a pit or turkey in general, don't know how scared I should be.

For me it's all about the sides anyway. I'll bring a can of that ghastly jellied cranberry sauce because I love it and I think I'd like a good corn pudding and a chocolate pecan pie.