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Thanksgiving menu

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  If you're cooking for Thanksgiving, please share an interesting dish you're making - perhaps for those of us who are still not sure re the menu this can be nice inspiration!

  Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 19th November 2007
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  My husband is on a sweet potato kick, so one of our dishes is Indian-spiced sweet-potato fries with a yogurt dipping sauce. Very yum!

  Flag as inappropriate Posted by Lylah M. Alphonse on 19th November 2007
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  I'm making baked tofu. It's really easy. It is extra firm tofu cut into strips. You pour enough olive oil in a pyrex dish to cover the bottom and put the strips in. Then you sprinkle on the juice of one lemon and some tamari or soy sauce and some spike. Bake at 350 for about 15-20 minutes. It's yummy as a little side dish to whatever else you are having.

  Flag as inappropriate Posted by mamajama on 19th November 2007
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  mamajama, I am borrowing this recipe - I love tofu, never know exactly what to do with it.
  Lylah, could I convince you to post the recipe for the fries? They sound amazing!

  Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 19th November 2007
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  http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1 977,FOOD_9936_29156,00.html
  this is one of two stuffings this year. I'll do an typical bread and seasoning stuffing w/ onions, mushrooms, celery, etc. This link goes to an incredibly delicious and decadent stuffing and you can make it with vegetable broth instead of chicken. Ohhhhh, I can't wait!

  Flag as inappropriate Posted by Mandy Nelson - Dandysound on 19th November 2007
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  Hi! Actually, the recipe is in today's Globe... my husband's sweet-potato kick led to a food story about them. Here's the link:
  
  http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/articles/2007 /11/19/spicy_oven_roasted_sweet_potato_fries/
  
  It's part of an awesome 3-part package -- story, recipe, and a short video. It's all spread out over the site, though, thanks to the still-in-progress boston.com redesign. So, here are more links:
  
  Story
  Recipe
  Video (scroll down to the bottom of the page and look for the video screen on the right side.)
  
  Full disclosure: That's my kitchen in the video (and my husband)! And the kitchen is not always that sparkly...

  Flag as inappropriate Posted by Lylah M. Alphonse on 19th November 2007
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  This is actually the first time in a few years that I'll be cooking Thanksgiving dinner, and I have a family where no one likes turkey. I'll be marinating a cut-up whole chicken in a garlic/lemon/herb marinade and baking it (I got some extra split chicken breasts too - we're a white-meat crowd, mostly). I do a fairly simple bread stuffing with celery, onion, and carrots in the crock pot - I guess that technically makes it "dressing," not "stuffing," though. And no potatoes - my Southern background considers mac & cheese as a "vegetable," so we'll be having that, along with the famous (infamous?) green-bean casserole and a salad. And the kids are eagerly awaiting pumpkin pie.

  Flag as inappropriate Posted by Florinda on 19th November 2007
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  I am cooking for 24 family and friends
  
  a 20lb turkey baked overnight...........butter, salt pepper, poultry seasoning
  ham.....baked in ginger ale cloves, pineapple, cherries
  venision roast...........baked in a boiling bag....onion soup mix
  baked sweet potatoes w/butter, and pecans, a little splenda brown sugar not much at all
  green beans I froze...........pieces of ham oand pepper cooked in crock pot
  fresh cranberry relish....cooked cranberries, tangerines, pecans, cherry jello
  mashed potatoes
  gravy....from the drippings of the turkey
  stuffing.......day old bread......broth from the turkey.....pieces of turkey the neck meat and inners.....2 eggs...poultry seasoning, salt, pepper to taste bake
  corn on the cob that I froze
  homemade bread...........from my bread machine
  1 apple crumb pie
  1 pumpkin pie
  and peaches & strawberries that I froze
  coffee
  tea
  cranberry bilinis ..... diet cranberry sierra mist , a bottle of asti, and a few cranberries for the decoration
  
  Each will take a dish home with them and there is always room for one more at my table.
  And I am Thankful for the fact that I can get it all done and everyone is happy, full and
  here for another year..........cheers to you all! Kim

  Flag as inappropriate Posted by Kim Begnaud on 19th November 2007
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  Venison roast! My mouth is watering... that sounds soooo good.
  
  Our menu keeps expanding... right now, we're at:
  
  turkey (brined in an apple-cider spice brine)
  gravy made from the drippings, with plenty of sage
  stuffing -- two versions, one gluten-free and one regular
  homemade cranberry relish
  jelled cranberry stuff that my father-in-law adores
  ham with a bourbon-ginger-brown sugar crust
  cheeses for people to nibble on while I ignore them picking at the ham
  Indian-spiced sweet potato fries (see above)
  candied yams with glops of marshmallows so my kids are all sugared up
  A dairy-free version of the sugary candied yams
  sauteed green beans
  spiced rice
  maple-glazed carrots
  old-fashioned bacon-laced collard greens
  pumpkin pie that my sister-in-law can't live without
  sweet-potato pie that my husband can't live without
  a gluten- and dairy-free version of sweet potato pie
  apple crisp that I can't live without
  my mother-in-law's practically illegal it's so good rum cake
  gluten- and dairy-free cake
  apple cider
  macaroni and cheese that my 3-year-old will ask for at the last minute
  something with plenty of alcohol in it, for me.
  wine
  whine

  Flag as inappropriate Posted by Lylah M. Alphonse on 21st November 2007