Thanksgiving Non Tradional Dishes

Come I want to hear from around the world recipes that you celebrate with.

Blessings

Turkey unless the family members are working that day then I eat junk food or whatever I want!

Traditional turkey and all the trimmings.

Traditional Turkey but this year is really going to be athe hardest for me. Nov 24th was Miss Emma's birthday and usally landed on Thanksgiving Day. But this year she is gone. We will still Thank God for everthing including our health and the loved ones we still have here to love.

My husband hates Turkey, and my Jamaican mother-in-law is coming to visit us, so it will probably be something like curry chicken or pineapple ham, and then some Danish, American and Jamaican sides...

traditional. turkey.

I'm not cooking this year, so I don't know! I imagine we'll have turkey though

The kids love turkey, so we will be eating it till it comes out our ears! We didn't have stuffing last year, so we will this year. It will be a rice stuffing, since three of us eat gluten-free, which means the usual bread is out. I would like to try a new side dish, maybe corn pudding. I have found a recipe in the Williamsburg cookbook.

Hmm, with potatoes, stuffing and corn pudding, some of that starch has got to go!

I cook Thanksgiving for myself, my husband, and our two kids and my mom and dad come down from West Virginia to eat with us too and stay a couple days. Here's what I'm planning on fixing (and what I usually fix in the past).

Turkey with stuffing inside (that's my favorite way of having the stuffing)
mashed potatoes and turkey gravy (made from the turkey drippings)
green beans
macaroni and cheese
corn
homemade rolls or bread (usually rolls)
cranberry sauce
pumpkin pie with whipped cream
chocolate raspberry cheesecake

It's traditional turkey and all the fixins' here.

My BF usually works, so I have given up slaving all day to make the same food that people are asking him about all day at work. (He manages a grocery store) We just do something simple that includes pumkin pie by candlelight:)

Turkey, mashed potatos, baked corn, fresh baked rolls, filling, and I am sure my husband will find other goodies to make : )

very traditional- but my daughter-in-law has taken over the event- so it has become a lovely holiday for me!!

I am a pesco-vegeterian, but we may invite a friend of mine who is vegan, so our spread will be quite varied.

If it is just me we will have turkey and salmon. If a vegan is present we will have turkey adn she is bringing a fake turkey that she loves.

We will also have sweet potato casserole (my favorite with no butter, but lots of brown sugar and walnut topping), steamed green beans with rosemary, mashed potatoes, cranberry salad (homemade), quinoa with spices and chopped veggies, and a pumpkin mousse desert.

Traditional...you know...turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, candied sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie...My mom's the cook!!

Our Thanksgiving was a few weeks ago. But because we are transplanted Americans we celebrate in November too. I vote for turkey, the chef votes for lamb.

I'm not sure what we will be serving up this year, but here is a peek at what we did last year
Tropical Thanksgiving

My opinion is with traditional, Turkey. But we have Ham also for those who don't like Turkey when I can. If someone is coming that likes something else I would try to add that to the menu too, if I know in advance. I'm not cooking this year probably, though.

Well, I don't like Turkey. I am a ham person so that's what we usually have if we can help it!

In Japan, we had Ozoni, sushi, boiled eggs and a variety of snacks.

turkey

We're pretty traditional and stick with turkey :-)

not sure take out probably

I've been collecting and testing some Gather recipes. Although we always have traditional pumpkin pie, we will also have Pumpkin Cheesecake this year. Also, Sticky Toffee Pudding with rum sauce, which is one son's favorite.
I like a new product, Freshtables, and got some free coupons for them in the mail so I plan to use those for their butternut squash in a yummy cinnamon sauce, truly easy and delicious.
Of course, it won't be a SQUASH based meal. We'll have the turkey, my mother's perfect cranberry sauce, homemade, with some orange rind in it, mashed potatoes, greens, stuffing...the whole nine yards.

Our Thanksgiving is usually the same. And YES before anybody ask, I do fix enough in case the President should stop in. (question is courtesy of my father-in-law, he always ask if I am expectig the president whenever they come to our house for dinner)

I most always fix the following.....

traditional turkey
traditional ham
one pot roast with carrots and potatoes
beef and noodles
scallopped corn
green bean casserole
dressed up baked beans
cheesey potatoe casserole
stuffing, in and out of the turkey
mashed potatoes and gravy
salad
beef and cream cheese rollup and cheese tray
crescent rolls
strawberry pie
pecan pie
pumpkin pie
some kind of cake
platter full of homemade cookies, fudge, and rocky roads


I think that's it.... and believe it or not, there's usually JUST enough for everybody to take a plate home and my family only get one more meal outta of it.

Oh and this is the same meal I fix for Christmas Dinner also. So it's pretty traditional for us.

Thank you for some of the tips. We have a traditional Thanksgiving and I think it is from all those pilgrim stories we read when we were kids or had to for school. lol

Now I have come to realize there is more out there that can make the holiday special.
So keep those unique recipes coming.

Paula that does sound like a whole lot of cooking, when do youstart cooking for the president. lol

Blessings

I hate to cook; fortunately, my daughter and son in law both enjoy it. We have Thanksgiving at their house each year. They fix fairly traditional stuff: turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, some sort of vegetable. We always have Watergate salad as my Mom always made that so that's a tradition in her memory. Half of the family love green olives and half love black so have both of those along with cranberry sauce, and rolls. My daughter has a standard caramel-pecan cheesecake that she makes for dessert along with a couple pies.

I work on the evening shift at the hospital and we alternate holidays that we work each year. I am off on Thanksgiving this year so we won't have to rush and eat.

My Family does Traditional Turkey with all the trimmings and I'm known for bringing a dish with an alternate "twist". One of my favorites is a Cranberry Pear Chutney instead of the Traditional Cranberry Sauce (I hate that jelled stuff). I'll post a couple of my favorites for anyone who cares to venture outside the box.

Jane, I would love the recipie for the Sticky Toffee Pudding with rum sauce, sounds wonderful.

OH, ya'll have made me so hungry ha ha
We'll have turkey, dressing, gravy, yams with marshmallows and pineapple chunks, portefino (grape) jello salad with nuts, mallows and cranberries, green beans, homemade rolls, and lots of desserts like pumpkin pie with whipped cream, apple pie, pecan pie, and chocolate pudding pie with meringue. MMMMMMMMMM ; D

I would LOVE the following recipes:
Cranberry Pear Chutney from Barbara M.
Watergate Salad from Willma M.
Cheesy Potatoe Casserole from Paula Love
Corn Pudding from Alison
Sticky Toffee Pudding with rum sauce AND butternut squash with yummy cinnamon sauce, from Jane
and
something tropical from Sonia M. in hawaii
In exchange I will send each of you a special recipe from my family to yours.
Fair trade? Thanks in advance!

This is what we usually have on Thanksgiving:
Turkey roasted on a bed of root veggies (which makes a good base for gravy)
pecan stuffing inside the bird and enough for a casserole for my vegetarian daughter
gravy made from the pan drippings including all the roasted veggies mashed in, plus a little curry powder
baked yams, served plain with butter (no casserole, no marshmallows, no sugar)
homemade cranberry sauce (made with whole berries, not jellied)
homemade cranberry-orange relish
Brussels sprouts with butter and chopped roasted chestnuts
green beans steamed with butter
A casserole of Italian bread, spinach, brie, Parmesan and other ingredients, from an Emiril Lagasse recipe (I'll send it to anyone who wants it)
A casserole made of mashed rutabagas whipped with eggs, cream, salt, pepper and cinnamon and baked till brown on top (MANDATORY! say my kids and their families)
pecan pie (MANDATORY! says my grandson)
pumpkin pie with whipped cream
the usual beverages

Sometimes one son-in-law will bake an apple pie or two, just because it tastes good

Yes, it's a lot of cooking but I do nearly all the prep work and casseroles in advance over a week's time and finish it all off Thanksgiving day. We have lots of leftovers, which we munch on for most of the weekend, and then my other son-in-law makes his famous red sauce and homemade spaghetti.

Turkey Gumbo!

Ours is fairly traditional - no stuffing or dressing though (I love it but my MIL and hubby aren't big on it so I don't make any). Instead we have rolls or bread (homemade) and sometimes popovers. I started making those when we came home from Maine.

I see many of you are interested in getting some of the recipes some have posted the food so I will see if I can get them. Thank you all for you lists, some are very different and sound so yummy.

Blessings

CORN PUUDING RECIPE HERE

'http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977156006">Alison'S CORN PUDDING RECIPE

I hope this works.

Blessings

Alison Corn Pudding Recipe

For Janice and anyone else who wants a "twist" off the traditional cranberry dish.

Cranberry Pear Chutney

1 12 oz bag of cranberries ½ cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
½ cup raisins 2 pears, peeled and chopped
2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon zest ¼ cup minced peeled fresh gingerroot
½ teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes 1 cup chopped onion
¼ cup cider vinegar 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1/8 teaspoon salt

In a heavy saucepan combine the cranberries, brown sugar, raisins, pears, zest, gingerroot, red pepper flakes, onion, vinegar, mustard seed and salt and simmer the mixture, stirring occasionally, for 20 to 25 minutes or until the berries have burst.

The chutney keeps covered and chilled for 2 weeks. Serve the Chutney at room temperature.

Wikia
You asked for my "recipe" for sticky toffee pudding with rum sauce. I do have one but my family told me the truth and that is this: the best, absolute best, sticky toffee pudding is here: http://www.stickytoffeepudding.com/
and if you want to read my review, it is here: Sticky Toffee Pudding

Oh, I hope that link works!

I should warn you, get it early. Last year, they ran out. Also, one package plus sauce (and the sauce is a necessity) will serve maybe 4-6 people. It IS rich but one son can eat a whole package himself. It keeps in the freezer for months if you wish and you just defrost it, already cooked! Serve warm for best results. It won't last, people snap it up! The sauce is just heavenly!

P.S. Up above is the toffee pudding you requested. Because I'm hosting my first live chat on Monday and I'm eager to do it up right, could people check this out on Gather and add a question or just show up on Monday at 7 pm Est at Live Chat

You don't have to have read the book. Any question you have about basic rules of investing the author learned, why he wrote the book, would be much appreciated!
:)

Oh, rats. It didn't show up. Here is where it is located: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977158804

I wonder why the first link worked and the other did not?

Thank you Barbara, this was really nice of you.

Blessings

Thank you Jane for the info and link.

Blessings

The Corn Pudding link isn't working for me either.

Hi, Wiaka, long time no see ! We'll be having the traditional. But that bird in the picture is just too gorgeous. Hope ours will turn out as pretty. We'll have several desserts and appetizers also. Then we'll split it all up and everyone will have leftovers for a few days. I love the leftovers. It's such a wonderful time. The house is always spotless and there are delicious food in the frig. I love that about Christmas too.

And while I am here I just want to tell you I hope

You Have a Wonderful day and good cheer. Blessings, Wiaka.

Recipe for Watergate Salad: This comes from a small piece of paper that my Mom wrote probably in the 80's. My daughter makes it every year.

2 of the small pkgs of Pistachio jello pudding
8 oz of crushed pineapple
12 oz of cool whip or similar whipped topping
1 cup small marshmallows
chopped nuts as desired. My mom always used walnuts. My daughter has also used pecans and pistachios.

Mix the pudding and cool whip together first and then add the pineapple, marshamallows and nuts. Keep refrigerated until serving.

Turkey Plus Honey baked ham if crowd is large enough
Cornbread dressing, no stuffing for Texans
String bean casserole
Sweet potatoe casserole, Compliments of Tracy
Giblet Gravy Cranberry sauce dinner rolls Pecan and pumpkin pies
stuffed celery

love watergate salad, you can also make something similar with just pineapple, nuts cream cheese and coolwhip, its really good.

got to have ham and turkey both and we try to add at least one new dish a year, so ill be watching this for some good ideas last year we added mexican wedding cookies there is an article in mine with the recipe if anyone wants it they were really good

Thank you for all the wonderful recipes. The link worked for me. Everyone have a blessed day.

Blessings

thank you all so much for posting your recipes. I couldn't get the corn pudding to work, though, but I especially appreciate wiaka for her graciousness and consideration in getting the recipes posted.

Aloha, wiaka!

well my recipe is up but seeing that I forgot to copy the link you'll just have to go to my page by clicking onto my name... sorry :)

That's okay Paula. Anyone that wants the link here it is:

Paula's Cheesy Potatoe Bake

I hope this works. If not CCP this:

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977163697

Thank you everyone.

Blessings

It worked, WOW!!!

Blessings

THanks for the recipe. HOW did you get the link to work? I am having no luck with links today and neither is anyone else I know here.
I meant to thank you yesterday but I was on Vicodin and feeling pretty out of it. I broke a bone in my foot somehow, just from walking, I think. I must have stepped wrong somehow, very weird.

My Mother made a dessert not Watergate salad but close. We just called it of all things green junk. It was out of this world delicious.
Large Philidelphia cream cheese softened and whipped with mixer, add large lime jello, dry. can of crushed pineapple, large cottage cheese, large cream whip, package of pecans, chopped. Mixed well and chilled. it is so good.

We're very traditional. One year my cousin brought jalapeño stuffing and my husband still refers to it (in tones of tragedy) as the year of the green stuffing.

Thank you, I really like some of your suggestions and recipes. And as always thank you for your comments. Now off I go to return the favor.

Blessings

I guess the most untraditional thing we have is Chocolate Pie. It's my Grandma's recipe, and we make them for the major holidays and even some birthdays. With Grandma's recipe, I make very good chocolate pie. :-) )