Please give me THANKSGIVING FOOD IDEAS?

Question

Besides Turkey, PLEASE GIVE ME SOME GOOD IDEAS OF MAIN COURSES AND SIDE DISHES THAT MY MOM SHOULD COOK ON THANKSGIVING...

My mom is an EXCELLENT cook, and she asked me what I wanted for Thanksgiving this year, but I cant think of anything.
She will cook whatver I want. (I'm so lucky!)

I love Soul Food, but I'm open to other Ethnic Dishes as well..

THANKS SO MUCH!! :)

Answer 1

Go to foodnetwork.com and look at there Thanksgiving meal plans, I always use a ton of there ideas. Good Luck and Happy Turkey Day!

Answer 2

In keeping with the holiday
"spirit" you should stick to something our original forefathers could have eaten (after all that is what this holiday is about) So,....Duck, Goose, Venison, or Bear would work in the meat department. Any kind of fish, clams, oysters. Potatoes, and fall type vegetables. Potatoes, Polenta or maybe a Corn Souffle. Pumpkin Soup is delicious, as is Pumpkin fudge if you dont want to go with the traditional pumpkin pie. There are many good recipe sites on line. Try Epicurious.com

Answer 3

Well its on an ethnic dish, but last year since we had 2 days of thanksgiving celebrations (divorced family) one day was the usual turkey day, and the next we had prime rib. The year before we had a seafood thanksgiving!

Answer 4

STUFFIN MUFFINS.
Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray.
I TRIED THIS RECIPE LAST YEAR AND IT WAS GREAT. SAW IT ON T.V. AND EVERYONE LOVED IT EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT A BIG RACHEL RAY FAN.

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan
1 stick butter, softened
1 fresh bay leaf, available in produce department
4 ribs celery and greens, from the heart, chopped (save time and purchase celery already washed, trimmed and cut into sticks, this makes chopping fast work)
1 medium to large yellow skinned onion, chopped
3 McIntosh apples, quartered and chopped
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoons poultry seasoning
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves
8 cups cubed stuffing mix (recommended: Pepperidge Farm)
2 to 3 cups chicken stock, available in paper containers on the soup aisle


Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil to skillet and 4 tablespoons butter. When butter melts, add bay leaf and add the vegetables as you chop them, celery, onions then apples. Sprinkle the vegetables and apples with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. Cook 5 to 6 minutes to begin to soften vegetables and apples then add parsley and stuffing cubes to the pan and combine. Moisten the stuffing with chicken broth until all of the bread is soft but not wet.

Butter 12 muffin cups, 2 tins, liberally with remaining butter. Use an ice cream scoop to fill and mound up the stuffing in muffin tins. Remove the bay leaf as you scoop the stuffing when you come upon it. Bake until set and crisp on top, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove stuffin' muffins to a platter and serve hot or room temp.

Answer 5

She can cook macaroni, sweet potatoes with marshmallows (its so so good!!), Mashed potatoes, rolls, rice, bean pie (that's really good also), stuffing for the turkey, corn bread. That's all the things I can think off I really like all of those foods there really good and I think that if your mom cooks those that you'll have a great thanksgiving. :D Good luck.

Answer 6

Ham is good for thanksgiving, green bean casserole, my family makes a corn casserole, sweet potatoes, hmm deviled eggs, my favorite though is the apple ginger bread cake my grandmother made along with the noodles she use to make Yummy!!

Answer 7

Honey Ham Is great too if youre a big turkey fan then just get your mom to cook a smaller ham it adds a great taste to everything else

Answer 8

Maybe instead of roast turkey you could try roast cat or dog? And I would just recommend digging around in your trash or backyard for anything else to garnish your meal. It will definitely be a different Thanksgiving meal.

Answer 9

I would ask for home made mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes baked in the oven with brown sugar, butter and colored mini marshmellows on top. Excellent food choices in my opion. Oh!! Ask for home made bread too!!

Answer 10

How about bar b q ribs. Traditonally for my jamaican heritage we eat Curry Goat with rice and peas. There is always vegetables at the table and we eat buffet style everyone helps themselves!