Thanksgiving recipe ideas?

Question

This will be me and my husband's first "married" Thanksgiving. My parents are cooking Thanksgiving dinner but I want to bring a side dish and a dessert. I'm a new cook so nothing to gourmet. Any ideas and recipes will be appreciated. Thanks alot!

Answer 1

Go to allrecipes.com
Great site and users review and leave comments on the recipes so you get some terrific information beforehand.
They have tons of Thanksgiving recipes!

We too go my parents. I usually do the ham, bring the green bean casserole, the sweet potatoes (easy, get a can, cut them into bite size pieces, a few pats of real butter on top, a couple handfuls of brown sugar and top with marshmallows, all in a casserole dish), I make a carmel/apple pie and usually my fudge. Oh and deviled eggs (also easy, boil your eggs, peel when cool, cut in half putting the yolks in a big bowl and the egg whites on a tray. Smash the egg yolks, a food processor works great, add mayo or miracle whip, prepared mustard, salt and pepper, just keep tasting until it is how you want it. Put that yolk mixture in a piping bag or a plastic sandwich bag with a tip cut off and pipe into the egg white halfs. This always goes over great!)

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

Go to cooks.com, type in something that you have to use as a side dish, or something that sounds good and everything pertaining to that ingredient will pop up. It's wonderful because the directions are really easy to follow. Try this for a easy but yummy dessert.

Oreo Cheese Cake

1-prepared Oreo Pie Crust
1 8oz brick of cream cheese at room temp
1-8oz tub cool whip thawed
1-tsp vanilla
1/3 cup sugar
Chocolate ice cream topping. DO NOT HEAT IT! Just use at room temp. Use something thick, not hershey's.

Mix cream cheese, cool whip, vanilla and sugar on low until well blended. Refrigerate 1 hour. Drizzle chocolate topping and refrigerate at least another hour before serving. Can be made a day in advance. (Other options are using a prepared graham cracker or shortbread crust and using fresh or thawn frozen berries as a topping. Wonderful anyway prepared!)

Answer 4

Mashed sweet potatoes can be prepare a day or two in advance. I use baked sweets that I have wrapped in foil. Bake in a preheated oven 400 degree oven, on a baking sheet for 1 hour. The skins will slip off easily. Mash with butter, some heavy cream, a tablespoon or so of Maple Syrup or Brown sugar and a little cream or milk. Reheat in microwave or oven. Mix your mashed white potatoes with some grated cheese and you can prepare them a day in advance. You can prepare the stuffing in advance provided any meat you add is precooked. Just add the eggs if using before baking. Cook the stuffing/dressing separately. That way the turkey will take less time. Steam some peeled sliced carrots the day before. At serving time just reheat with a little butter and sugar. You can add a small amount of water if necessary. Take advantage of frozen vegetables like Green beans Almondine, Broccoli with Cheese sauce or any of the steam in the bag mixed frozen vegetables. Mrs. Paul's Candied Yams are really good and taste home made. Frozen creamed onions are great when mixed with sauteed mushrooms. The mushroom can be prepared the day before. Hope this helped. Happy Thanksgiving.

Answer 5

There are a lot of great recipes at Food TV or allrecipes.com.
Both site tell you how difficult the recipes are and allrecipes has ratings so you can see how good the dish is.

Good luck and Happy Thanksgiving!

Answer 6

Baked Cheese Grits - My family LOVES them!

4 cups grits (Quaker Quick Grits)
1 cup water
Follow directions on can to make the grits then add:

2 eggs
1 stick butter
2 cups sharp cheddar cheese (sharp taste the best)
I always add 1 tablespoon garlic & 1 teaspoon Pepper

I use a mixer to stir it all together or you can use a spoon
Pour it into a greased caserole dish and bake on 350 for 45 minutes. You can also add bacon bits before cooking or put bacon pieces on top about 15 min before its done cooking

Even if you don't like grits these are AWESOME!!! I've converted several non-grit eating people into eating these. They're always surprised how YUMYUM they are.
Good Luck!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

**Both of these are easy-peasy! Happy TG!**


Green Bean Bundles

1 pound sliced bacon, cut in half horizonatally
1 package whole frozen green beans -- thawed and rinsed or use fresh green beans,trimmed and blanched; can also used canned whole GB's
1/4 cup butter
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
2 teaspoons garlic powder

Group 6 to 8 beans together into a bundle and wrap a slice or 1/2 slice of bacon around the bundle of beans and secure with a toothpick.

Place bundles in a 9x13 inch baking dish in one layer.

In a saucepan, melt butter. Add brown sugar and garlic powder. Bring to a boil.

Remove from heat and pour over the beans.

Cover dish with foil and bake at 350ºF for 30 minutes.
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Chocolate Pudding Cake

3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 cup plain flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons of baking powder
2 Tablespoons cocoa
½ cup milk
1 teaspoon of vanilla
3 Tablespoons melted, cooled, margarine

Sift sugar, flour, salt, baking powder and cocoa together in pan. Stir in milk, margarine and vanilla. Batter will look like brownie batter. Spread batter into greased baking dish (Pyrex bowl or 9”x15” dish).

TOPPING:
½ cup of granulated sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1/4 cup cocoa

Mix topping sugars and cocoa together and sprinkle dry ingredients over batter.
Pour 1 ½ cups of tap water over all. DO NOT STIR.
Place in oven and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until topping is done.
(In the baking process, ingredients will reverse themselves - finished product will look like a brownie on top and have chocolate pudding on bottom. Serve in bowls with spoons.
Serves 6-8 people. Good with vanilla ice cream or cool whip.

Answer 9

I have a sugar free dish that is great.It is a salad, but my daughter eats it as a dessert.1-cool whip,1-carton cottage cheese-1-can crushed pineapples(drained)-1-pack sugar free jello(any flavor).Mix all together and let it stand in the fridge(covered)over night if possible.stir before serving.As for a side dish, make a relish tray,black olives,chunked cheeses,green olives,baby gherkins,and purple onion.Put it all on a platter.

Answer 10

My favorite side dish and dessert for Thanksgiving dinner:

Cornbread Salad
(make it easier by using bacon bits instead of real bacon)
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cornbread-salad-i/detail.aspx

Pumpkin Roll
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pumpkin-roll-i/detail.aspx