HELP. I am cooking my first Thanksgiving Dinner.?

Question

My sister in-law and I are cooking our first Thanksgiving dinner together and we have never coooked for thanksgiving before so it is a big deal. I don't cook a whole lot and I need some easy ideas on what to cook and how. But I would prefer If they were homemade recipes.

Answer 1

I just went through this with my daughter
get a Reynolds turkey oven bag to cook your turkey saves allot of trouble
thaw turkey, take out giblet, rinse it out pick out the yuck left in side & stuff
green bean cassarole-recipe is on the french onion can & campbell mushroom soup can
deviled eggs - easy side dish
fruit salad _ open fruitcocktail drain add some pecans & cool whip (easy)
mashed potato's-cook-drain, mash, add milk & butter
cheat & buy brown & serve rolls, or cresant rolls unless you want to make your own

Answer 2

Most people prefer turkey or ham and they are both pretty easy. If you can cook a chicken you can cook a turkey... just takes longer. There should be directions on the packaging on the turkey. There are lots and lots of sites to help with either of those. If you dont find enough on the site just try searching. If you cook the turkey make sure you take the stuff out of both ends, and either make giblet gravy, cook and feed the to the dog, or just toss in the circular file.

Try this one:
http://allrecipes.com/recipes/holiday-cooking/thanksgiving/main.aspx

Answer 3

be sure to take the plastic bag containing the giblets out of the turkey before roasting. Nothing more embarrassing than pulling a half melted plastic bag out of the turkey in front of everyone. This will be in the chest cavity or the neck cavity. Make the meal simple with mashed potatoes a vegetable, cranberry sauce, and dessert. Simple is better. or better yet have some of your guests bring a dish and the recipe to share. 1-800-BUTTERBALL will be available for last minute turkey instructions. Make sure that sucker is thawed before cooking or it will be a disaster. A turkey takes three days to thaw in the fridge or you can do it in one day with warm water baths. I am so excited for you!!!! We are going to a restaurant boring.
Best Ever Deviled Eggs
6 hard boiled eggs sliced in half lengthwise put yolks in separate bowl
Add to yolks
1/4 cup Miracle Whip
1 tea. Mustard
1 tes. vinegar (white)
1/2 tea. Salt
Mash together with yolks fill holes in sliced eggs top with a sprinkle of paprika.
Everyone loves these and they are simple and pretty.

Answer 4

I think it is great cooking for your whole family. I am 29 years old and have been cooking for 20 years.. I would have to say that my favorite recipe is pumpkin rolls..

start by preheat oven 350 degrees.
ingredients:
eggs, pumpkin puree, vanilla extract,
self rising flour, granulated sugar, powder sugar, pumpkin pie spice, stick butter,
cream cheese, waxed paper, cookie sheet, cooking spray, paper towels , sifter

Prep: spray the cookie sheet with cooking spray and line with wax paper.. the cooking spray is to hold the wax paper in place and the wax paper is to pick the cake up easily.

in a medium bowl combine 2/3c. pumpkin puree, 3 eggs, 1c. sugar, 3/4c. flour, 1tsp. pumpkin pie spice. Mix well and pour onto lined cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes no less no more.

While the cake part is cooking line paper towels two of them connected on the table and pour some powdered sugar in your sifter and sprinkle powdered sugar all over the paper towels using sifter.

when you take the cake out of the oven carefully flip it onto the powdered paper towels and peel off the wax paper and sprinkle the cake with powdered sugar and roll and put aside.
(continue to bake till you run out of mix usually 3-5 rolls can be made from each can it just depends on what size you get.)

Filling:
Put 8oz. Cream cheese in a bowl and 1/2 stick of butter and cream well. Add vanilla, and slowly add 1c. powdered sugar.

When cake is completely cooled unroll and spread the filling and roll back up unpealing the paper towels as you go. when completely rolled sprinkle with powdered sugar and chill for at least 2 hours then cut and serve and enjoy!
I hope you like my family recipe.. If you use it and like it let me know plz...

Answer 5

we can be cooking a great turkey this 12 months. we are homestead in the U. S. this wintry climate with our son so having a great dinner with him would be great. final trip we've been remote places and that they have not got Thanksgiving in Hungary and that's perplexing to locate an entire turkey as nicely. they do no longer seem to love roasted turkey there, you're able to purchase an entire goose or duck for much less then turkey. i grew to become into finding on the frozen ducks right here in between the foodstuff shops and it grew to become into over $seventy six.!! In Hungary it would be much less then $20. for an entire goose. wish everybody has a great trip

Answer 6

Keep it simple....use recipies that you are comfortable with for the most part and then each of you try one new recipe....use as many short cuts as possible...i.e. Mrs Smith's Pumpkin Pie is really good....have fun and remember that this is above all a time to just be together as a family.

Answer 7

1st its ok to cheat little ......

roasted carrots

- 1 lbs carrots
- 6 thsp. kraft ltalian dressing, divided

preheat oven to 450 F cut carrots into 1 1/4 inch think slices. place in foil lined shallow baking pan. toss with 2 tbsp of the dressing cover with foil bake for 20 min remove foil stir bake an additional 20 to 25 min or until carrots are crisp-tender, stirring occasionally serve tossed with the remaining 4 tbsp dressing
makes 4 servings

or


green bean saute

- 1 lbs fresh whole green beans, trimmed about 3 cups
- 1/3 cup kraft ltalian dressing divided
- 2 tbsp dijon mustard
- tbsp sliced almonds toasted

cook and stir beans in half of the dressing in large skillet on med. heat just until tender-crisp about 5 min

add remaining dressing and mustard mix lightly cook until heated through stirring occasionally

sprinkle with almonds

make 6 servings, 1/2 cup each

Answer 8

save me some turkey and cranberry sauce

Answer 9

cook hamburgers and hotdogs