Thanksgiving menu suggestions?

Question

So it's just me and hubby for Thanksgiving for the next few years (he's in the Air Force and we're overseas). So I've decided to take the opportunity to experiment with Thanksgiving recipes while it's just the two of us. He doesn't care, he just wants to eat. I'm making a traditional turkey dinner. But I would like some new twists on the classic sides, or some completely new ones. Also...what should we drink? Non-alcoholic preferably.

Answer 1

My mom likes to use peruvian blue potatoes for the mashed potatoes. They make the plate look really colorful with the sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, etc. We also like to serve pumpkin mousse after dinner. You can eat it as is or put a little in your coffee for flavor.

Answer 2

This baked corn always goes over real well. Corn is the food brought to us by the Native Americans at the first Thanksgiving.

Baked Corn

3 eggs
1-14 ¾ ounce Can Cream Style Corn
1-14 ounce can Eagle brand sweetened milk (low fat or fat free is OK)
Salt & Pepper to taste
1 Tablespoon corn starch

Separate the eggs and mix all ingredients except egg whites. Beat the egg whites until frothy but not stiff. Fold egg whites into the mixture. Place in a covered 1.6 liter – 2 qt. casserole dish, bake at 350 covered for 30 minutes, remove cover and bake 30 minutes more.

Answer 3

My husband and I like to drink Wassail. it is real easy. I make ours with my coffee maker.
You will need:
2 qts apple cider
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp whole all spice
1 tsp whole cloves
1 cinnamon stick
dash of nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
1 orange, cut up in wedges with the peel.
Pour the apple cider into coffeemaker. In the basket ( I still use my coffee filter) place the remaining ingredients. Turn on your machine.

I tried this a couple of years ago and has been turned into a new tradition for the holidays.
YUMM!!

Answer 4

Here's a "special occasion" mashed potato recipe that we like every year at Thanksgiving. It's a huge amount, so you should convert it to a smaller recipe for the two of you.

5 lb. Potatoes
1/2 c. Butter
8 oz. Cream Cheese
Milk to texture (add enough to the consistency you like it)

Answer 5

Sparkling Cider is great. Sweet potatoes and marshmallows are always a hit at our house. You can get some great recipes for that or something else at kraftfoods.com. I get a lot of my recipes there, and they do have some "great twists" on side dishes.

Answer 6

This is 'always' a hit with anyone who eats it!

Cranberry Salad


1 bag of fresh cranberries
1 cup of sugar
1 small can crushed pineapple drained.
1 cup walnut pieces
1 cup mini marshmallows
1 3oz box of red Jell-O (I use cranberry, but any can be used)
1 cup water
1 small carton of heavy whipping cream (1/2 pint)

Grind cranberries and add 1 cup of sugar, mix and let sit overnight. The next day mix 1 cup of ‘hot’ water with the Jell-O, sit in refrigerator until syrupy. Mix together cranberries, crushed pineapple, walnut pieces and mini marshmallows, mix in the syrupy Jell-O to this. Mix heavy whipping cream in separate bowl until stiff peaks and fold into the above mixture. Refrigerate until set-up.

Answer 7

some funky different things we have on thanksgiving are: pineapple stuffing, broccoli and cheese, or broccoli bites. To drink you could have any fun drink without the alcohol. Maybe smoothies or cranberry juice.. it would go good with the thanksgiving theme lol. good luck and just remember to be CREATIVE! have fun!

Answer 8

This menu offers some excellent suggestions:
http://www.gourmet-food-revolution.com/thanksgiving-dinner-menu.html

Answer 9

Ooooh... I envy you your kitchen get admission to. I stay in an condominium, i do no longer even have an devour-in kitchen. My fashionable T-day concepts are: Brine your turkey. it relatively is the only thank you to make it relatively juicy. as quickly as you brine, you will in no way pass back. do no longer stuff the poultry, no longer in basic terms does it upload cooking time to the poultry (longer prepare dinner time=drier meat) and it relatively is enjoying russian roulette with germs, it comes out soggier. Make it in a casserole dish.

Answer 10

well I added a new twist to the green bean casserole instead of using the cream of mushroom soup I use cheddar cheese soup and it adds a delightfull new twist to an old favorite . good luck and god bless.