Excellent Thanksgiving recipes?

Question

I need a very good recipe to bring to my family thanksgiving dinner this year. I'm asked to bring a side, appetizer, or desert. If you have any great recipes that many people would like (that wouldn't cost to much and isn't exteremely difficult to make) I want to know them! THANKS.

Answer 1

No Bake Pumpkin Pie is my favorite. It is slightly modified from the original recipe (from Jello, I think), but everyone always loves to eat this easy-to-make pie.

Layered No-Bake pumpkin pie
4 oz. regular or low-fat cream cheese, softened
1 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. milk or half and half
1 (6 oz.) graham cracker crust pie crust
1 c. cold milk
2 pkgs. vanilla INSTANT (not cook&serve) pudding and pie filling (4 serving size)
1 (16 oz.) can pumpkin
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
whipped topping (Cool Whip or whipped cream)

Mix cream cheese, 1 tablespoon milk and sugar in large bowl with wire whisk until smooth. Spread on bottom of crust. Pour 1 cup milk into bowl. Add pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk until well blended, 1 to 2 minutes. (Mixture will be thick). Stir in pumpkin and spices with wire whisk. Put on top of layer or cream cheese in pie shell. Let this set for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight. Serve with whipped cream on top. Yield: 8 servings.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Crabbies! If you've never had these, you don't know what your missing. Everybody RAVES about these and they can be done way ahead of time!

1 can of crab meet, same size as Tuna can
1 (5-ounce) jar Cheddar-horseradish spread (recommended: Kraft Old English)
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened
Dash hot sauce or cayenne pepper
6 English Muffins



In a large bowl, combine crab, cheese spread, mayonnaise, garlic powder, butter and hot sauce. Divide mixture evenly over each English Muffin. Put on cookie sheet and freeze for an hour. Cut the rounds into quarters and bake now or freeze in ziplock bag until you want them.

Bake at 425 until topping is heated through and golden brown on top, about 10 to 15 minutes.

Enjoy!

Answer 3

****recipe is so good, it tastes better then Pumpkin Pie the Walnuts given it a good crunch, you can make ahead a time and freeze it.


Pumpkin pie cake


1 can pumpkin (29 oz)
4 eggs
1 can evaporated milk (12 oz)
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 package yellow cake mix
1 c. melted margarine
1 c. chopped nuts
Direction
beat all ingredients except cake mix, margarine and nuts.
Pour in a 9 x 13 pan sprinkle dry cake mix over pumpkin mixture. Pour melted margarine over cake mix and sprinkle with chopped nuts
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour no longer. Top with whipped cream if desired.

Answer 4

Pumpkin Crunch---Very simple and delicious!!
1 box yellow cake mix
1 can (15oz.) pumpkin
1 can (12oz.) evaporated milk
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
2 sticks butter, melted
Cool Whip

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease bottom of 13x9inch pan. In a large bowl, combine pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Pour into pan, sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over pumpkin mixture. Top with pecans. Drizzle melted butter over pecans. Bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with Cool Whip.

Answer 5

GOURMET ONIONS

3 c. sliced onions, 6 medium
3 tbsp. butter
1/4 c. dry sherry
1/2 tsp. sugar
2 tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese

In a 10-inch skillet cook onions in butter for about 10 minutes or until tender but not brown, stirring occasionally. Add sherry sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt and dash of pepper.
Cook uncovered 2 to 3 minutes. Turn into a serving dish. Sprinkle with Parmesan

Answer 6

Fried Cauliflower appetizer
I used the frozen Cauliflower Sooo much easier.
Defrost and pat dry
flour then egg then bread crumb the cauliflower
fry in oil until golden brown and drain on paper towels
serve with sour cream mixed with horseradish or Russian dressing
can be served hot or at room temp.

Another very easy one is cream cheese mixed with chopped green olives.

Cream cheese room temp
Finely chopped green olives with pimentos
mix together and serve with buttery crackers
I usually put it in plastic wrap and roll into a ball and then roll the mixture over some extra chopped olives. It's also good with celery.

Answer 7

My sweet potato casserole is from Colonial Williamsburg and it is something that I am always asked to make and bring along with my grandmother's jello salad.

Kings Arms Tavern Sweet Potatoes

3-pounds sweet potatoes
¾-cup light brown sugar, packed divided
3-tablespoons butter
5 teaspoons cinnamon
½-teaspoon nutmeg
¼-teaspoon salt
1-cup milk

Preheat oven to 400º
Grease 1½ quart casserole
Cook sweet potatoes in boiling salted water until done; drain peel and mash them.

Stir in all the remaining ingredients except 2 tablespoons of sugar.

Turn the mixture in to prepared casserole and sprinkle with remaining sugar.

Bake at 400º for 30 minutes.

PUMPKIN can be substituted for the sweet potatoes and it comes out well.

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Lime Jell-O Mold

1 large box Lime Jell-O
8 ounces Cream Cheese - room temperature
1 can Crushed Pineapple - chilled
1 16 ounce container of Cool Whip or fresh whipped cream

Drain pineapple saving liquid to use in Jell-O. Make Jell-O using the quick-set instructions replacing some of the cold water with the pineapple juice. Make sure gelatin is well dissolved. Place in fridge until semi-set. In a blender combine cream cheese and pineapple until well blended. Mix into semi-set Jell-O than fold in Cool Whip. Pour into a gelatin mold and refrigerate until set or over night. To serve, unmold onto a plate large enough for the mold.

Answer 8

I'm in Canada so I had my thanksgiving about a month ago, and it was GOOD. I had vegan stuffing made in a crockpot, sooo good. Vegan caesar salad, with Vegenaise dressing, I LOVE caesar salad. Roasted nugget potatoes with carrots and pearl onions. There was something else, but I can't remember. For dessert I had chocolate pie with coconut whipped cream. You have to try that whipped cream. You could also try candied yams.