Thanksgiving Menu

Thanksgiving!

 Oh, Thanksgiving! It is probably my favorite holiday...for reals! I love having a big dinner and lots of family around. It is such a blessing that I grew up in a large loving family that enjoying getting together over the holidays for multiple dinners and gatherings. Now that we live on the East Coast and the majority of my family still resides in the Midwest and we usually have to choose between Thanksgiving and Christmas to travel back for a visit. This year, however, since Hunny used all his vacation for the wedding we will be spending both Thanksgiving and Christmas on the East Coast. I'm a little bittersweet about the situation...I really miss my family during the holidays but I get to host Thanksgiving and Christmas here at our house in NH. Now, I promised to post my Thanksgiving menu in this post and I will! Be excited...I know you've been waiting for it! Before I post the menu, I've got to let a little steam off...Thanksgiving this year will only be Hunny, myself and his parents. Well, I come to find out after doing 90% of my Thanksgiving grocery shopping that his parents aren't going to commit to coming...they may or may not depending on my FIL work schedule...this really grinds my gears because they never told us up front they may not come, we only found out a little over a week before Thanksgiving. I wouldn't have planned and shopped for everything if there was a doubt. Grr! Now, that that's out of the way, I'll post my Thanksgiving menu with the recipes or links to the recipes.

Thanksgiving Menu

 Roast Turkey

Cornbread and Sausage Stuffing

Sweet Potato Pudding with Pecan and Gingersnap Topping

 Creamed Corn

Green Bean Casserole

Dinner Rolls

Mashed Potatoes and Gravy

Cranberry Sauce

Salad

Desserts

Pecan Pie

Pumpkin Pie

Apple Harvest Pound Cake with Caramel Glaze(maybe)

Yup, this is my Thanksgiving menu! I really wanted to make a roasted brussels sprouts dish instead of green bean casserole, but Hunny vetoed it...sad day! Green beans are the only vegetable I will not eat! I cannot stand the taste and texture of them. YUCK! I'd rather eat brussels sprouts over them any day of the week. 

The recipe I use for the green bean casserole is just the one on the back of the french fried onion can. Nothing special, but Hunny loves it! For the mashed potatoes, I like to make them garlicky so I add minced garlic to the potatoes while they boil and them sprinkle them with garlic salt while mashing them. 

Cranberry sauce is one of the best parts of Thanksgiving. I love putting it on top of a big piece of Turkey! So delicious! I usually make the mashed jelly cranberry sauce from the recipe on the back of the bag of cranberries. Simple and delicious! 

The pumpkin pie I make is from the recipe on the back of the Libby's can. I do make my own pie crusts and I make my own dinner rolls from scratch. I will post in the coming weeks about them. Something to look forward to!

 I really hope we do have a Thanksgiving dinner...I'll seriously be bummed if Thanksgiving day comes and we don't do anything...See you next week!