Thanksgiving splurge?
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Pretty much my entire family went vegan this year, and my in laws only eat lasagna for thanksgiving (no they aren’t Italian, they’re Jewish) so I don’t know what I’ll end up doing. My husband isn’t big into thanksgiving because of the lasagna thing. I’m thinking maybe some slow cooker turkey thighs and some sides? And that pie, definitely that pie. Is making a full turkey worth it? I’ve never made one before:..
A full turkey is only slightly more adventurous than one of those large "oven stuffer roaster" chickens. You can get turkeys as small as 10 pounds. Might be a good way to start.
I start a turkey upside down and flip it half way through the cooking time, and use a digital meat thermometer rather than relying on the popup ones.
To make flipping easier I use silicone oven mitts:
https://smile.amazon.com/Extra-Long-Professional-Silicone-Oven/dp/B00WUDQ61W/
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Pretty much my entire family went vegan this year, and my in laws only eat lasagna for thanksgiving (no they aren’t Italian, they’re Jewish) so I don’t know what I’ll end up doing. My husband isn’t big into thanksgiving because of the lasagna thing. I’m thinking maybe some slow cooker turkey thighs and some sides? And that pie, definitely that pie. Is making a full turkey worth it? I’ve never made one before:..
Speaking of turkey thighs, my favorite way to cook them is using these spices:
http://blackgirlchefswhites.com/succulent-spiced-turkey-carnitas-recipe/
with these cooking instructions:
https://www.marthastewart.com/313681/apple-braised-turkey-thighs
and I think just one 12 oz bottle of hard cider instead of any of the other liquid mentioned, but maybe some chicken stock as well. I don't want the liquid to cover the skin.1 -
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday! I am the cook/baker and shopper. Looking forward to the roasted turkey, stuffing, gravy, homemade Parker House rolls, and pumpkin pie with REAL whipped cream. I could live without the other family favorites, but, I won’t. 😊 It’s a day for family, friends and food and I intend to have at least a taste of everything.2
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No no no! Homemade rolls! I have to dust off my Kitchen-aid mixer a couple of times a year or I feel sorry for it...
Recipe please. I am always in charge of the dinner rolls but have yet to find a recipe that is "just right". My Kitchenaid gets dusted off a few times per year too, mostly around Christmas but always at Thanksgiving and occasionally Easter if we have a family dinner.
I have found that bread recipes on kingarthurflour.com are fool proof. I have made their Hawaiian bread and loved it.1 -
No no no! Homemade rolls! I have to dust off my Kitchen-aid mixer a couple of times a year or I feel sorry for it...
Recipe please. I am always in charge of the dinner rolls but have yet to find a recipe that is "just right". My Kitchenaid gets dusted off a few times per year too, mostly around Christmas but always at Thanksgiving and occasionally Easter if we have a family dinner.
I have found that bread recipes on kingarthurflour.com are fool proof. I have made their Hawaiian bread and loved it.
Bobby Flay's parker house rolls also turn out really well. Sadly, I don't think my husband's family typically has rolls at holiday meals
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No no no! Homemade rolls! I have to dust off my Kitchen-aid mixer a couple of times a year or I feel sorry for it...
Recipe please. I am always in charge of the dinner rolls but have yet to find a recipe that is "just right". My Kitchenaid gets dusted off a few times per year too, mostly around Christmas but always at Thanksgiving and occasionally Easter if we have a family dinner.
I have found that bread recipes on kingarthurflour.com are fool proof. I have made their Hawaiian bread and loved it.
Bobby Flay's parker house rolls also turn out really well. Sadly, I don't think my husband's family typically has rolls at holiday meals
What kind of family did you marry into?? 
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No no no! Homemade rolls! I have to dust off my Kitchen-aid mixer a couple of times a year or I feel sorry for it...
Recipe please. I am always in charge of the dinner rolls but have yet to find a recipe that is "just right". My Kitchenaid gets dusted off a few times per year too, mostly around Christmas but always at Thanksgiving and occasionally Easter if we have a family dinner.
I have found that bread recipes on kingarthurflour.com are fool proof. I have made their Hawaiian bread and loved it.
Bobby Flay's parker house rolls also turn out really well. Sadly, I don't think my husband's family typically has rolls at holiday meals
Can you even call it a holiday meal if there are no rolls?!?!0 -
No no no! Homemade rolls! I have to dust off my Kitchen-aid mixer a couple of times a year or I feel sorry for it...
Recipe please. I am always in charge of the dinner rolls but have yet to find a recipe that is "just right". My Kitchenaid gets dusted off a few times per year too, mostly around Christmas but always at Thanksgiving and occasionally Easter if we have a family dinner.
I have found that bread recipes on kingarthurflour.com are fool proof. I have made their Hawaiian bread and loved it.
Bobby Flay's parker house rolls also turn out really well. Sadly, I don't think my husband's family typically has rolls at holiday meals
Can you even call it a holiday meal if there are no rolls?!?!
Time to start a new tradition!0 -
No no no! Homemade rolls! I have to dust off my Kitchen-aid mixer a couple of times a year or I feel sorry for it...
Recipe please. I am always in charge of the dinner rolls but have yet to find a recipe that is "just right". My Kitchenaid gets dusted off a few times per year too, mostly around Christmas but always at Thanksgiving and occasionally Easter if we have a family dinner.
I have found that bread recipes on kingarthurflour.com are fool proof. I have made their Hawaiian bread and loved it.
Bobby Flay's parker house rolls also turn out really well. Sadly, I don't think my husband's family typically has rolls at holiday meals
Can you even call it a holiday meal if there are no rolls?!?!
https://youtu.be/QRSkCIx_-Qo 0 -
I'm eating everything!! Really looking forward to my mother-in-law's dressing and making myself a giant sweet potato casserole with lots of marshmallows. Also looking forward to some fresh baked bread and just... all the carbs! GIVE ME ALL THE CARBS!!!!3
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Pretty much my entire family went vegan this year, and my in laws only eat lasagna for thanksgiving (no they aren’t Italian, they’re Jewish) so I don’t know what I’ll end up doing. My husband isn’t big into thanksgiving because of the lasagna thing. I’m thinking maybe some slow cooker turkey thighs and some sides? And that pie, definitely that pie. Is making a full turkey worth it? I’ve never made one before:..
Lasagna??? That's just sad
I'm sorry for your husband lol. You could always cook an entire turkey and then freeze most of it for other meals like turkey pot pie or whatever you like. Or just do Ham. I actually prefer ham over turkey at thanksgiving, my family serves both. 3 -
Pretty much my entire family went vegan this year, and my in laws only eat lasagna for thanksgiving (no they aren’t Italian, they’re Jewish) so I don’t know what I’ll end up doing. My husband isn’t big into thanksgiving because of the lasagna thing. I’m thinking maybe some slow cooker turkey thighs and some sides? And that pie, definitely that pie. Is making a full turkey worth it? I’ve never made one before:..
Lasagna??? That's just sad I'm sorry for your husband lol. You could always cook an entire turkey and then freeze most of it for other meals like turkey pot pie or whatever you like. Or just do Ham. I actually prefer ham over turkey at thanksgiving, my family serves both.
Haha yea... I love lasagna but it’s still not right. I love ham too, but our oven is TINY! I’m not sure it will even fit a turkey... most pans don’t fit in it and it’s so old if it’s not on the top wrack it doesn’t get cooked. I do love to cook though so I haven’t ruled anything out... but worried I might make a horrible small dry turkey lol. I picked up some nice looking turkey thighs today so at the very least I’ve got them for a back up, going to cook em low n slow in the crock pot. If all fails we’re going to Cracker Barrel 😃!0 -
Pretty much my entire family went vegan this year, and my in laws only eat lasagna for thanksgiving (no they aren’t Italian, they’re Jewish) so I don’t know what I’ll end up doing. My husband isn’t big into thanksgiving because of the lasagna thing. I’m thinking maybe some slow cooker turkey thighs and some sides? And that pie, definitely that pie. Is making a full turkey worth it? I’ve never made one before:..
Lasagna??? That's just sad I'm sorry for your husband lol. You could always cook an entire turkey and then freeze most of it for other meals like turkey pot pie or whatever you like. Or just do Ham. I actually prefer ham over turkey at thanksgiving, my family serves both.
Once in a while it was just my Mom and me for Thanksgiving. Instead of dealing with a turkey, I would roast up a couple of Cornish hens and we would have the traditional sides. Worked perfectly with minimal fuss.2 -
For anyone wondering what to do with leftover mashed potatoes: potato patties. Add some minced onion and eggs, shape into patties, and fry in butter. Absolutely the best day after Thanksgiving dish with the exception of turkey sandwiches on leftover home made dinner rolls.
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We always have pumpkin, apple, and pecan pie for Thanksgiving, but maybe I'll start adding Melissa Clark's Sticky Cranberry Gingerbread to the rotation. Made it last night, yum! Looked at the reviews and reduced the sugar in the cranberry sauce to 1/2 cup, used a full bag of cranberries. I don't have a 9x9 pan so used an 8x8 and made two muffins. The muffins took 20 minutes and the pan 30. (Many reviewers said 50 minutes was way too long for the 9x9.)
I find JOC style directions format easier to follow so redid the recipe that way and am attaching it in case anyone else prefers that as well.
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017758-sticky-cranberry-gingerbread
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quiksylver296 wrote: »I also LOVE good stuffing! But it seems to get messed up every year... I don't even know what I'm doing wrong.
I mess up stuffing alot too! Last year I did a crockpot stuffing. Turned out pretty good as it was very easy to adjust the liquid as time went on.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I make a pretty mean jalapeno-cranberry sauce.
That sounds amazing! Do you mind sharing your recipe?0 -
I love all the food but really love dessert. Pumpkin cheesecake, apple pie, and pecan pie... Yum.0
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Stuffing, green bean casserole, and creamed onions!!!1
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kshama2001 wrote: »We always have pumpkin, apple, and pecan pie for Thanksgiving, but maybe I'll start adding Melissa Clark's Sticky Cranberry Gingerbread to the rotation. Made it last night, yum! Looked at the reviews and reduced the sugar in the cranberry sauce to 1/2 cup, used a full bag of cranberries. I don't have a 9x9 pan so used an 8x8 and made two muffins. The muffins took 20 minutes and the pan 30. (Many reviewers said 50 minutes was way too long for the 9x9.)
I find JOC style directions format easier to follow so redid the recipe that way and am attaching it in case anyone else prefers that as well.
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017758-sticky-cranberry-gingerbread
Wow this looks amazing!1 -
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pinggolfer96 wrote: »
Well, I'm a 5'7" woman that weighs 145 lbs. so, yeah, that's a challenge for me!1 -
I'm thinking of scaling back Thanksgiving this year; I really want to spend it with just my son and, maybe, his grandfather. I'm going to do roast sweet potato coins topped with celery-pecan salad as an appetizer, an anchovy-rubbed turkey, sundried tomato-stuffed mushrooms, parsley leaf potatoes, a pickled cabbage salad, stuffing (StoveTop all the way), and some kind of simple crumble for dessert. I'll also have stuffed bacon-wrapped jalapenos if my FIL celebrates with us, because he loves them, and I'll buy a pumpkin pie. It still sounds like A LOT but this is actually a biiiig step down from what I usually do, and most of the recipes are simple and easy.2
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I'm thinking of scaling back Thanksgiving this year; I really want to spend it with just my son and, maybe, his grandfather. I'm going to do roast sweet potato coins topped with celery-pecan salad as an appetizer, an anchovy-rubbed turkey, sundried tomato-stuffed mushrooms, parsley leaf potatoes, a pickled cabbage salad, stuffing (StoveTop all the way), and some kind of simple crumble for dessert. I'll also have stuffed bacon-wrapped jalapenos if my FIL celebrates with us, because he loves them, and I'll buy a pumpkin pie. It still sounds like A LOT but this is actually a biiiig step down from what I usually do, and most of the recipes are simple and easy.
What would ever posses someone to rub a turkey with anchovies? Those are both things I would eat; I just don't get why you would rub the turkey with anchovies and what that would do. I prefer thigh meat with no skin, so it probably wouldn't matter much to me what the turkey was rubbed with.2 -
Butter! You rub a turkey with butter!5
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CarvedTones wrote: »I'm thinking of scaling back Thanksgiving this year; I really want to spend it with just my son and, maybe, his grandfather. I'm going to do roast sweet potato coins topped with celery-pecan salad as an appetizer, an anchovy-rubbed turkey, sundried tomato-stuffed mushrooms, parsley leaf potatoes, a pickled cabbage salad, stuffing (StoveTop all the way), and some kind of simple crumble for dessert. I'll also have stuffed bacon-wrapped jalapenos if my FIL celebrates with us, because he loves them, and I'll buy a pumpkin pie. It still sounds like A LOT but this is actually a biiiig step down from what I usually do, and most of the recipes are simple and easy.
What would ever posses someone to rub a turkey with anchovies? Those are both things I would eat; I just don't get why you would rub the turkey with anchovies and what that would do. I prefer thigh meat with no skin, so it probably wouldn't matter much to me what the turkey was rubbed with.
I am guessing it is to flavor with both fish and salt in one rub.0 -
I'm thinking of scaling back Thanksgiving this year; I really want to spend it with just my son and, maybe, his grandfather. I'm going to do roast sweet potato coins topped with celery-pecan salad as an appetizer, an anchovy-rubbed turkey, sundried tomato-stuffed mushrooms, parsley leaf potatoes, a pickled cabbage salad, stuffing (StoveTop all the way), and some kind of simple crumble for dessert. I'll also have stuffed bacon-wrapped jalapenos if my FIL celebrates with us, because he loves them, and I'll buy a pumpkin pie. It still sounds like A LOT but this is actually a biiiig step down from what I usually do, and most of the recipes are simple and easy.
Just make small portions of things. My dad doesn't usually have a big celebration so he'll make small dishes to feed 4.
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CarvedTones wrote: »I'm thinking of scaling back Thanksgiving this year; I really want to spend it with just my son and, maybe, his grandfather. I'm going to do roast sweet potato coins topped with celery-pecan salad as an appetizer, an anchovy-rubbed turkey, sundried tomato-stuffed mushrooms, parsley leaf potatoes, a pickled cabbage salad, stuffing (StoveTop all the way), and some kind of simple crumble for dessert. I'll also have stuffed bacon-wrapped jalapenos if my FIL celebrates with us, because he loves them, and I'll buy a pumpkin pie. It still sounds like A LOT but this is actually a biiiig step down from what I usually do, and most of the recipes are simple and easy.
What would ever posses someone to rub a turkey with anchovies? Those are both things I would eat; I just don't get why you would rub the turkey with anchovies and what that would do. I prefer thigh meat with no skin, so it probably wouldn't matter much to me what the turkey was rubbed with.
Hah! I know it sounds weird. I'm doing a riff on this recipe -- not exactly the same in its details, but the same basic process -- and I expect it'll turn out delicious. (Poultry rubs go under the skin, by the way, as flavoring only the easily removable skin is kind of pointless.) Thanksgiving is my day each year to really play with new and/or involved recipes.
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My dad's loaded mashed potatoes. I do not want to know the amount of butter, cheese, and bacon that goes into those. But if I had to pick one item to nosh on that would be it.
Otherwise one day of spending time with family and stuffing myself silly is what I look forward to the most. The turkey and gravy, the green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole... *Drool*. You stuffing lovers can keep your soggy bread though. I try stuffing or dressing every year, and confirm year after year that I am not a fan.
Oh then one sliver of each pie available (Probably old fashioned southern pecan, and pumpkin, and razzle berry) each with a giant dollop of whipped cream. And a cup of black coffee to wash it down. Oh and being thankful or something because Thanksgiving is totally not about Gluttony...(Spending time with my family is really more important though) Then it's back to moderation the next day... and Leftovers! *More drool*0
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