Holiday Dishes

[Poppyseed78]

With Thanksgiving coming up fairly soon, I thought I'd start a post about your favorite holiday dishes. I like the basics - turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans, butternut squash. Feel free to share some recipes!

 

[Take Heart]

We're having turkey at our Church but with just my family, we're having roast beef this year. Some of my favorite dishes around this holiday are:
pumpkin pie + french vanilla ice cream
sweet potato mash [cinnamon and butter added]
mashed potatoes
brussel sprouts with olive oil, salt, and garlic powder
turkey stuffing
corn, peas, carrots on the side

 

[Multifavs]

This is what we usually have at Thanksgiving dinner:

Turkey
Mashed potatoes
Stuffing
Green beans
Corn
Cranberry sauce
Dinner rolls
Pumpkin pie

I don't eat the stuffing or corn, and the pumpkin pie is usually saved for later.

 

[Poppyseed78]

This is making me hungry!

 

[Rescued One]

My favorite holiday desserts are Libby's pumpkin pie (recipe on the label) and my mother-in-law's gingerbread. My mother made those pies for Thanksgiving and Christmas. She didn't bake pies the rest of the year.

 

[faroukfarouk]

My favorite holiday desserts are Libby's pumpkin pie (recipe on the label) and my mother-in-law's gingerbread. My mother made those pies for Thanksgiving and Christmas. She didn't bake pies the rest of the year.

My wife is into pumpkin flavored things! up here in the fall the Tm Horton's chain sells pumpkin flavored cakes and things.

 

[Rescued One]

My favorite Christmas cookies are Kifli (Source: McCall's Cooking School: Desserts/Cookies). Gingerbread Men are a must just because they're so cute!

I love sweet potatoes. Today my mother told me that she doesn't care for them --- !

Oh, I almost forgot to mention Coconut Pecan Chess Pie.

 

[Rescued One]

My gingerbread people are made with molasses! That's the way I like them, but I wish they turned out as lovely as these.

 

[faroukfarouk]

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My gingerbread people are made with molasses! That's the way I like them, but I wish they turned out as lovely as these.

Christmas (and US Thanksgiving) are certainly approaching...

 

[Rescued One]

Scalloped Corn the way I like it:
Easy Scalloped Corn Recipe - Genius Kitchen

I've also made corn pudding but this is better!

 

[Rescued One]

FROSTED CRANBERRY SALAD 1
(Frosty Cranberry Mold)
Cooking for the holidays can be exhausting, but this can be made days ahead and frozen!

1 cup heavy cream, whipped or 1 envelope Topping Mix, whipped
1 (1 lb) can whole cranberry sauce
1 (8 1/2 oz) can crushed pineapple
2 pkgs (3 oz each) raspberry flavor Jell-o
1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, room temperature
2 tbsp Miracle Whip Salad Dressing
1 tart apple, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped

Whip cream or make topping mix according to package directions and refrigerate.

Drain cranberry sauce and pineapple; reserve liquids and add enough water to make 2 cups of liquid. Pour into a small saucepan and bring to a boil.

Dissolve Jell-o in the hot liquid. Chill until only partially set.

Beat softened cream cheese and salad dressing together until fluffy.

Gradually beat in the Jell-o. Fold this mixture into the whipped cream. Set aside 1 1/2 cups of this mixture for the frosting.

Add drained cranberry sauce and pineapple, apples, and nuts to the remaining Jell-o mixture. Pour into an 11x7-inch glass dish, or any mold or dish you think would work; refrigerate until the surface sets; about 20 minutes.

Frost with reserved mixture. Chill for several hours or freeze until needed.

Defrost 1 hour before serving.

Servings: 12
Farm Journal Christmas Book, page 60
Recipe(tried): Frosted Cranberry Molded Salad - Recipelink.com

(Before the internet, I bought a lot of cookbooks because some people refused to share their recipes.)

 

[Rescued One]

I ordered a cookbook for someone on my list:

 

[faroukfarouk]

I ordered a cookbook for someone on my list: View attachment 212794

A lot of ovens will be fired up rather soon... (and you guys in the US will have Thanksgiving soon also...)

 

[faroukfarouk]

PS: For us Turkey is almost obligatory. My wife sometimes alternates with a friend from church - we often eat together - about who cooks what.

 

[Rescued One]

Turkey for Thanksgiving, but ours is so close to Christmas, that I changed to beef roast and Yorkshire pudding for Christmas.

 

[faroukfarouk]

Turkey for Thanksgiving, but ours is so close to Christmas, that I changed to beef roast and Yorkshire pudding for Christmas.

Sounds really good; actually up here Thanksgiving is at the beginning of October; whereas of course in the US it's at the end of November; so I guess the 'When the turkey?' question is different.

 

[Rescued One]

Sounds really good; actually up here Thanksgiving is at the beginning of October; whereas of course in the US it's at the end of November; so I guess the 'When the turkey?' question is different.

Yep and October makes more sense --- maybe even September in some places. All the Thanksgiving cards have autumn scenes on them, but late November is gray and leafless and no pumpkins unless they're faux.