What do you have planned for your Thanksgiving week?

We were invited to my brother's for that day but I dont like my family.. haha so We are staying home this year. I cant wait! Do our own thing.. make our own dinner.. take some nice pictures hopefully... and sit down and watch a nice movie afterwards.

On the menu is...

Turkery (yawn)
mashed tatoes
gravy
stuffing
squash
carrots
broccoli
cranberry sauce
rolls
homemade bread
pumpkin pie
chocolate chip cookies
ice cream

The typical meal... but made by me!

Have a great week everyone... Anyone have a yummy recipe to share? I am always looking for something new and yummy!

We are going to Atlanta to be with my sister and I can't wait. This would be the first year since I have been married (12 years and counting) that I don't have to cook, I just can't wait.

Me and my hubby will spend the day together. He has to work on Friday so its too much to try to travel to family.

I will be making:

Turkey and Gravy
Stuffing
Sweet potatoes w/marshmallows
Green Bean Casserole
Deviled Eggs
Rolls
Pumpkin Pie
Pecan Pie


mmmmm I am hungry already!!!!

this is the 1st year we will be home. My mom usually has Thanksgiving but she went to Mississippi this year to my little brother who just had a baby in July. So I will be cooking at home with my oldest daughter and her fiance coming and my fil.
Our Menu

turkey
mash potatoes
gravy
corn( from my garden I had froze)
scalloped oysters ( will be my 1st time making it so wish me luck, my aunt always makes it)
deviled eggs
jello
rolls
apple pie
pumpkin pie
bannana cream pie
chocolate pie

I have a couple picky kids so we need a variety of pies.

Everyone have a Great Thanksgiving Day!!

How old are all your kids? You have a nice mix of em there like me.

My parents just arrived today, they live in Mass half the year and here in VA with us the other half, its great. They will join us at my In-Laws for the day, we just make it a day trip, which is nice, but the one thing I hate about not preparing Thanksgiving is....NO LEFTOVERS, and that is my favorite part, so my Mom and I were talking about it today, we are going to get a small turkey breast and make some sides so we can have leftovers for the weekend - DELISH.

All your menu's sound so yummy...I am looking forward to making Thanksgiving one yet, I have only done it once, and it was only for two of us, so it was small, however a blast.

Gobble Gobble!

my children are 19, 17, 15, 12, 22mos.
Yeah quite a span in age.

Well since I am still only 17, we will be having our Thanksgiving here at home with my big family. And it will be extra huge this time around, because my older brother is here, staying with us. And we have my little sister's friend staying with us. We might have a good family friend and her husband + two little children here. We'll see. Should be good, though. I love Thanksgiving , I love cooking and eating. Mmmm!

So that makes: Me, SO, mom, step-dad, sister, brother, brother, sister's friend, and possibly 4 extra people.

We have always gone to my mom's for Thanksgiving. She also lives lives here in Sacramento. I will have to learn to cook a turkey someday, but for now I happy to have her do it. Have fun and eat up, girls!

My parents are coming up from Florida..and I will be cooking most of the stuff myself. Here is my menu..

Fried Turkey/gravy
apple and craisen stuffing
green bean casserole
loaded smashed potatos (with bacon, cheese, and sour cream)
cranberry sauce (the kind from the can!)
Carmel apple pie

We are going up to Salt Lake to spend Thanksgiving with my dad! I am so excited I dont even want to work! But here is a recipe for cranberry orange relish. It is SO easy and tasts SOOOOO good with turkey. Usually the whole recipe is on the back of the ocean spray cranberries bag!

Ingredients:
1 medium orange
1 package (12 ounces) fresh or frozen cranberries
3/4 to 1 cup granulated sugar

Instructions:
Slice unpeeled orange into eighths; remove seeds. Place half the cranberries and half the orange into a food processor container. Process until mixture is evenly chopped. Transfer to bowl. Repeat with remaining cranberries and orange slices. Stir in sugar to desired sweetness. Store in refrigerator or freezer.

Well we live in Peru, and so yeah...they obviously don't celebrate Thanksgiving here...but...we managed to find a turkey (DH was traveling 13 hours away to a larger city and was able to get a frozen one--yay!!!)!!! Last year we were stuck with chicken and pork chops...sure makes for a good story. There are 2 other American families living in the small town where we live, so we will all get together with our kids and I will be the hostess---I love having people over!! I get out of making the turkey, however, because my oven isn't big enough! lol Anyhow, we will do turkey, mashed potatoes, broccoli salad, deviled eggs, green bean casserole, a relish tray and some "pumpkin" pies (no pumpkins here, but we use squash and pumpkin pie seasoning). Everyone will bring a couple dishes and we'll do a potluck style dinner. YUMMY!!! Just out of curiosity, how much does a turkey cost in the U.S.? We paid over 100 soles for a 10 kilo turkey...which equals about $30 for a 22-lb turkey. One thing I do have to say...I miss the cold weather for Thanksgiving/Christmas!! It's summer here, so we're all in shorts, tank tops and flip flops! lol

I paid 47 cents a pound for a 15 lb turkey..so $7ish.

I'm letting my mom feed us this year. We were in Kauai on our honeymoon last Thanksgiving and I think we grilled steaks!

I did Thanksgiving one year and it turned out really well, but my mom likes to be in charge so it's less of a hassle to just let her take care of everything. I am really going to miss drinking champagne all day, but I may have a taste.

We alway go down to Kentucky to be with my mom's family. Grandparents, aunts, uncles cousins. This is our menu:

Baked Turkey
Fried Turkey
Mashed Potatoes
Mac and Cheese
Corn
Green Beans
7 layer salad
grape salad
rolls
corn bread
sweet potatoes
stuffing
gravy
cranberry sauce from a can
cranberry sauce real thing
fruit salad

Then later on we will have
pumpkin pie
sweet potatoe pie
red velvet cake
cookies from subway(my cousin owns it and brings them)
some apple/cream cheese/roll stuff...........very good
and a bunch more

I'm doing Thanksgiving dinner with the in laws, and Thanksgiving dessert with my family, (and let’s face it with the IL too).
IL
Fried Turkey (mmmm fried turkey)
Mashed potatoes
greens beans w/ smoked turkey
Moroccan lamb/ beef kabobs
Mac and cheese
salad
rice
Edible arrangement (fruit that is cut like flowers)
not sure what else but when I find out I’ll let you ladies know...

o4seasmom wrote:Well we live in Peru, and so yeah...they obviously don't celebrate Thanksgiving here...but...we managed to find a turkey (DH was traveling 13 hours away to a larger city and was able to get a frozen one--yay!!!)!!! Last year we were stuck with chicken and pork chops...sure makes for a good story. There are 2 other American families living in the small town where we live, so we will all get together with our kids and I will be the hostess---I love having people over!! I get out of making the turkey, however, because my oven isn't big enough! lol Anyhow, we will do turkey, mashed potatoes, broccoli salad, deviled eggs, green bean casserole, a relish tray and some "pumpkin" pies (no pumpkins here, but we use squash and pumpkin pie seasoning). Everyone will bring a couple dishes and we'll do a potluck style dinner. YUMMY!!! Just out of curiosity, how much does a turkey cost in the U.S.? We paid over 100 soles for a 10 kilo turkey...which equals about $30 for a 22-lb turkey. One thing I do have to say...I miss the cold weather for Thanksgiving/Christmas!! It's summer here, so we're all in shorts, tank tops and flip flops! lol

WOW Peru is far from the states! Where are your originally from? It is a bit cold here.. i think its about 21 deg f right now. Sounds like you are having plenty of yummy american food. Is that the type of food found there? How many children do you have? Do you plan on coming back? Sorry i am just curious.

Happy Thanksgiving anyway!

i'll be at work gettin overtime lol then to my moms for my tupperware(sss) full of food oh and my pie lol

we are going to my husbands uncles house in the afternoon and to my parents house at 4pm.. lots and lots of food lol.. my husbands fam lives 3 hours and we spent it with them last year so this year were spending it with mine

Over the last few years, my parents have gotten weird about getting together and having big meals. My brother usually goes to his IL's side, and my sister usually goes to her IL's side, that way our family gets them for Christmas day. With our big family, my dh's sister hasn't invited us over in years (probably the last time was when we only had 2 kids). My parents now just make dinner reservations and enjoy their meal out.

So, we are going nowhere and having nobody over. Dh has to work the day shift. I'll make a turkey breast, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and green beans, oh and I'll get a can of cranberries. Since I'm GD, we'll most likely be skipping the pies this year.

crystal82578 wrote:We are going to Atlanta to be with my sister and I can't wait. This would be the first year since I have been married (12 years and counting) that I don't have to cook, I just can't wait.

I too am headed to ATL. We are leaving Wednesday night when I get off work. I can't wait. I am cooking with my sister on Thursday and then Friday all the family is getting together in an old church that we rent out every year for Thanksgiving.

On Sunday I am taking my husband to a Hawks (hockey) game for our Anniversary (October 27th). My paper gift to him was the tickets.

Then I am headed back to good old Ft. Stewart for work on Monday

DH and I are flying out Thursday morning (6am) to Phoenix, AZ from Kansas. My parents, brother and a ton of friends all live out there and we lived there for years. On Thanksgiving a large group of family and friends, about 25 people, get together at my brother's house and have a huge feast. When I lived there I was in charge of ALL the cooking since our friends are mostly guys but now that I've moved away they have taken over. From what I've heard they do a darn good job so I'm looking forward to them cooking for me for once.

It's actually a surprise visit, no one knows that DH and I are coming. It should be so much fun to see the look on their faces when we walk through the door. I know my parents will be thrilled, I just talked to my mom yesterday and she was saying how sad she was we wouldn't be together, hahaha, little does she know we WILL all be together. Surprises are so fun.

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Enjoy and indulge;-)

TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW!!!

I can't wait to stuff my face.