Thanksgiving & Christmas Dinner

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LJ1999

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So what's everyone up to for dinners this year? Anything new?

My sister won't be able to make it for Thanksgiving this year so it's just me and my husbands family. They aren't real foodies, just eat to fill up and survive so I'm kind of off the hook for the fancy side dishes and such. This year I'm doing a wild turkey breast and Italian sausages.

For Christmas Eve I want to do Scalloped Potatoes from scratch. If anyone has any great tips or recipes for those, please let me know!
 
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LJ1999 said:
So what's everyone up to for dinners this year? Anything new?

My sister won't be able to make it for Thanksgiving this year so it's just me and my husbands family. They aren't real foodies, just eat to fill up and survive so I'm kind of off the hook for the fancy side dishes and such. This year I'm doing a wild turkey breast and Italian sausages.

For Christmas Eve I want to do Scalloped Potatoes from scratch. If anyone has any great tips or recipes for those, please let me know!
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lucky_bee

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LJ1999 said:
So what's everyone up to for dinners this year? Anything new?

My sister won't be able to make it for Thanksgiving this year so it's just me and my husbands family. They aren't real foodies, just eat to fill up and survive so I'm kind of off the hook for the fancy side dishes and such. This year I'm doing a wild turkey breast and Italian sausages.

For Christmas Eve I want to do Scalloped Potatoes from scratch. If anyone has any great tips or recipes for those, please let me know!
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par-boiling the potatoes first, before slicing/layering/baking made a huge difference for me! Incorporate some gruyere in the cheese mix too. I did scalloped potatoes last year for Christmas, a personal favorite.

Last minute decision to head to OH for Thanksgiving. Need to help the in-laws with some stuff and my husband wanted to go during the Holiday bc he's neither the one cooking or packing. I'm not crazy about it as my MIL is a fantastic cook, but it's like a rule in their parts? :sshrug: your holiday dinner must only contain all the traditional boxed or canned versions? I don't get it. She can easily make homemade stuffing in her sleep, but I'm sure she's already bought the boxes of StoveTop. I didn't grow up with these things, my holiday dinners look a lot more like an extravagant Italian Sunday Dinner, plus an additional course for turkey.

Haven't decided on Christmas menu yet, it's likely only us with a friend or two. I'll use the time I'm sitting in holiday traffic next week to plan that and my cookies list :drool:
 
Sneakers

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I've got a bunch of poultry to use, cornish hens, half of a turkey, duck, pheasant, and a cajun turducken. At some point, I'll make something Italian, like a manicotti.

If I see a nice rib roast, I'll sous vide one of those.
 
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LJ1999

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lucky_bee said:
par-boiling the potatoes first, before slicing/layering/baking made a huge difference for me! Incorporate some gruyere in the cheese mix too. I did scalloped potatoes last year for Christmas, a personal favorite.

Last minute decision to head to OH for Thanksgiving. Need to help the in-laws with some stuff and my husband wanted to go during the Holiday bc he's neither the one cooking or packing. I'm not crazy about it as my MIL is a fantastic cook, but it's like a rule in their parts? :sshrug: your holiday dinner must only contain all the traditional boxed or canned versions? I don't get it. She can easily make homemade stuffing in her sleep, but I'm sure she's already bought the boxes of StoveTop. I didn't grow up with these things, my holiday dinners look a lot more like an extravagant Italian Sunday Dinner, plus an additional course for turkey.

Haven't decided on Christmas menu yet, it's likely only us with a friend or two. I'll use the time I'm sitting in holiday traffic next week to plan that and my cookies list :drool:
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I'm not crazy about it as my MIL is a fantastic cook, but it's like a rule in their parts? :sshrug: your holiday dinner must only contain all the traditional boxed or canned versions? I don't get it. She can easily make homemade stuffing in her sleep, but I'm sure she's already bought the boxes of StoveTop. I didn't grow up with these things, my holiday dinners look a lot more like an extravagant Italian Sunday Dinner, plus an additional course for turkey.

I'm used to the big homemade dinner as well. I'll just make up for it at Christmas.

Thanks for the tips, I had been imagining smoked gruyere. That's one of my favorites!!!!
 
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LJ1999

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I'm doing Stove Top this year, but I'm doing the muffin thing to make it super fancy

P.S. For some reason I can't access the emojees and stuff. This comment would have a big cheesy smile
 
Blister

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I have a fresh turkey ordered to be ready for pickup on the 22nd. Last year was the first year I did a fresh turkey, and was very good. This year I have to cook it and transport it to my in-laws in Fredericksburg. What is the best way to transport a cooked bird? Cook it early and then refrigerate, and take it in a cooler? Or cook it on Thursday morning, and try to keep it warm? I don't want it dried out, but I don't want to give the Mother-in-law food poisoning.
 
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Maybe cook/carve it on Thursday and put it in Tuppers, then gently re-heat when you get there? Not a fan of cold turkey on T'giving, and keeping a whole bird warm for 2+ hours (from the time it comes out of the oven, drive, then serve) could be tough. If you wrap in in foil, the skin gets soggy.
 
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I need some desert ideas for Thanksgiving. No one really cares for pumpkin or sweet potato pie. I've made bread pudding, creme brulee, cheesecake and key lime pie, in the past. Looking for something different.
 
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luvmygdaughters said:
I need some desert ideas for Thanksgiving. No one really cares for pumpkin or sweet potato pie. I've made bread pudding, creme brulee, cheesecake and key lime pie, in the past. Looking for something different.
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lucky_bee

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Sneakers said:
My brother is like that. StoveTop over homemade. Drives us nutz.
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I pretend to eat it every time. I've had to compromise with the green bean casserole and use canned green beans but I make homemade condensed mushroom soup...and I'm not allowed to make bougie bread rolls, they gotta be simple. Everything else he leaves me be. His cholesterol and Dr have started thanking me.

the week after we return will likely require a sodium detox in our house.
 
lucky_bee

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luvmygdaughters said:
I need some desert ideas for Thanksgiving. No one really cares for pumpkin or sweet potato pie. I've made bread pudding, creme brulee, cheesecake and key lime pie, in the past. Looking for something different.
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a couple times I've done a bourbon apple pie, a Kentucky bourbon bundt cake, a browned butter bourbon pecan pie (notice a theme :really:), a chocolate pecan pie, oatmeal-maple whoopie pies, amaretto-chocolate tart, apple crisp, carrot cake, german chocolate cake... I try not to make the same thing every year I guess :lol:

for Christmas a few years back I found this Chocolate Spice Cake with spice buttercream :faint: It was like a chai tea latte meets rich chocolate cake...and now I think I'll have to remake that this year, holy cow it was to die for.
 
Sneakers

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A simple desert but really good, use a box of Krusteaz cake mix and doctor it a bit. Like add peeled sliced apples to the cinnamon coffee cake mix. Or a cream cheese filling to the Cranberry Orange cake.
 
Grumpy

Grumpy

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We are going to wife's brothers house for TG this year. Typically I brine and roast a turkey with stuffing (last year used my pellet grill). Everyone loves my stuffing and I admit its good, but it has to be the stuffing I pull out of the turkey. I've had no luck with the stuffing I don't cram into the turkey. I've tried different ways of cooking/heating it with no good results, it never comes out as moist or as good as the turkey stuffing. Sis-in-law is doing her turkey but wants me to make my stuffing as a side. I don't really want to make it sans stuffed in a turkey but willing to try Wonder if bringing chicken broth up to a slow boil, then mixing with the stuffing and baking for a bit would work out. Any suggestions??
 
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