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We're not hosting but your menu looks great! I am bringing sausage stuffing, and dessert from a local bakery, coconut cake, and fruit tart cake.

Deviled eggs
Roasted eggplant dip
Crostini with honey and ricotta
Raw veggie plate

Turkey
Stuffing
Roasted Brussels sprouts
Grilled veggies
Garlic roasted mushrooms
Sweet potatoes
Cranberry sauce

Pumpkin cupcakes
Apple pie
Snicker doodle squares

I am hosting for the first Time for 13 ppl and really nervous we won't have enough food!

My menu has gone through a couple changes:

Start:
Mac & cheese baked in ramekins (gouda, white cheddar, Monterey jack topped with panko)

Main:
-Cornish hens
-Cranberry relish (subbing apple juice for water, cinnamon stick for sugar, smidge of brown sugar)
-Molasses glazed acorn squash wedges
-Sauteed green beans w/ bacon
-Oyster dressing

Sweet:
-Pumpkin bread pudding
-Baked apple cups
-Sweet potato pie (my mom's bringing)
-Tres Leches ice cream

I'm hosting a small thanksgiving--just 4 adults and our LO.

So my menu is:

appetizers: brie en croute with crackers

Turkey
Gravy
cornbread dressing
Spicy sweet potato fries
Sautéed haricot vertes with almonds and garlic
from-scratch dinner rolls
orange peal cranberry relish (from Trader Joe)

*maybe cheesy mashed potatoes, but haven't decided if I'll do those or stick with our slightly-healthier sides.

dessert: pumpkin pie and either pecan pie or apple pie, haven't decided--with vanilla ice cream

I'm obviously still undecided in my menu. Now I'm thinking about definitely nixing the mashed potatoes, and doing a coconut creamed corn w/ cilantro and red pepper recipe I like.

Since LO is still dairy free, I prefer to do mostly stuff she can eat, too.

@looch: I'm not into a lot of the traditional thanksgiving "casseroles". I really dislike green bean casserole, I hate "candied" orange things and my husband isn't a big fan of plain mashed potatoes. And none of us like cranberry as a side, lol. Sooooo......

And since LO is dairy free, I get to happily make other non-casserole type stuff.

I just use this recipe for soup, but instead of butter, I sub Earth's best dairy-free. http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/curried_squash_soup/

@Mrs. High Heels: yum!!!

I am bringing a fruit and veggie platter.

I’m hosting, but my mom is doing most of the cooking, so win-win

Appetizers:

Not totally decided yet (I’m in charge of these – ideas……??) probably:
Brie and St. Andre cheese and crackers
Cream cheese block with hot pepper jelly and crackers
Goat cheese with honey and crackers
Fresh fruit

Main:

Turkey
Cornbread stuffing (from scratch)
Gravy (from scratch)
Orange-cranberry relish
Raspberry-cranberry relish
Sweet potato dish (savory, with maple syrup and pecans)
Mashed white potatoes
Dinner rolls (from scratch)
Green beans with almonds

Dessert:

Pumpkin pie (from scratch)
Apple pie (from scratch)

We are going out of town starting black Friday, so I'm sad that I won't be able to have leftovers for the whole weekend like I usually do. Last year, we ate all of our leftovers before the weekend ended. I wanted to take leftovers to work on Monday.

I should cut back on my menu but DH wants his Thanksgiving items and I want mine. (I'm used to making everything.) Thinking we could take the leftovers on the plane or freeze the leftovers so we can have them when we get back the following week. (Oh, I will freeze the leftover turkey with my vacuum sealer. Love having turkey throughout the year) Anyway, need to decide what to do with our leftover on Thanksgiving night before our trip.

Turkey
Green bean/ veggie casserole
Corn
Stuffed yams/sweet potato
cranberry sauce
mashed potatoes
Gravy
Stuffing
Pumpkin pie or Pumpkin bread
Brussel sprouts

My mom is hosting and making the total classics - turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole.

We're in charge of drinks and I'm making this sangria in red and white: http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2014/10/22/honeycrisp-apple-sangria/