https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:34:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts/page/2#post-2650477 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:50:24 +0000 bubblegum 2650477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our final menu is complete!!! You guys were a HUGE help!! For all my mash, gravy, stuffing and pumpkin pie lovers, they made the list ;)</p> <p>Thanks for all your help! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts/page/2#post-2638695 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:19:11 +0000 MrsA 2638695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caterw: haha I have a big bowl of half cauliflower/half potatoes in my fridge! It's great. But not for Thanksgiving! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts/page/2#post-2638681 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:40:13 +0000 MrsLonghorn 2638681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>THIS green bean casserole recipe, from Cooks Illustrated: <a href="https://www.cooksillustrated.com/recipes/3182-classic-green-bean-casserole" rel="nofollow">https://www.cooksillustrated.com/recipes/3182-classic-green-bean-casserole</a></p> <p>Beyond that, I don't really care. A Greenberg's smoked turkey is a nice to have, as is a honey-baked ham, but the green beans are "required". Of course, none of those 3 things will be on my in-law's table next month... :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts/page/2#post-2638677 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:31:50 +0000 caterw 2638677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsA: I make mashed cauliflower/ potatoes mixed half and half for dinner most of the time but I would NEVER do it for Thanksgiving lol. They just don't fluff enough.</p> <p>@honeybear: Wine... absolutely!! DH's family doesn't drink so dinner always feels a little off to me there. Both sides of my family serve drinks of some kind at every gathering so it was totally weird the first time I had a holiday with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2638662 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:45:54 +0000 catlady 2638662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My must haves are:<br /> turkey (with skin)<br /> stuffing (prefer Stouffers)<br /> gravy<br /> cranberry sauce (from a can, without chunks)</p> <p>Now that I'm older, we often get things like homemade gravy, stuffing, and cranberry sauce, but because I grew up eating the processed stuff from the grocery store, those tastes are the ones I miss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2638658 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:39:06 +0000 MrsRcCar 2638658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: we found a new recipe for scratch made yeast dough. It's delicate and time consuming but sooo good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2638648 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:25:58 +0000 hellobeeboston 2638648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>MUSTS for me: Mashed potatoes, and sweet potato casserole with marshmallows! Oh, and pumpkin &amp; apple pie! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2638646 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:25:13 +0000 hellobeeboston 2638646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsRcCar: what fluffy GF biscuits are you going to make? I love biscuits, but have only made the GF Betty Crocker kind... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2638566 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 13:40:27 +0000 Anagram 2638566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My thanksgiving favorites are:<br /> -turkey<br /> -yeast rolls<br /> -white gravy (hate brown gravy, the southern girl in me needs cream gravy)<br /> -dressing (not stuffing), green beans<br /> spicy sweet potatoes (I cannot tolerate sweetened sweet potatoes/yams)<br /> -a salad<br /> -a cranberry relish (no canned jelly). </p> <p>-Desserts needs to be pumpkin pie, apple pie, and some kind of chocolate dessert. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2638258 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 07:54:09 +0000 Smurfette 2638258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mashed potatoes are a must. DH's family didn't have them last year and I was so bummed. Booze is always a must as well. Also dessert besides pumpkin or apple pie. Not everyone likes though, aka me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2638252 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 07:49:51 +0000 Corduroy 2638252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wine, mashed potatoes and pie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2638204 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 03:04:09 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2638204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Turkey, mash potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2638126 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 20:08:59 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2638126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Roasted vegetables-particularly potatoes and beets-nice and crispy. My family is vegetarian so we have tofurkey. Before that existed/we knew about it, we used to have a nut roast/loaf. I also need mashed potatoes and gravy!</p> <p>I don't care for dessert and usually load up on dinner so there isn't room in my belly for it anyway. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2638124 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 20:05:02 +0000 SweetCaroline 2638124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Turkey and gravy<br /> Mashed potatoes<br /> Green bean casserole</p> <p>DH would say jello pretzel salad, which I just don't understand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2638107 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 19:31:34 +0000 Boogs 2638107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I could live off buttery mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2638057 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:24:40 +0000 codeitall 2638057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Soo I mean, you have the basics of rolls, mashed potatoes and turkey.</p> <p>For my family, we also have sweet potatoes with a brown sugar and pecan topping and a cranberry/marshmallow/pineapple mixture called 'Pink Stuff'. I'm pretty sure it is dessert pretending to be a fruit salad, but it and the sweet potatoes are always gone first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2638047 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:07:39 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2638047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my 3 must haves:</p> <p>Baked macaroni and cheese<br /> Sage sausage cornbread stuffing<br /> Giblet gravy </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2638002 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:32:52 +0000 honeybear 2638002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Am I really the first person to say wine?! </p> <p>I fully believe in cocktails for everyone (well, everyone who is 21!) when I'm hosting. And appetizers. That way no one is too bothered if the turkey/vegetarian main course I *think* will be done at 4pm is really done at 6pm. :) </p> <p>I also feel like it's not Thanksgiving without cranberries. The kind with whole cranberries, OJ and sugar, not the canned stuff! Oh, and pumpkin pie, the recipe is on the back of the Libby's canned pumpkin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2638000 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:18:48 +0000 youboots 2638000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Green bean casserole. Mashed potatoes with only butter, salt and heavy cream. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2637998 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:15:53 +0000 bubblegum 2637998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>everything sounds so good! I'm hungry now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2637996 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:14:12 +0000 MrsA 2637996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mashed potatoes and gf stuffing to pour gravy over!<br /> Last year my BIL made mashed cauliflower instead of potatoes. :crying: It just felt incomplete, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2637988 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:03:20 +0000 psw27 2637988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes with marshmellows, green bean casserole, stuffing, white rolls (sometimes onion rolls - great for leftover sandwiches), and cranberry sauce. For dessert - pecan pie and pumpkin pie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2637966 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:28:12 +0000 Mamaof2 2637966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>really good rolls! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2637962 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:23:43 +0000 MrsSRS 2637962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We always have:<br /> Turkey<br /> Gravy<br /> Mashed potatoes<br /> Sweet potatoes<br /> Stuffing<br /> Rolls<br /> Corn<br /> Green beans<br /> Creamed spinach<br /> Salad<br /> Fruit salad<br /> Pumpkin pie<br /> Pecan pie<br /> Carrot cake </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2637931 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:51:23 +0000 MrsRcCar 2637931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: it is a huge spread and everyone leaves with leftovers. 😉 Even when my BIL can't make the meal he sends containers for left overs to be taken back for him. 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2637925 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:49:00 +0000 FaithFertility 2637925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsRcCar: WOW can I come over!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2637919 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:45:34 +0000 MrsRcCar 2637919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is what our menu looks like:<br /> - two turkeys (one roasted, one brined and fried)<br /> - GF stuffing<br /> - Candied Yams with raisins and marshmallows<br /> - Mashed potatoes and GF gravy<br /> - green beans with onion and bacon<br /> - fruit salad (pineapples, grapes, oranges, bananas, marshmallows)<br /> - Snowball salad (pineapples, oranges, marshmallows, sour cream and whipped topping)<br /> - fluffy GF biscuits<br /> - crustless pumpkin pie<br /> - GF rhubarb cobbler<br /> - GF cookies<br /> - assorted GF fruit pies<br /> We have several gluten free folks in our family so we make everything GF to help there be a stress free holiday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2637905 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:31:48 +0000 Mrs. Pickles 2637905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if it's a regional thing or what, but we always do a strawberry Jello salad for holiday events, it's really tasty. </p> <p>My favorites are the yams, pumpkin pie, and fluffy rolls </p> <p>I prefer ham on Thanksgiving :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2637899 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:26:32 +0000 skinnycow 2637899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, rolls, and pumpkin pie are the necessities! We usually have some kind of salad, mac n cheese, and apple pie also. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thanksgiving-musts#post-2637897 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:20:48 +0000 nana87 2637897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm vegetarian, so I don't care about turkey or gravy, but gotta have mashed potatoes!! My brother and I used to spar growing up about sweet potatoes vs white potatoes--white alllll the way, lol. </p> <p>Other sides we typically have--stuffing, cranberry sauce, some kind of green veggie like brussels sprouts or green beans. And pies (apple and pecan are usually the favorites in my family; we've made a flourless chocolate one in the past that's gluten free and delish). I'm not crazy about pie, but homemade whipped cream on top is the best!</p> <p>And if you're going to have any vegetarians, I def recommend some kind of protein...We've had lentils with roasted beets as a side beofre that's really nice and fit well with the rest of the meal, or just some simple grilled tofu. Otherwise it's usually a carbtastic meal, which is delicious but not so healthy or filling ;) </p>