Turkey Day side dishes

[cookswithfire]

15 days until we eat turkey….A holiday I hated in my youth …Grandmas pureed parsnips and other boiled and mashed things squash ,turnips……(dry heaves) really sucked. My first thanksgiving down south with sweet potatoes with loads of brown sugar, cornbread stuffing and flavorful conconctions really changed my whole outlook on the holiday. I loved my Grandma but she really coundn’t cook. I was thinking the bro’s had some weird and favorite Turkey sides they would share.


Heres one that sounds gross but is the first to vanish
Pink Stuff

12 oz. Cool whip
12 oz. Cottage cheese( drained)
8 oz. Box of strawberry jello
12 oz. Can crushed pineapple( drained)
Mix .chill and serve

 

[chad]

Try is with Lemon-Lime jello!!

Brocolli casserole - lots of cheese and Ritz cracker topping.

Cranberry salad with fresh cranberries, oranges, and lots of pecans.

Fresh mashed potatoes & gravy!

Pecan pie, pumpkin pie, Hershey's pie

(plus ham, turkey, roast beef, beans, corn, succotash, cornbread dressing, green salads, etc. etc. etc.)

All in all enough carbs and sugars to stun an entire third-world country.

 

[spicewine]

Iv'e had the pink stuff and it is weard but very good. The kids love it as long as you don't tell them whats in it. Try this one. It really has a beautiful color and tastes great.


Veg Salad

Salad
2 cups green beens, well drained
1 small red onion, sliced
1 each, red bell pepper, yellow pepper & green pepper, thin sliced
1 cup grape tomatoes
2 cans butter beans , well drained
4 tablespoons fresh basil, fine chopped

Vinegarette
6 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
4 cloves garlic, crushed
6 tablespoons brown sugar
4 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Warm vinegar and brown sugar to desolve, mix in remaining ingredients.
pour over salad and let refridgerate for 4 + hours

 

[Bill-Chicago]

Sweet Potato Apple Casserole

Slice apples and sweet potatos into circles.

Lay down opposing layers in a greased pan.

Brown sugar and cinnamon every other layer too.

Brown sugar and bread crumbs on top.

bake for a couple hours until sweet potato slices are soft.

Now, I'm hungry

 

[Bellybro]

Bourbon Sweet Potatos

I will have to find the recipe tonight and post. This stuff is awesome!

Corn Casserole - T (Kicks wife)makes it best!

Homemade Noodles- My wife's grandmother always mades these and now that she has passed, my wife has carried on the tradition. We always have her make twice as much as we think we might need as everyone wants to take some home!!!

 

[BrooklynQ]

Something new for us last year was roasted winter vegetables. My mother is an old New England Yankee and she insists that Thanksgving dinner should be composed of only vegetables available in the North East that time of year. So to make her happy I came up with this. I took beets, shallots, acorn squash, turnips, parsnips, rutabega (all the wierd root vegetables that we don't usually touch) carrots, and garlic cloves. Toss the beets with melted butter and a little olive oil. Toss the rest of the vegetables in a different bowl (cause the beet juice will turn everything red) with olive oil and melted butter, thyme, sage, savory. Salt and pepper to taste. Slow roast for about 2 - 3 hours. To my surprise, everything was great. I even ate the squash.

I also roasted a seperate tray of tomatoes sprinkled with Italian Seasoning (not in season, but I like it)a nd garlic cloves at the same time. I do this all the time in the smoker. The roasting intesifies the tomato flavor and makes a great basis for soups or sauce or just eating on their own.

 

[Neil]

Good crisp white celery, Black Olives, green olives, pepperoccini's. Italian mod.

 

[BrooklynQ]

And for drinks...
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SEATTLE -- Bottles of Turkey & Gravy soda and Green Bean Casserole soda sit at the Seattle headquarters of Jones Soda Co. Capitalizing on the unexpected craze of last year's Turkey & Gravy Soda, the company is launching a limited edition pack of five unique soda flavors: Green Bean Casserole, Turkey & Gravy, Mashed Potato, Cranberry, and Fruitcake. (11/05/04 AP photo)

 

[Neil]

Hard crust Italian Bread with extra virgin olive oil. Double Italian mod.

 

[kcquer]

Sweet potato pie

Scalloped oysters

My Grandmothers stuffing.

 

[Samichlaus]

Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish
2 cups whole raw cranberries, washed
1 small onion
3/4 cup sour cream
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons horseradish from a jar ("red is a bit milder than white")
Grind the raw berries and onion together. ("I use an old-fashioned meat grinder," says Stamberg. "I'm sure there's a setting on the food processor that will give you a chunky grind -- not a puree.")
Add everything else and mix.
Put in a plastic container and freeze.
Early Thanksgiving morning, move it from freezer to refrigerator compartment to thaw. ("It should still have some little icy slivers left.")
The relish will be thick, creamy, and shocking pink. ("OK, Pepto Bismol pink. It has a tangy taste that cuts through and perks up the turkey and gravy. It's also good on next-day turkey sandwiches, and with roast beef.")
Makes 1-1/2 pints.

 

[Cuelio]

G%D D^$& IT, I'm hungry now!

Sounds stupid but I really like the traditional green bean casserole, with the little french fried onions on it.

 

[Bill-Chicago]

one of these days, I'm trying the White Castle Stuffing.

NT Hole, save that recipe

 

[kcquer]

Sounds stupid but I really like the traditional green bean casserole, with the little french fried onions on it.

A holiday standard at our house, along with my Dad's mashed potato recipie, which is basically the recipie for twice baked potatos without the scooping and restuffing.
Big pot of boiled taters, 1 pt sour cream, 1 pkg philly cream cheese, 1 t garlic powder, 1 t onion powder, salt and pepper to taste, let the kitchen-aid do the rest.

 

[cheez]

My mom's stuffing - nobody else makes it like she can (my personal opinion, of course)
cranberry-orange relish
vegetables Mornay
assorted pies - I'm the pie baker in the family, and everyone has their favorites, so I usually bake too many to please 'em all. Standards are pumpkin, apple, pecan, maybe a french silk, and something called a Cape Cod October pie (cranberries, apples, raisins, walnuts, awesome pie).

Might have to try that Sweet Potato Apple casserole Bill - sounds good. Wanna hear more about the Bourbon sweet potatoes too BB (and should I use Tennessee or Kentucky bourbon??? Opinions, anyone?? :mrgreen: )

 

[racer_81]

Uh, Kentucky Bourbon. May I suggest one of my nice friends Jim Beam, Evan Williams or Ezra Brooks.

 

[cheez]

Hey Bill,

Looking at that casserole recipe again, with just the sweet potatoes, apples, brown sugar and cinnamon, it doesn't get dry? No butter or anything like that needed?

 

[Bill-Chicago]

Hey Bill,

Looking at that casserole recipe again, with just the sweet potatoes, apples, brown sugar and cinnamon, it doesn't get dry? No butter or anything like that needed?

I will get the exact recipe and post it Cheez

 

[Bigmista]

This always goes fast at our house. MrsMista doesn't even like carrots but she eats this.

COPPER PENNIES



1 lb. or more carrots (sliced thin)
1 can tomato soup
1 bell pepper, sliced thin
1 onion, sliced thin
1/4 c. salad oil
1/4 c. cider vinegar
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

Cook carrots for about 10 minutes; drain. Set aside. Add remaining ingredients to soup and cook until pepper and onions are tender. Pour over carrots and serve hot or cold.

 

[Bill-Chicago]

Hey Bill,

Looking at that casserole recipe again, with just the sweet potatoes, apples, brown sugar and cinnamon, it doesn't get dry? No butter or anything like that needed?

I will get the exact recipe and post it Cheez

You were right, spray the pan, but add butter pats as you build it up.

Sometime, when we use apples and pears, we cut back on the butter, because the pears are really wet am mushy