Thanksgiving Dinner

[Goldia]

Yes cranberry sauce is a must...but nope I've never made it and just used jars...supermarkets sell lots of fresh cranberries at Christmas but not all year round and not this early.

[Silvercat]

Originally Posted by damaged

Another one doing their first Thanksgiving! Super excited. I have a question, where is everyone getting their turkey? I tried my local butcher but he doesn't get any in until just before christmas, and has trouble sourcing them before.

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I picked up a frozen turkey crown from Aldi yesterday, £14.49 for a 2.8 kg one. Slightly cheaper than Iceland, who were advertising one at £17.99.

Originally Posted by collybird

Well done on the cornbread ladies! I'll definitely use less sugar in ours, it's the sweetness that makes OH not like it. How much honey should you use if reduce the amount of sugar?

I've seen lots of frozen turkeys everywhere. I think we're just going to get a crown though. Debating whether I should splurge on an M&S one or get an Iceland one that is surely just as nice.

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See above for frozen turkey crown - try Aldi. We have had theirs before and they are perfectly fine!

So I Googled how much honey replaces sugar, and it said 1.5 tablespoons of honey = 1 tablespoon of sugar. I made a rough guess and think I got it right - it was sweet enough, but as I said I couldn't taste honey, so think next time I'll replace all the sugar with honey. I like the idea of using buttermilk instead of ordinary milk as well!

I'm glad someone said it freezes well, I seem to have made a huge amount so will pop some in the freezer now.

[sheppard]

Thanks for all your menu suggestions.

I was also considering a sweet potato casserole but thought these looked like a good idea:

homemadehooplah/twice-ba...weet-potatoes/

Are there any good green bean casserole recipes?

[wanye]

we're doing thanksgiving here next week, no cooking needed

alchemillarestaurant.uk/

[collybird]

Originally Posted by sheppard

Thanks for all your menu suggestions.

I was also considering a sweet potato casserole but thought these looked like a good idea:

homemadehooplah/twice-ba...weet-potatoes/

Are there any good green bean casserole recipes?

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These look fun!

I was thinking about these for my more savoury toothed OH:
cookieandkate/rosemary-p...-sweet-potato/

This is the green bean casserole recipe I use:
spicysouthernkitchen/che...ean-casserole/

[Sparksy72]

Originally Posted by sheppard

Thanks for all your menu suggestions.

I was also considering a sweet potato casserole but thought these looked like a good idea:

homemadehooplah/twice-ba...weet-potatoes/

Are there any good green bean casserole recipes?

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These look adorable- but very very sweet.

[Sparksy72]

Originally Posted by collybird

These look fun!

I was thinking about these for my more savoury toothed OH:
cookieandkate/rosemary-p...-sweet-potato/

This is the green bean casserole recipe I use:
spicysouthernkitchen/che...ean-casserole/

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I LOVE that savoury sweet potato recipe! That is right up my street. Thank you for sharing 💝 xx

[Wismgari]

I have only just found this thread, I rarely come in this sub-forum! I do a Thanksgiving dinner every year, but it has never been very traditional as it was always rushed after work. This year I have fully committed and taken the day off work so we will (hopefully) be having:

• Chicken (a turkey is too much for two people!)
• mashed potatoes
• garlic butter green beans
• Roasted sprouts with bacon
• Mac n cheese
• dinner rolls
• apple pie

A few new things on there for me so we shall see how it actually tastes!

Everyone else's sounds amazing too, hope you all have fun 🙂

[Beth_Disney]

I was going to cook a Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday until I noticed that a local smokehouse restaurant is doing one as a special. Much, much easier and probably more cost effective for 2 of us

[Goldia]

Originally Posted by Beth_Disney

I was going to cook a Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday until I noticed that a local smokehouse restaurant is doing one as a special. Much, much easier and probably more cost effective for 2 of us

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That menu sounds tasty, with the tater tots and the mornay.