I cannot believe that Thanksgiving is less than a week away! I think that one of the best things about the holidays is the time spent with family and friends, creating Thanksgiving traditions. Decorating the house and planning all of the great foods that you are going serve is a lot of fun.
Normally, we have turkey on Thanksgiving and I try to get the biggest one I can fit into my oven so that I can have plenty of leftovers! I love leftover turkey and I make a mean gravy that I have to make by the gallon! Around the table I usually have some stragglers. With only my husband, son and I living here, we invite other single people or couples with no family near. Sometimes we do a potluck but it depends on how many others show up.
Some of the traditional foods that are on my table also include cheesy potatoes, mashed potatoes, corn, rolls, deviled eggs, pumpkin pie and other tasty delights.
So what type of traditions have you created with your family? Do you go somewhere else or do you host? What is “the dish” that you are known for? Share some of your traditions with us!
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Cornbread sausage Dressing (stuffing if it’s in the bird, lol) is my favorite dish. The recipe was my maternal Grandma’s, and I still make it. Soooo good!
(Creating Thanksgiving Traditions) Our family always has such a wonderful time together during our Thanksgiving time together. After our huge meal, a few of us venture out for the black friday doorbuster sales! I know crazy right-
I am hosting once again this year and I love it. I do however notice that I spend more time making sure everything is perfect that I dont get to sit and enjoy the meal!
For Thanksgiving we have a turkey dinner with all the fixings.
Our Thanksgiving tradition is to have a full Thanksgiving dinner for just the two of us! I make a stuffing (well, dressing really, since I bake it outside the turkey) loosely based on the one my mother used to make. This year my spouse has requested broccoli as a side dish, so I’ll make that in addition to the turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, homemade cranberry sauce, and maybe butternut squash. Not sure what I’ll make for dessert; he might make a pumpkin pie (I do the crust, he does the filling), but we’ll see.
That is sweet of you to invite people who don’t really have a regular family. That is how my mom was, and instilled it in us, too. Many things have changed over the past few years, we’re trying a few new ideas, and see what works best. I was watching the giant turkeys some people were buying yesterday, the clerk could barely pick it up to scan it! Some people must have pro size ovens!
This is the first year that I am going to my son’s home for Thanksgiving. We have the traditional turkey which I shall help prepare and I bring the desserts (this year being apple pie and sweet potatoe banana pecan) and stuffing.
We are like you with the turkey…big so we have lots of leftovers. We love leftover turkey. There’s no need for recipes on how to get rid of it; we want the turkey. I love spending the holidays with family. A day to just relax and be together. My daughter and I really like my stuffing and deviled eggs. We add mustard instead of mayo to the deviled eggs and like the tang. We do watch football and debate about black Friday shopping. This year my husband and I are going back home to Oklahoma to see family. We don’t normally go for Thanksgiving but it’ll be good. Of course, that means no leftovers.
I make the deviled eggs since I don’t make much else. I love leftover turkey & dressing with LOTS of gravy.
We get together every year and have a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. I usually make the spinach dip and a dessert.