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Jilly_in_VA

(11,148 posts)
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 08:38 PM Nov 28

Who's NOT having turkey for Thanksgiving dinner?

We aren't, because we don't care for it. Our menu:
Rack of lamb
Roasted potatoes
Sauteed Spinach
Cranberry-Apple Cake
Hard Cider

The cake was supposed to be served with whipped cream. Guess who forgot to pick up whipping cream at the store yesterday?

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Deuxcents

(20,205 posts)
1. I had ham, sweet potato and black bean and corn salad. My kitty and I celebrated in peace and quiet 😻
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 08:41 PM
Nov 28

Ocelot II

(121,582 posts)
2. I had a Lean Cuisine baked chicken and mashed potato dinner.
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 08:44 PM
Nov 28

There's no point in cooking something special when it's just me and the cat and nothing going on. I don't like turkey much anyhow, so if I'd had a Thanksgiving dinner it would have been something else.

eppur_se_muova

(37,716 posts)
15. Veggie baked beans, from the Mountain People's Kitchen (Morgantown, WV) Cookbook.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 12:44 AM
Nov 29

Mom eats like a bird, so most of our meals are one-course. Recipe made multiple servings, now waiting in the fridge.

Jack Valentino

(1,514 posts)
6. I REALLY don't care for turkey, especially not to cook it for myself---
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 09:33 PM
Nov 28

Home-baked chicken with coating, which I love.
Broccoli in a cheese sauce
baked beans with brown sugar and hickory-smoke (canned)
Broccoli-cheese flavored rice

Cinnamon Applesauce, which I have recently re-aquired a taste for, long dormant since childhood


BEER

dobleremolque

(924 posts)
8. The tryptophan in turkey aggravates an arthritis condition here, so
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 09:51 PM
Nov 28

we do Cornish Game Hens. Rest of the sides are pretty much standard ... except that our house is a sweet potato with marshmallow topping free-zone.

eppur_se_muova

(37,716 posts)
14. Gourmet Sweet Potato Classic 4.8 stars (2,616 recs)
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 12:41 AM
Nov 29
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/15633/gourmet-sweet-potato-classic/

This has a pecan praline crust. As the web site says, you won't go back to marshmallows once you've tried this. I have always loved sweet potatoes, and this is a great way to enjoy them. They're packed with nutrients*, too.

Not sure what purpose the two eggs serve, but I didn't use them. No problem.




* Topping your sweet potato with protein- and fat-containing ingredients—say, a drizzle of olive oil and some chopped walnuts or pecans—will help keep blood sugar balanced and, as a bonus, help your body better absorb some of the antioxidants sweet potatoes contain.

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/nutrition-healthy-eating/are-sweet-potatoes-good-for-you-a9373907274/

dobleremolque

(924 posts)
16. Oh, we eat sweet potatoes.... just not adorned with the marshmallow sludge. Our favorite way is
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 01:20 AM
Nov 29

mashed, with freshly cracked black pepper and just a splash of orange juice. We have a diabetic in the house, too, so we appreciate sweet potato's place on the glycemic index.

Thanks for the recipes! We'll give them a try.

chowmama

(544 posts)
10. Roast chicken instead of turkey
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 10:21 PM
Nov 28

Chopped liver appetizer, dressing and gravy, cranberry sauce, and pecan pie for dessert. I thought about adding a green veg, but decided Superman couldn't overcome the unhealthiness of this meal, so why bother? It's a holiday; back to healthy tomorrow.

I also cooked 5# of potatoes with a lot of leeks and canned a gallon of potato-leek soup. There's a nice pint portion left over in the fridge, as well.

buzzycrumbhunger

(916 posts)
11. I normally would've made a seitan ham or turkey roast...
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 10:40 PM
Nov 28

… but I’ve been stressed over the last two months because our landlord is selling, we have to be out by Dec. 6th, and are still waiting for approval on the only place we can afford (fingers crossed for Monday!), held up because my son’s been laid off until hurricane damage is cleared up from Helene AND Milton, AND his car was badly damaged by the latter when a tree fell on it and shattered the windshield. Haven’t been eating or sleeping well for weeks, losing weight (normally would be a good thing but I’m in starvation mode). Tonight, I managed a decent serving of Japanese fried rice, biggest meal I’ve had in weeks.

Stirring the cauldron for an okay on the rental. Never had stress like this before and it sucks the big weenie. Florida is not the place you want to be!

Kaleva

(38,590 posts)
12. I had a baked potato cooked in the air fryer
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 10:54 PM
Nov 28

Served with homemade Dutch coleslaw and homemade applesauce

flvegan

(64,668 posts)
13. Not I
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 11:57 PM
Nov 28

Obviously. Had a great Celebration Roast with lots of sides.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, whatever you had!

Hotler

(12,400 posts)
17. Kielbasa & sauerkraut , pirogi's, warm German potato salad, Russian rye bread and peacan pie.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 10:55 AM
Nov 29
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