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Ocelot II

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2. I had a Lean Cuisine baked chicken and mashed potato dinner.

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

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.

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Who's NOT having turkey for Thanksgiving dinner? [View all] Jilly_in_VA Nov 28 OP

I had ham, sweet potato and black bean and corn salad. My kitty and I celebrated in peace and quiet 😻 Deuxcents Nov 28 #1

I had a Lean Cuisine baked chicken and mashed potato dinner. Ocelot II Nov 28 #2

Chicken parm here. InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 28 #3

Traditional here.. Permanut Nov 28 #4

Vegetarian here... FalloutShelter Nov 28 #5

Same! ColinC Nov 28 #7

Veggie baked beans, from the Mountain People's Kitchen (Morgantown, WV) Cookbook. eppur_se_muova Nov 29 #15

I REALLY don't care for turkey, especially not to cook it for myself--- Jack Valentino Nov 28 #6

The tryptophan in turkey aggravates an arthritis condition here, so dobleremolque Nov 28 #8

Regarding sweet potatoes and marshmallows: Ocelot II Nov 28 #9

Gourmet Sweet Potato Classic 4.8 stars (2,616 recs) eppur_se_muova Nov 29 #14

Oh, we eat sweet potatoes.... just not adorned with the marshmallow sludge. Our favorite way is dobleremolque Nov 29 #16

Roast chicken instead of turkey chowmama Nov 28 #10

I normally would've made a seitan ham or turkey roast... buzzycrumbhunger Nov 28 #11

I had a baked potato cooked in the air fryer Kaleva Nov 28 #12

Not I flvegan Nov 28 #13

Kielbasa & sauerkraut , pirogi's, warm German potato salad, Russian rye bread and peacan pie. Hotler Nov 29 #17

We always roast a chicken instead 🙂 Luciferous Nov 29 #18