Thanksgiving
 

We are a week away from Thanksgiving, thus the holiday season begins. What is everyone doing? Whether it be cooking or visiting... Lets share a favorite receipe. I think we did this last year or it may have been on Yorkie Talk.It will be fun and we can exchange different dishes.


I usually cook and have about 25 for dinner, this year my sis in law is having it, I will make a dish or two to help her out. I will be hosting Christmas Eve instead this year. I will post later one of my favorite Thanksgiving receipes....

Oh fun thread! I am on my way out, but I'll share a recipe asap! :)

Y'all know that I'm going to my daughters. I'm not big on cooking, so I ordered
stuffed shells, grilled veggies in vinaigrette and mixed roasted potatoes. I'll bring them up. Her MIL is bringing desert and the appetizers, so all she has to do is the turkey, stuffing and her green bean dish.

Oh I dunno...Might cook a frozen pizza that day. :D


Here's a recipe for a beautiful and very yummy dish.

Crandberry-Pineapple Gelatin Salad

2 (3-ounce) packages raspberry gelatin
1/2 envelope unflavored gelatin
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup cold water
1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple packet in its own juice
1 (15-ounce) can whole cranberry sauce
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts


Topping:
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
1/4 cup confectioners sugar
2 tablespoons whipped cream
1/4 cup walnuts

Spray a 4-cup gelatin mold or a 9-inch swuare pan w/ vegi oil cooking spray. In a medium glass mixing bowl, combine the raspberry gelatin and unflavored gelatin. Add 1 cup boiling water and stir with a metal spoon continuously for 2 minutes, until the gelatin is completely dissolved. Stir in 1/2 cup cold water. Add the pineapple and juice, cranberry sauce, and walnuts. Stir with a metal spoon until all ingredients are completely incorporated. Pour the mixture into the prepared mold, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm.

About 1 hour before serving, invert the mold onto a serving platter and allow to sit at room temperature; the salad will release itself and come clean from the mold.

Combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, whipped cream and walnuts in bowl. Spoon into the center of the mold.

Candied Yam Souffle
 

Candied Yam Souffle

1 stick butter
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 large (40-ounce) cans large yams or sweet potatoes, drained
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 (12-ounce) jar marshmallow topping

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add brown sugar and pecans. Simmer for 3 minutes. Meanwhile, place drained yams in a large bowl and mash finely with a potato masher (leaving some chunked pieces). Pour sugar/pecan mixture over yams. Stir until combined thoroughly. Add in cinnamon and nutmeg. Transfer to a metal pie pan. Top with marshmallow topping. Bake for 15 minutes at 325 degrees F. Remove from the oven and raise the oven temperature to 400 degrees F. Bake for an additional 10 minutes to brown the top, watching carefully to keep from over-browning.

Serves 8

Thanksgiving is in October here :p But I'll tell you what we DID do! We had it at my aunt and uncle's house with my three cousins, more aunts and uncles, grandma, and my parents came into town for it. We had ham and roast moose (not traditional, but my uncle hates turkey!) and potatoes and veggies, and for the first time in my life I had yorkshire pudding! Mmmmm now I'm hungry!

We can't eat any of the foods right now and I have to tutor someone that day but I will be logging into 4wt to hear how your holiday is going and to feel part of a community.

Most of you know we dont celebrate Thanksgiving here, but i wish each, and everyone of you a total blast, have a wonderful time, and be merry ;)

From me as well :cheer: :cheer:

Thanks Mandy and Highlans. Even though we don't eat the foods, we do take the time to be grateful for what we have as a family and to be in touch with family members who are too far to see in person. It's really quite nice.

(We're not into the American football games but we get a kick out of our friends who are - big ones on Thanksgiving!)

Can't post now either, but will soon. I'm off to work shortly and this evening am going to spend a long weekend with Melissa working on her wedding. Anxious to see what happens to this thread over the weekend. I love collecting tried and true recipes!!!!:D :D

I actually found this recipe on YT a few years back and it's been a hit ever since!!


APPLE BREAD!

Oven 325, bakes in about 1 hour and 10 minutes

3 eggs, slightly beaten
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 Tablespoon vanilla

3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

4 cups chopped, pared, cored apples (about 3-4) (this puts to good use that darned apple/peeler/corer slicer thing you got at a Pampered Chef party years ago and never used!)
1 cup chopped pecans

topping:
2 Tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to slow 325. Grease and flour two 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch loaf pans (or I use those mini loaf pans)

2. Stir together the eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla in medium sized bowl until well mixed.

3. Combine the flour, soda and cinnamon on piece of waxed paper, and then then stir into liquid ingredients until just evenly mixed. Stir in the apples and pecans. The mixture will be very thick and gloppy.

Divide between the loaf pans.

4: Prepare the topping: combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small cup, and sprinkle over the loaves.

5: Bake in preheated slow oven at 325 for 1 hour and 10 minutes, approximately. Check it carefully with a tester inserted in center comes out CLEAN. Make sure it's done. Sometimes in my oven they take longer than the time specified. Make sure they are done. Nothing worse than raw middle.

I can't believe how fast the holiday is approaching. One week from today and I haven't bought that first thing yet. Been way to busy with Mom in the hopital and just haven't had time. I'm not sure exactly what is happening with us this year. Usually I fix the meal for hubby's side, but this year there is only us three and his stepsister and her two grown kids. I may see if we can all go to my sister-in-laws. I think Mom was wanting to have it, but hopefully I can talk her into letting SIL have it and she take it easy this year. We'll see.

Also, I thought I posted a stuffed mushroom recipe, but can't seem to find it, also can't find the one here at home. If anyone comes across it, would you please let me know. I do know it had crabmeat in it and the mushrooms were wonderful.

I think you should still have turkey and stuffing and Sheryl's cranberry sauce.
It's just such a nice dinner!

I agree! Go for Mandy!!! Celebrate with us. :)