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It's that time again, boys and girls! That's right, time to plan the Thanksgiving menu!
Starting with the basics:
Turkey
Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans
Turkey this year will be done as it's been done with success in the past: in an oven bag with the onion and sage stuffing from Safeway. Why mess with perfection?
Potatoes are in question; do I want plain potatoes (with people complaining and only half the people eating them)? I think it's just the four of us this year: Me and zdude, Honey and Fish. Mashed potatoes has been so done, but there are so many ways to go so bad. I had the thought of horseradish mustard potatoes but I don't know if anyone (including me) would eat them. I think this requires a Pintrest search! Also, Sweet Potatoes - no one likes them but me (yes! Even with brown sugar and marshmellows! smh), so do I make them? Make them just for me? I'd eat them as left overs, but I'd like to do something unusual with them (and no, I don't use canned, ew).
zdude loves green beans, but only cooked from fresh and no sauce or anything done to them. I like green bean cassarole but I don't think either kid does; I don't know if they like green beans at all (Fish used to, but he's at the no-veggies/a-slice-of-bologna-or-the-entire-contents-of-the-freezer-is-a-complete-meal age). Some other veggie would be good, but I don't have any idea what.
So with these basics, I can start building a menu. With 2 1/2 picky eaters and only 4 people to plan for, I think this is gonna be kinda tricky. Also, Pintrest & AllRecipes dot com is gonna be my new best friends for this month. I also need some hor'd'vores ideas (the stuffed mushrooms were rejected by everyone but me last year - and *no one* wants day-after stuffed mushrooms) and I'd like other options in addition to chips n dip. Any ideas, friends list?
Starting with the basics:
Turkey
Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans
Turkey this year will be done as it's been done with success in the past: in an oven bag with the onion and sage stuffing from Safeway. Why mess with perfection?
Potatoes are in question; do I want plain potatoes (with people complaining and only half the people eating them)? I think it's just the four of us this year: Me and zdude, Honey and Fish. Mashed potatoes has been so done, but there are so many ways to go so bad. I had the thought of horseradish mustard potatoes but I don't know if anyone (including me) would eat them. I think this requires a Pintrest search! Also, Sweet Potatoes - no one likes them but me (yes! Even with brown sugar and marshmellows! smh), so do I make them? Make them just for me? I'd eat them as left overs, but I'd like to do something unusual with them (and no, I don't use canned, ew).
zdude loves green beans, but only cooked from fresh and no sauce or anything done to them. I like green bean cassarole but I don't think either kid does; I don't know if they like green beans at all (Fish used to, but he's at the no-veggies/a-slice-of-bologna-or-the-entire-contents-of-the-freezer-is-a-complete-meal age). Some other veggie would be good, but I don't have any idea what.
So with these basics, I can start building a menu. With 2 1/2 picky eaters and only 4 people to plan for, I think this is gonna be kinda tricky. Also, Pintrest & AllRecipes dot com is gonna be my new best friends for this month. I also need some hor'd'vores ideas (the stuffed mushrooms were rejected by everyone but me last year - and *no one* wants day-after stuffed mushrooms) and I'd like other options in addition to chips n dip. Any ideas, friends list?