Any new great dishes that you tried on your Thanksgiving?

[java]

Here it was the tipsy sweet potato recipe I got from the dis. It's actually a jack Daniels recipe. So yummy! That one staying on the menu next year.

 

[Katy Belle]

Here it was the tipsy sweet potato recipe I got from the dis. It's actually a jack Daniels recipe. So yummy! That one staying on the menu next year.

I am trying that one soon. In our family we always have thick slices of sweet potatoes, not mashed. So I tried out your recipe before Thanksgiving, with thick slices of sweet potatoes. DH thought it was way too sweet, sticky. I did boil the butter, JD, and sugar... but next time I will use more butter, OR follow as recipe was written

I made Mini Pumpkin Whoopie Pies, and took them to DHs family feast. There were 28 of us there and LOTS of desserts...pies, etc. Everyone loved the Whoopie Pies. I took 32 of them and they were gone! This is the third time I've made them this season, they are on the keep list.

 

[powellrj]

I made-up a dip recipe that I will be using. I love the little dessert dips mixes you buy at the specialty food stores, but I am cheap and decided to try one out using dry pudding mix instead. It was a big hit! I used a tub of cool whip, a brick of cream cheese and a box of chocolate turtle jello pudding mix and just mixed it all together. My mom and DDIL and DD sat and at the whole thing!

 

[jsmith]

Ellie Kriegers Green Bean Cassarole,mix and match stuffing with apples, cranberries,and wild rice and rosemary lemon butter for seasoning the bird-all from Food network magazine.
Also in 30 years as a fairly successful cook i never had good success with gravy-following their directions my gravy ROCKED

 

[Keli]

I tweaked a recipe for cauliflower au gratin for my SIL because he follows a fairly low carb diet lifestyle. I loved the dish, as did a lot of the family, and will be making it in the future. Unfortunately my SIL didn't like it, eeekk! He is not a fan of mushrooms (I didn't remember that) and that's one of the main ingredients outside of the cauliflower and cheddar cheese. I don't know if it will taste very good without them but I'm thinking of trying it again soon for him minus mushrooms and see if he likes it. I want him to have lots of choices at our holiday meals.

 

[majimikate]

Hey Katy, could you share that Mini Pumpkin Whoopie Pie recipe? That would be a hit here as well. We had 2 turkeys, one a traditional sage and butter herb, the other, a maple cranberry that was fabulous! Also, broccoli roasted with garlic, fresh breadcrumbs and bleu cheese was excellent as well. Both are keepers!

Chris

 

[acourtwdw]

I made cornbread stuffing instead of using regular white bread this year. It was the first time that I had done it and people loved it.

 

[minniebeth]

I was drooling over Bobby Flay's brussel sprouts in his Thanksgiving Throwdown show with Ree Drummond. So I got the approval from my family to make them with Thanksgiving dinner. I didn't follow his recipe, too tricky for us, so instead, I just coated them lightly with olive oil, salt and pepper, (cut in half) and pan cooked them. I hit them with a tad of balsamic vinegar and butter at the end and they were delicious. All three of my kids loved them too! Who would have ever thunk it?? Brussel sprouts!!

 

[Zandy595]

Not a dish, but my mom brought chocolate raspberry wine to Thanksgiving dinner that was a big hit. I don't like wine, but I really liked this. It probably took me 30 minutes to sip an ounce of it though. I'm not a big drinker and it was quite strong for me.

 

[Conservative Hippie]

At church on Wednesday someone brought a Poor Man's Pecan Pie - pecan pie with rolled oats instead of pecans. I loved it so much I made one when I got home that night and it is soooooo good! I just had another tiny slice with a dollop of cinnamon whipped cream. I have renamed it Nut Hater's Pecan Pie.

 

[punkin]

butternut squash with honey and lavender. I found the recipe online. Everyone loved it.

 

[Swimnoid]

I discovered I like sweet potatoes at Boma and have always wanted to try something with them but DH is not a fan. but this year I decided to do it anyway and made a casserole. OMG! It was so good...my favorite thing! DD also made a great dish of greens with bacon and onions! Everything was fantastic this year.

 

[disykat]

At church on Wednesday someone brought a Poor Man's Pecan Pie - pecan pie with rolled oats instead of pecans. I loved it so much I made one when I got home that night and it is soooooo good! I just had another tiny slice with a dollop of cinnamon whipped cream. I have renamed it Nut Hater's Pecan Pie.

I have to ahve this recipe! My husband loves pecan pies, but one of our kids doesn't do nuts due to allergies.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

I would love the nut hater pecan pie recipe!!!!

 

[phred52]

I would love the nut hater pecan pie recipe!!!!

me too!!

 

[Bonnie151]

Not a recipe and it's something most people can probably do blindfolded, but for the first time ever I managed to make a pie crust for my pumpkin pie that not only baked through (I am notorious for serving undercooked pastry shells ) but was light and flakey as well - will be repeating that recipe!

 

[MomofKatie]

I made Pecan Cheesecake Pie. Got the recipe from Southern Living online. Very good- kind of a cross between cheesecake and pecan pie.

 

[castleview]

I made Israeli cous cous with apples and dried cranberries in a maple syrup/apple cider vinaigrette. Major hit.

 

[Conservative Hippie]

I have to ahve this recipe! My husband loves pecan pies, but one of our kids doesn't do nuts due to allergies.

I would love the nut hater pecan pie recipe!!!!

me too!!

I used the recipe from allrecipes.com - I looked at several and decided this one looked the best. I did not have dark corn syrup, so I used about 3/4 cup of light corn syrup and 1/4 cup of molasses instead. I really liked the molasses flavor, so next time I may go 1/2 and 1/2. Also next time I may put in more oatmeal.

My waistline is very fortunate I did not discover this pie earlier in life.

 

[disykat]

thanks!