With Thanksgiving fast approaching, many of us are planning our menus and writing down shopping lists.
This year, I’m keeping it simple, since I’ll be working the night before. I’ll share a few menu ideas with you.
My family is going to be in Florida this Thanksgiving! That’s the best gift I could ask for:). I know you get gifts on Christmas, not Thanksgiving, but I’m counting my blessings. My brother is getting married the weekend after Thanksgiving, so that means we’ll all be gathered at my place on Thursday to carve the turkey.
I’d love to hear what will be on your tables this year. Share some thoughts.
Brined Roast Turkey
Side Dishes:
Mashed Potatoes
Rice or Barley Stuffing (Rice or barley, carrots, onions, celery, garlic, cheese)
Other Meat/Seafood Dishes Besides Turkey:
Turkey Gravy
Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff or regular Beef Stroganoff
Baked Sole With Herbs and Breadcrumbs
Veggies/Salads/Appetizers
Crunchy Cabbage Cucumber Salad
Turkey Pinwheels With Roasted Veggie Spread
Tomato, Roasted Corn and Avocado Salad
Desserts:
Raspberry “Piece of Cake” Cake
Chocolate Shortcake Bars With Creamy Ricotta Filling
How many of you are hosting Thanksgiving dinner at your house?
Do you have any special family traditions?
What is one dish that you ALWAYS serve?
*Note:
I am NOT making all these dishes!
This post is about giving you some Thanksgiving Menu Ideas, NOT Olga’s Thanksgiving menu:).
I chose a few different options for each category – side dishes, meat dishes, veggies, salads, appetizers and desserts that I thought would go well together and for would be good choices for a Thanksgiving dinner. For example, keeping in mind that the turkey would be taking up room in the oven, most of the other dishes were chosen because they didn’t need to be prepared in the oven. I chose desserts that could be made ahead of time.
I hope this helps.
My menu will be very simple this year. Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, another meat dish, a few appetizers, veggies and dessert.
Wow … Are you serving ALL of that?
Of course not!! I just put up some ideas:)
Oohhh… lol, I thought you said that it was your menu. Ok. Thank you for the ideas
That’s a lot of food! You are amazing!
Hi Galina,
I’m not making all that food. I just put up some ideas.
On the menu:
Turkey breast in a crock pot (roast beef recipe) I hope it works out
Mashed potatoes
Sunshine broccoli salad
shuba (if we get a chance to stop at a Russian store for fish) or salad olivye
Dessert (leftovers from what we will bake for schools 1st graders thanksgiving feast)
Vegetables and fruits that we plan on “playing” with and eating (ideas from pintrest)
Our Thanksgiving will be very simple because we have lots going on before and after Thanksgiving Day this week.
Happy Thanksgiving to your family from ours!
Olga i love your blog, very unique and you cover recipes that not everyone thinks of and thats what makes it so interesting to read . the peaches pastries are such a throwback , me and my grandma used to make these and i will SOOOOOO be making these ,we also used the beet and carrot juice and it was wonderful to see that natural way again as opposed to the dyes that we have in abundance in america which is nothing wrong using some dyes of course. My husband is American and his parents do a fantastic Thanksgiving spread and this year i will be contributing some by bringing a Medovik cake which im sure you know of.
The menu :
20lb turkey
brown sugar glazed ham
mash and gravy
dressing (we are in the South so its not a stuffing LOL)
green bean casserole w fried onions on top
sweet potato casserole w mini marshmallows
rolls
various olives and pickles on side
deviled eggs
Apple pie and Medovik cake by muah
Happy Thanksgiving and thank you for your wonderful blog !