Brining the turkey in apple juice/water and salt/spices, then smoking/indirect grilling on charcoal with apple wood, turns out great year after year…Wanted to see what y’all serve with the Turkey and get some ideas or try something other than green bean casserole, mashed taters, etc…Cooking for 3 this year so that makes it tough but we like leftovers…Gracias…
Try roasting some vegetables in the oven; potatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips, carrots etc. mix and match what you like. Peel and cut into bite size pieces toss in olive oil on a baking sheet, season with Kosher salt and coarse ground pepper, then pop into a 400 degree oven for twenty minutes. You will not be disappointed.
Pioneer 222 Sportfish
Yamaha 250
Now see, that’s what I am talking about…I forgot about that…Last year someone bought me an Omaha Steaks gift that came with a couple bags of frozen vegetables like you mentioned and that’s how I cooked them, easy and turned out great…Thank you Long E for jarring my memory…
My mother-in-law makes a spinach souffle that is amazing. Scalloped oysters are also a favorite.
Corn Pudding!
I make a Cranberry Salad with fresh Cranberries,celery,orange,and pecans that is simple but great. Has a crunch and all with the pecans and celery,when I had a crowd always had to make two batches. The Roasted Veggies are wonderful,you could also try just roasting Brussell sprouts, same technique as the other veg.
This is my own recipe, it tastes a lot like Pimento Cheese, every year about 200 people have it at work (Thanksgiving Party) and really like it.
Palmetto Macaroni and Cheese
Ingredients:
3-4 boxes of Deluxe Macaroni and Cheese for each 9X13 Tray
6-8 oz Sour Cream
1/3 stick of butter
8-10oz Shredded Sharp cheddar cheese
Roasted Red Peppers (these are bell peppers they are sweet and not hot)
Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce (vary amount to taste)
Directions:
Cook Noodles, Drain, put to the side. Open the cheese packets into the pot you cooked the noodles in. Add butter, 4-6oz of the Shredded Cheese and the sour cream, slowly melt together the cheese sauce will burn very easy. Add Sriracha Hot Sauce in 2-4 oz increments and taste not to make it too hot. Mix in Macaroni Noodles. Then break up Roasted Red Pepper into over the mix, fold into the mix, these will break up into small pieces if over mixed, don’t break them too much. Poor out ½ the mixture into the 13x9 pan, cover with a layer of shredded cheese then poor remaining mixture into pan and coat with top layer of cheese. Bake, covered, at 350 degrees until cheese on top has fully melted.
I like this topic, may use some of these next week!
I have been messing with my smoker this year- I’d suggest trying smoked eggs- just hard/soft boil and peel, then smoke at 200 for 20-30mins or whenever they take on the right color. if they don’t get eaten as is, split them and make deviled eggs out of them, it’s delicious!
I am an egg fanatic, probably eat a dozen hard boiled a week…Smoked hard boiled eggs sounds pretty (**() creative, I may have to try that…If you like hard boiled eggs and don’t have a Cuisinart Egg Central, put it on your Christmas list, trust me…I did B,B, & Beyond because they constantly mail $5 off coupons in the mail…