My favorite food holiday is almost here! I actually love cooking all day and then watching my family enjoy the yummy things I come up with. My family always makes certain traditional dishes and then I get to try one new recipe each year. I also like to play around with different turkey recipes. Last year I made a yummy Roasted Turkey from Cooking Light. It was very good. I liked the combination of the apple and rosemary and it made the house smell heavenly! This year I am going to keep it simple with a Maple-Glazed Turkey since I will be cooking at my Mom's house. 
Last year I also made this delicious Butternut Squash-Leek Soup . My oldest daughter helped me make it and I actually want to add it to our every year list. We always have lots of guests, so everyone just got a small cup full and it was perfect that way.I also love sweet potatoes, but I don't like them with the over sweet marshmallows on top. I like to keep it a little more simple, but still sweet and yummy with Brown Sugar-glazed Sweet Potato Wedges . You can make these a day or two in advance which is always helpful for a crowded oven.
Then of course we have mashed potatoes, cornbread stuffing and cranberry sauce. Somewhere through the years we also added macaroni and cheese to our list of regulars. Doesn't sound fancy enough for Thanksgiving dinner does it? I think it started because that is my brother's favorite dish. It works because now it is my son's favorite dish, so what can you do?
What is your favorite Thanksgiving side dish?
1 comment:
That's great that you enjoy cooking all that...because I hate it! It's so much work that by the time we sit down to eat, I'm too tired to enjoy it! I enjoy going to someone else's house and bringing some side dishes and helping clean up afterwards! :)
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