Now that it's about thanksgiving....i am looking for a side dish to bring to my family get together....What is your favorite thanksgiving side dish?.
Love Green Bean Casserole!
Strangely enough, zucchini casserole!. You'd never know there were veggies in it - it's made with Jiffy corn bread mix and cheddar cheese - my kids love it!
Mashed yams or sweet potatoes. I make them the day before and add ginger, nutmeg as well as some butter. Then I put the potatoes in a casserole dish and top with sweetened pecans. Not too fattening, yet tasty and looks good on the table.
My Aunt makes the most amazing broccoli rice casserole, but she uses the spicy Velveta cheese.. Mmmmm..
Of course our daughter makes the BEST pecan pie.. She is so precises it comes out perfect every time.. (she uses the recipe on the back of the Karo syrup bottle.).
Yams. Definitely the yams! It can't be Thanksgiving without them.
Also, we have my grandfather's "Million Dollar Salad", cream cheese, whipped cream, marshmallows, pineapple, cherries, and slivered almonds.
I love everything about Thanksgiving. I can't wait.
I can not separate them. I tend to mix my mashed, stuffing, and green bean casserole together, so to have it be the perfect side I need all three :)
Macaroni salad made with Kraft Rings macaroni (which are hard to find). The dressing for this salad also makes a great potato salad.
I made a corn and leek pudding a few years ago that was delicious, but I am a purist....good old mashed potatoes are my favorite.
Sweet Potato Casserole topped with Brown Sugar, Butter and Pecans.
I love love love wild rice. But my MIL makes a to-die-for corn casserole type of thing (truly defies description).
My favorite....ambrosia salad. Mmmmmmm yummy. Last year I didn't have it and it didn't feel like Thanksgiving.
I love this topic! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday!
It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without sweet potato casserole, which I insist on topping with marshmallows. Yummm...
This year, we're adding our new favorite veggie recipe, the Barefoot Contessa's roasted broccoli: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/parmesan-roasted-broccoli-recipe/index.html - I promise you have never tasted broccoli like this! My kids come back for seconds and thirds.
I make a layered sweet potato and cranberry casserole that my husband goes wild over. My whole family loves it actually. It's a pretty simple recipe.
4 lg. sweet potatoes
1/2 c. packed light brown sugar
2 tbsp. butter
1 c. fresh cranberries
1/2 c. fresh orange juice
Cook sweet potatoes, drain and cool slightly. Peel and cut into 1/4 inch slices. Arrange half sliced potatoes in greased 1 1/2 quart casserole and sprinkle with 1/4 cup brown sugar. Dot with butter and sprinkle 1/2 cup cranberries over top. Cover with remaining sweet potatoes, brown sugar and cranberries. Pour orange juice over all. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Uncover, distribute walnut topping over top and bake 10 minutes longer.
WALNUT TOPPING:
Mix together:
1/2 c. chopped walnuts
2 tbsp. melted butter
1 tbsp. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Cream Gravy made from turkey drippings :) :) :) On everything.
Roasted garlic mashed sweet potatoes: Roast one head of garlic. Bake sweet potatoes and regular potatoes in a 2:1 ratio. Mash the sweet potatoes, potatoes, and roasted garlic together with butter, sour cream, salt, pepper, and a little nutmeg.
Also, roasted brussel sprouts. Just trim the brussel sprouts, toss with olive oil, salt and pepper and roast until some of the ends are crispy. Mmmm.
Homemade Mac & Cheese :-)
My favorite side is homemade stuffing with sausage in it!
Green beans! This is one of those dishes that EVERYONE eats during Thanksgiving dinner.
Cut a pack of bacon in half. Cook the bacon a little in a skillet or in the microwave. Then, wrap each piece of bacon around several green beans (as many green beans as will fit) and secure the bacon with a tooth pick. Place all your bacon wrapped green beans in a casserole dish and bake at 350....not sure how long. It doesn't take too long though. Just until the bacon is cooked.
We use canned green beans and I like French cut best but you don't have to use as many with the regular green beans.
Layered salad. Lettuce, peas(frozen), cucumbers, celery, onion, radishes, bacon and dressing(mayo & sour cream).