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Thanksgiving dinner help!?

My husband and I had decided to stay home for Thanksgiving this year as other family members has not decided to get together.If I make a dinner for just my husband and I;I would make too much and I have a feeling all the food I made will go to waste.I do not want to go out for dinner either.What recipies I could make for the 2 of us?

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Just do 2 Game hens with mash potatoes, corn on the cob, salad and pumpkin pie.
You could donate the food you don't want to those in need or better yet invite people over who cannot be with their families
Why don't you try using half of the recipe? Instead of a cup of flour use a half cup. And if you still have leftovers, either freeze it, or take it to someone who is out on the street that does not have a Thanksgiving meal.
aw two of you use cornish hens for your meal instead of turkey..they are small and one is enough for each of you..you can stuff them have potatoes and squash and there shouldn't be much waste.
Hey, don't worry about it. Buy a big turkey. Cook, eat, and then freeze the left-overs for another day down the road. There's also another thing. You just may know someone who doesn't have family to have Thanksgiving in, and you could invite them over. They'll take care of the leftovers! Have a great Thanksgiving!
You could do a Turkey breast and stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, homemade cranberry/orange relish, veg of choice and homemade rolls. Dessert of choice. Leftovers will be wonderful for the weekend. If you don't like leftovers and don't mind nontraditional, just have your favorite luxury food and revel in it! Faith
Instead of a whole turkey, why not a turkey breast? Then only make what you like..such as mashed potatoes,stuffing one veggie or another etc, etc. in smaller amounts.
You could buy some turkey breasts, pound them out, put some stuffing in the middle, roll them up, and bake. Serve with gravy on top. Have some veggies and salad and a nice dessert.
are you sure you want to do all that work for two people? a small turkey breast with no bones will simplify things with mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce..make normal size and then have leftovers the next night
Make a fantastic chicken dinner and have lots of fun together!
8-10lb Turkey would be good....small stuffing Get a bag follow directions add sliced peeled apples{1}....cranberry sauce.8oz can....mash-potatoes.....8oz can corn.....
wanna try steak, salad and dessert and of course wine. Can find recipies from www.allrecipies.com. they have very nice suggestions Cheers Hope you have an enjoyable evening.
You could make a small chicken instead of turkey
Buy just the turkey breast, macaroni and cheese, candied yams, conbread dressing, green beans and potatoes, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, and sweet potato pie. If you don't feel like making a pie, just buy a Mrs. Smith's apple pie. They're good.
Go with two cornish hens stuffed with something interesting like a dried cranberry and almond cornbread stuffing. On the side, why not some turnip mashed potatoes, then some bacon wrapped asparagus for a veggie.....you can do a mango salsa for a little color if you want. For desert a pumpkin parfait is easy to do.
I agree with Texasdream that was the first thing that came to my mind. If you dontated your left over food that would be a wonderful charitable thing to do. Im sure they will be many people out there who wont get to enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. Donate your food to a soup kitchen or church. Im sure if you watch the local news as Thanksgiving approaches they will have info on where people can help out or donate food to less fortuante people.
There are a few options here, first, you could make the normal amount, then you put the leftovers into individual servings, put them in the freezer and you have your own TV dinners with less sodium, fat, etc. as the store bought ones. Secondly, you could make a turkey breast instead of a whole turkey, and you would have less leftovers. Thirdly, if you go to the butcher, you could buy pieces of the turkey, instead of a whole one, incase you don't like white meat. You can also buy pre-sliced, pre-made turkey, stove stop stuffing, etc. and do it that way.
buy just the turkey breast, or get two cornish hens
Just make a small turkey breast, a box of stove top. Some biscuits, mashed potatoes, your favorite veggie, and a pumpkin pie
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?q=Baked%20Corn This is a great recepie site given to me by some users here. This gives you not only the recepie but even cuts it down to however many people you are cooking for. Try it out OK?
well you could get turkey breast in a pack. an cook it like you would a turkey. for stuffing get the stove top stuffing. it might make a lot so you could cook half of it. for gravy get a gravy pack. or. take the juice from the turkey breast and make gravy. for mashed potatos get like 4 or 5 of them and boil them and mash them with tons of butter, sour cream, garlic, salt and peper. yams or sweet potatos. get a few (kinda like the potatos) mash the put mini marshmallows on it and bake. pick any veggies you want and only buy one can of each. cranberrys 1 can. you could make a small pumpkin pie or buy a small one. smae thing with apple pie.
Cook a whole chicken or a half turkey/ham, rolls, stuffing, corn (on cob or cream), mac & cheese or broccoli & cheese, potato salad or mashed potatoes & gravy, deviled eggs. You don't have to make a lot of this stuff (since this comes in cans or boxes) so you can cook how much you will eat. For dessert you could make 1 pie or cake of your choice. (cheesecake, pumpkin pie, sweet potatoe pie, apple pie, cherry pie or just make some banana pudding) I am already getting hungry! Good Luck & have a happy Thanksgiving.