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Thanksgiving recipes?

My husband will be home a few days before Thanksgiving after doing a 15 month deployment to Iraq and we are having all of our family over, they will be traveling over 2,400 miles to get here and I want to make this a very special Thanksgiving so Im starting to plan now. Im going to make all the tradiontal food..turkey, mashed potatoes, yams, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie etc. What else would be good..I was thinking of bread pudding? There will be 16 people eating and they cant bring a dish due to the fact they are flying, plus i love cooking so any ideas or recipes would be greatly appreciated!!!

Public Comments

1. I always make lots of appetizers when family comes. I know when I put out a relish tray with olives, pickles, stuffed celery(with pimento cheese and some with peanut butter), pickled veggies they go fast. I also always have chips and dips. When family comes that far there's gonna be a lot of munching and talking. As for dinner, we always do the turkey, gravy, rolls, sweet potatoes (with marshmallows and some baked with just butter like a baked potato as some people don't like the sweet version), green beans, broccoli, salad, fruit cocktail, dressing, potato salad, and sometimes gumbo and french bread too along with whatever stuff people bring. But every family has different faves. Now we add tamales to our get togethers as we have new family members that enjoy them. It is a matter of blending all the family faves together. I would give each member a call and just talk to them about their favorite holiday moments and foods. Then I would compile a list of one item from each person and if needed call them and get the recipe. This way, everyone has something they enjoy.
2. Buy the turkey gravy at the store along with some Hawaiian salad in the deli. Spinach dip, taco dips seven layer salads are also sold there.
3. Oh! How wonderful! Please thank him for us and a special thank-you to you for your sacrifice. Maybe some macaroni and cheese, apple pie with ice cream (can't get more American than that). Ask his Mom, if your able, for his favorite childhood food and serve that too. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, you all have a lot to be thankful for!