Talking turkey …

In addi­tion to clean­ing my desk this week­end, I also got in the ol’ recipe box in an attempt to fig­ure out what I want to make for Thanks­giv­ing din­ner. Can’t believe it’s two weeks from Thurs­day. Another year’s almost gone. Sigh.

But any­way, back to the food. My mom is tak­ing care of the turkey and corn­bread dress­ing (so good … I’m already drool­ing). I think I’ll roast some red pota­toes and baby car­rots in veg­etable broth in the oven and make my sweet-and-sour pasta salad. I’m also plan­ning on mak­ing a choco­late Bundt cake.

But the thing I’m most excited about is the cran­berry sauce. This year, I think I’ll be bold and make my own. I found a recipe that calls for cran­ber­ries, dried apri­cots, honey, water, and orange juice. Sounds good, doesn’t it? :scooby:

What about you guys? What’s on your Thanks­giv­ing menu?

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  1. Wow your cran­berry sauce sounds good. This year my hus­band and I will be mak­ing our own full Thanks­giv­ing meal for the first time. I don’t know how this will go over. I’m a lit­tle scared. We decided that we would make our own and an invite a needy fam­ily from our neigh­bor­hood to join us. I hope we don’t dis­ap­point. I think I’ll use your recipe so at least one thing will be good.
    By the way. I fin­ished Jinx last month and it was Fan­tas­tic! Thanks for the great books.

  2. Shan­non — You’re braver than I am. I leave the hard part (the turkey and dress­ing) up to my mom. I’m bet­ter at side dishes and desserts any­way. That’s really, really nice what you’re doing for the other fam­ily. I’m sure every­thing will turn out great.

    Thank you for the nice words. So glad you enjoyed it! :cool:

  3. My menu = MIL’s choice. I’ve only had T-giving at my house once, and since I was due to give birth at any moment, I didn’t have to do much of the cook­ing :) .

  4. What’s on the menu all depends on whether I decide to go to Golden Cor­ral or 8 China Buffet.

    And if you don’t mind, could you please post that cran­berry sauce recipe?

  5. Jody — Host­ing it and not actu­ally hav­ing to cook? Sounds like you had it made that year. :wink:

    Pur­pleRanger — Sure, I can post the recipe.