A Sneak Preview of My Thanksgiving Menu: My guests better come hungry!

With a tweak here or there, the bulk of my Thanksgiving menu stays the same year after year...

For holidays like Thanksgiving, once your friends and family grow attached to certain dishes and if they don't get to experience the tastes that they remember, it just doesn't seem like the holiday. To keep everyone happy, each year I find myself adding new dishes without subtracting the tried and true...making for an inordinate amount of food!

Thanksgiving Menu-2009

Hors d’oeuvres

*Guacamole + Hummous with Blue Corn chips and baby carrots, mixed pitted olives

*Mushroom ears

Dinner

*Maple Glazed Sliced Turkey (I make 2 with extra bottom quarters to serve about 35-40 over Thanksgiving and Shabbat)

*Turkey Gravy +* vegetarian gravy

*Cranberry Sauce

*Cornbread Stuffing

Wild & White Rice Stuffing with Pearl Onions and Dried Fruit

*Sweet Potato Casserole

*Smashed Root Vegetables with Caramelized Onions

*Brussels Sprouts with Dill and Walnuts

Pumpkin-Yam Timbale

*Candied Parsnips

*Chestnuts, Pearl Onions and Celery

*Steamed Green Beans

*Roasted Squash

Dessert

*Pumpkin Chiffon Pie

*Spiced Apple Pie

*Pear Pie with Hazelnut Topping

*Double Pecan Pie

*Sugar Cookies in the shape of Turkeys

Fruit platter/strawberries

To drink: Lots and lots of apple cider (sparkling & flat) and wine

Look for all recipes with an asterisk on the Kosher Cookbook App (the others will soon follow with the next upgrade!)