I’m just cooking for 1 this year so I paired my meal back to what I consider the essentials.
Marinade Roast Turkey
Apple and Hotlink Stuffing
Wasabi Mashed Potatoes
I’m debating about making a pecan pie, I don’t need the calories but it’s been my signature dish since I was 14 and I’m having people hit me up for my recipe so they can eat it my absence. If so it’s a chocolate bourbon pecan pie.
Turkey for me and my friends, tofurkey for the veggie S.O.
Mashed Yukon Gold potatoes
Stuffing with green chiles or fresh herbs (haven’t decided yet)
Collard greens
Cucumber-pomegranate seed salad (really yummy!)
Tossed green salad
Biscuits
Pumpkin spiced bread
Pecan pie with ice cream
Wine - Chardonnay, probably
My mother is experimenting with a turducken. Not sure what else is on the menu.
Appetizers:
Brie-stuffed mushrooms
Four kinds of grilled sausages from a local maker
Jalapeno poppers
Deviled eggs
Main:
Smoked turkey
Roast turkey
Baked ham
Artichoke-parmesan stuffing
Sausage-apple stuffing
Gravy
Mashed potatoes
Roasted sweet potatoes
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Green beans with shallots and almonds
Grandma’s creamed corn
Grilled aspasagus
Homemade cranberry jelly
Dinner rolls
Dessert:
Pumpkin pie
Berry pie
I’m making most of it. We may have as many as 24 people.
Turkey and its’ gravy
stuffing (homemade 
this year’s has both corn and wheat bread, apples, sage, onion, etc…)
cranberry jelly (the quivering canshape!)
cranberry-mandarin relish (homemade)
curried squash (one New Dish per year… last year it was chipotle sweet potatoes.)
mashed potatoes
asparagus casserole (totally new to me!)
green salad
dinner rolls (these last four being brought by my collaborator)
sweet potato pie
I think we are feeding seven.
We just do the usual, plus a soup I thought the kids would despise but which they demand every year
Butternut squash soup with cider cream
Turkey
Scratch gravy
Ginger orange cranberry sauce
Mashed potatoes
Green bean casserole (this year I’m making from scratch, but I think we’ll probably hate it)
Gross dressing my evil sister in law brings
Pumpkin pie
It’s always hard to resist doing too much - we already have too many leftovers as it is without putting more dishes on the table. We’re feeding nine, three of whom are children.
Appetizers:
-Olive tapanade and goat cheese puffs
-Three-cheese souffle in herb shells
Main:
-Turkey
-Stuffing - homemade
-Gravy
-Cranberry sauce – from cans, both smooth and whole berry
-Goat cheese scalloped potatoes (Except my step-father, who insists that a Thanksgiving without mashed potatoes is like a spring day without sneezing, will be enjoying a single serving of instant mashed potatoes. And I hope he chokes on them.)
-Green bean casserole
-Apple cider glazed roasted root vegetables
-Candied yams – no marshmallow topping, thanksverymuch
-Sourdough rolls
-Asparagus
Dessert:
-Flourless chocolate cake
-Pumpkin cheesecake
-Apple crumble pie
Followed by chips and dips and whatnot for the rest of the day.
There will be just four of us. Ugh, I expect to have no room in my fridge for at least a week.
We’re cooking twice, once for us, and again for our indigent neighbors. The menus vary:
In common:
(brined) Turkey
Cornbread dressing
Hot bread
Corn souffle
Us:
Cranberry salad
Smashed taters and gravy
Green beans
Pie
Neighbors:
No sugar cranberry salad
Collard greens
Sweet potatoes
No sugar pumpkin pie
I am having tacos with ground turkey,cheese, tomato and onion,on soft corn shells.
Whole pickled Serrano and Jalapeno peppers.
A chocolate donut.
Milwaukees Best
Where do you stay when in the Mojave?
Make that 25…I’m coming over.
Great menu!
Yes, a caftan, and make it a roomy one!
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Also, the recipe for the pumpkin-caramel cheesecake, please 
(and pear tart tatin- how elegant of you!)
I’m having a potluck dinner with 6 or 7 other people in my student house. I’m fixing cornbread dressing and apple crumble. The person who organized the whole thing managed to find turkey and canned cranberry sauce somewhere, which means he’s a much more dedicated shopper than me (at least when it comes to the cranberry sauce), as we’re not in the US at the moment.
I don’t know what anyone else is cooking, but as there’s only us two Americans, I expect a rather random assortment of nontraditional dishes. And no pumpkin pie, unfortunately.
My menu:
Salads and Garde Manger Platters:
Honey-Cured Turkey Salad of toasted walnuts, apples, wild rice, dried cranberries, caramelized apple vinaigrette
Classic Caesar Salad of herb croutons, Sarvecchio Parmesan, roasted garlic dressing
Corn Bread Panzanella Salad
Autumn Beet Salad of spiced pecans, grilled pears, Gorgonzola cheese, sherry vinaigrette
Grilled Radicchio Salad of capers, cherry tomatoes, basil, knob onions, balsamic vinaigrette
Caramelized Brussels Sprouts Salad of pancetta, pine nuts, Belgioioso Pepato cheese, pancetta cider dressing
Duck Confit and Sweet Potato Salad of green beans, watercress, orange and thyme vinaigrette
Assorted Garde Manger Platters
Assorted Juices & Smoothies
Assorted Canapés
Seafood Station:
Shrimp Cocktail, Hot Smoked Salmon, Trout Mousse, Salmon Roulade, Smoked Chubs, Chef Seared George’s Bank Scallops all with Traditional Sauces, Garnishes, and Accompaniments
Pasta Station:
Bowtie Pasta with shredded duck confit, spinach, mushrooms, Madeira sauce
Whole Wheat Penne Pasta with roasted squash, applewood-smoked bacon, Sarvecchio Parmesan cheese, chestnut cream sauce
Carving Station:
Peppercorn-Crusted Beef Sirloin with whole-grain mustard, herb mayonnaise, horseradish, red wine demi-glace
Slow-Roasted Turkey Breast with giblet pan gravy, spiced cranberry compote
Entrees:
Maple-Glazed Pork Loin with wild mushroom risotto, crispy shallots, bourbon sauce
Pan-Seared Cobia with root vegetable and apple hash, lemon thyme butter sauce
Sweet Potato and Aged Cheddar Gratin
Sour Cream and Chive Red Bliss Potatoes
Old Fashioned Bread and Sausage Stuffing
Desserts:
Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie
Kentucky Bourbon Pecan Pie
Apple Raisin Pie
Applesauce Cake with cider, cream cheese frosting
Eggnog Cheesecake
Chocolate Almond Cake
Chocolate Banana Rum Tart
Pear Mousseline Torte
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[li]Roasted turkey with sage butter (brined a la Alton Brown, roasted with sage-compounded butter under the skin)[/li][li]Sausage and chestnut stuffing[/li][li]Chestnut gravy[/li][li]Haricots verts with warm bacon vinaigrette[/li][li]Sweet potato and ginger spoonbread[/li][/ul]Dessert is supposed to be a pumpkin pie that our youngest is bringing. If that doesn’t work out, I’ll make roasted grape and walnut parfaits.
Pinot Noir or Beaujolais Nouveau with dinner.
Yikes, but some of you have really big menus - a few of you I think ahve more food than I’ve even over the course of my life!
Word of warning, I’m Canadian so we had Thanksgiving 6 weeks ago (our Thanksgiving falls on your Columbus Day)* - I was cleaning out the freezer yesterday and I found a Ziplock bag of rock-solid … something … labelled “Turkey”. So you Yanks will probably still have some left over when it’s time to carve the Christmas turkey!
*for the record, since I’m one of the few that can answer this definitively (who knows what plans may change for the rest of ya), we had ham and turkey and stuffing (I LOVE stuffing) and gravy and corn and carrots and mashed potatoes (my stomach can’t handle potatoes tho) and pumpkin pie.
Yeah, we already had our Thanksgiving. Can we come to your place?
Appetizers:
Deviled eggs
Crudite tray
Guacamole, salsa & chips
Hummus & Wheat Thins
Main & Sides:
Roast turkey (stuffed with apples, onions & garlic for cooking)
Cornish hens
Honeybaked ham
Cornbread stuffing
Fruit salad
2 dozen rolls from Grandy’s
Cranberry chuntney
Cranberry sauce (canned)
Sweet potatoes (with marshmallows)
Green beans
Corn
Jalepeno cornbread
Desserts:
Pumpkin spicebread
Apple pie
Cherry pie
Cheesecake
Chocolate chip cookies
Pumpkin pie
Drinks:
Coke, Dr. Pepper (grab a can)
Lemonade
White wine
Red wine
Dessert wine
All this for 15 people, give or take.
Excess, much?
For appetizers, we’re going to put out some raw veggies and ranch dip. I predict no one will touch it, but at least it’s a no-brainer.
Then we’re going to smoke a couple of ducks (Duuuude…
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Stuffing with sausage, apples, and jalapenos
Green beans with bacon and candied garlic
Oven-roasted sweet and white potatoes
Olives and pickles
Biscuits
Wine (pinot noir and gewurtztraminer)
Ice cream and turtle pie
It doesn’t look like much, but we’re not having many people over, and we always seem to wind up with too much food anyway!
On second thought, Qadgop, what’s your address?
My bro in law is firing up the turkey fryer, so I’ll be having some of that.
Lots of other food.
beer.
Cuban black bean soup
Roasted turkey breasts with carmelized root vegetables and dried currant sauce
Whatever my sister brings for dessert.