I just realized I didn't actually answer the question of what is derby pie! It has a filling similar to pecan pie but with chocolate in it. Oh and the crust is so flaky! You can find it at:  http://www.atasteofkentucky.com

 

Kelcy

We have the basics

Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, creamed onions, squash, cranberry sauce, but our main focus is on PIE!!!  I make 2 and my mom, 2 aunts and sister in law each bring 2 more each!  Here's what's on the menu this year:

Chocolate Cream

Coconut Cream

Apple

Lemon Meringue

Pumpkin

Pecan

Key Lime

Raspberry-Rhubarb

Blueberry

Cheesecake

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

Michele

At our house we'll have 4 adults and 2 children; the menu includes: Smoked Turkey (a la Sam's Club LOL), Cornbread Dressing, Sweet Potato Soufle, Mashed potatioes and gravy, Blueberry Gelatin Salad, and Fruit Salad.  For dessert Pumpkin Pie Cake and German Chocolate Cake.  I REALLY wanted to try roasting a turkey from scratch in my new roaster - but smoked turkey is our 'tradition' and hubby wanted it.  Soooo - I'll just have to try that roasted turkey in a couple of weeks!!

so......... how did everyone's menu turn out? 

 

I scratched the pumpkin cake and the green onion cheese ball....  I didn't get the thermometer in the right spot on the turn so it wasn't quite done but it was pretty close. 

 

It was a great day with very little stress!  Hope everyone's turned out well.

 

Blessings,  ~Suzie

Everything was fantastic...except my pumpkin rolls !!!  The filling didn't turn out right (it was more opaque than white like cream cheese) and the roll itself stuck to the towel horribly and cracked in several places (I did sprinkle powdered sugar on the towel first).  Don't know if I'll try that again !!

 

But everything else was great !!!!

I am going to repeat last years menu but on a smaller scale since I am not expecting as much company...

 

Turkey - I brined it and slow cooked it on the bbq pit

Honey Baked Ham

Broccoli

Mac-n-cheese

Cornbread Dressing - My mom makes it from SCRATCH and this year I told her I HAVE to have the recipe

Gibblet Gravy

Cranberry Sauce

Candied Yams

Monkey Bread

 

Buttercake

Sweet Potatoe Pie

I'm really struggling this year.  Normally we have some family come and visit, but nobody's coming up this year.  As far as I know (unless I find some stray friends to invite), it's just the 5 of us - 2 adults and 3 kids (13,11,7).  I can't imagine not making all the food I usually make, but at the same time, it's a lot of food for just us.  Hence my struggle.  The normal menu is:

 

1 turkey roasted in the oven (usually a big one, around 20 lbs)

1 turkey cooked in our smoker (smaller, around 13 lbs)

mashed potatoes

mac-n-cheese

green bean cassarole

stuffing

corn

cranberry sauce (for DH, he's the only one of us who likes it)

rolls

apple pie (for DH and 2 of the kids)

pumpkin pie (for me and the other kid)

 

The real kicker is that I have an impossibly small oven, so a lot of stuff either has to be done ahead of time or else while the turkey is "resting" before carving.  It makes holiday meals very hectic.

 

Teresa G.

How about just getting a Breast of Turkey (they aren't too big) instead of a regular bird that you'd have a lot of left overs with?  I've been buying them lately (butterball) and my family loves them.  Hubby said he's loving mini Thanksgiving all year long!

 

Michelle

To those who don't have a bunch of folks coming for Thanksgiving...

 

Try a turkey breast.. either one with the bone or without.

 

It looks like just me, my sister and husband (ok, dog, too) this year so I want to try a boned in one perched on top of the fluted pan.  Sort of like how you would do a chicken on it.  I have tried the chicken and it comes out great.  My idea is to make stuffing...

 

Bread.. cheapest stuff at market on  Wed, cut into cubes Wed night and allowed to dry overnight.

Mix with chopped celery and onions.

Thyme, sage, parsley, salt & pepper and my secret ingredient (don't tell anyone.. tarragon)

Warmed chicken broth and melted butter.  Mush together and place that around the bottom of the pan.  Pearch the turkey breast on top.  Rub the breast with olive oil and then smear some herbs on the outside.  Tent the whole thing and in the oven it goes.  I think somewhere along the way the foil will come off, and I will have to keep the stuffing under cover. But it's an experiment, so I will wing it as I go!!

 

Mashed potatoes... with tons of butter and cheese.

Baked sweet potatoes... twice baked style... baked, scoop out center, mash with butter & brown sugar and repack into shell and broil with some brown sugar on top.

Some sort of veg.. my sister loves the green bean casserole, which I can't stand, but we will probably go with that.  I will keep some of the green beans plain for me.

Cranberry sauce.. fresh berries, 1 whole orange, a bit of sugar... all chopped together.

 

Dessert...

This is where it get good!!!

Homenade sweet potato ice cream.  I know the pumpkin pie thing is tradition, and there might be one of those around if my sister makes it, but I hate it, so I won't be making it.  The ice cream is way better with a bit of warmed marshmellow sauce over top.

 

Oh yes, and wine (of course!!).

 

And finally... the worst part of the day : clean up!!

 

To our Canadian PC'ers... hope yours went well, and to those here in the US... Happy Thanksgiving.

 

 

 

 

SWEET POTATO ICE CREAM??

WILL YOU PLEASE SHARE THAT RECIPE?!!

A new family favorite that I found on www.allrecipes.com:

 

Great Pumpkin Dessert (I call it Pumpkin Dump Pie)

 

INGREDIENTS

• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup white sugar
• 4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugar and spice. Mix well, and pour into a 9x13 inch pan.
3. Sprinkle dry cake mix over the top, then drizzle with melted butter. Top with walnuts.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.

Here are a couple I came across while out of curiosity I put in a search for SWEET POTATO ICE CREAM also SWEET POTATO ICE CREAM2.  Have to say in all my years I've NEVER heard of this B4 this thread! LOL