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small thanksgiving dinner
Posted on 11/17/20 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 11/17/20 at 12:13 pm
Not having our usual 15+ person Thanksgiving gathering this year; will likely be sharing a meal, socially distant, in mid afternoon with two other adults. Please share your fave "small holiday meal" dishes & items.
Right now, I'm thinking of taking the easy way out with a big fat charcuterie & cheese spread. Zero cooking, and just one shopping trip to St James, which can be pre-ordered and picked up.
Barring that, I'll probably just roast a bone-in turkey breast & do mashed potatoes & roasted broccoli. Simple, easy enough to do ahead, and easily prepared in a smallish quantity.
Right now, I'm thinking of taking the easy way out with a big fat charcuterie & cheese spread. Zero cooking, and just one shopping trip to St James, which can be pre-ordered and picked up.
Barring that, I'll probably just roast a bone-in turkey breast & do mashed potatoes & roasted broccoli. Simple, easy enough to do ahead, and easily prepared in a smallish quantity.
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Posted on 11/17/20 at 12:26 pm to hungryone
Butcher box has sent me two whole chickens so I am thinking I will roast them instead of turkey.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 12:33 pm to hungryone
You could also just do a chicken instead of a turkey.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 12:40 pm to hungryone
I've never made any small Thanksgiving dishes.
However, we had a small gathering for a family birthday recently and my niece prepared some mashed white sweet potatoes which were outstanding. First time I'd had the white sweet potatoes. These were locally grown, but I think Whole Foods carries them.
I love Thanksgiving food so I'm a stickler for having the turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes and spinach madeleine at a minimum.
However, we had a small gathering for a family birthday recently and my niece prepared some mashed white sweet potatoes which were outstanding. First time I'd had the white sweet potatoes. These were locally grown, but I think Whole Foods carries them.
I love Thanksgiving food so I'm a stickler for having the turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes and spinach madeleine at a minimum.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 12:59 pm to AbitaFan08
A turkey cost what 12 bucks....please people
Posted on 11/17/20 at 1:17 pm to pbro62
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small thanksgiving dinner
A turkey cost what 12 bucks....please people
Idgaf about the cost, I just don’t really like the whole roasted turkey, hence my considering the bone in breast. High stress lately due to work and family health concerns, so low key is better this year. The more I think about it, the more I’m inclined to bake a pan of focaccia to go with the charcuterie spread and be done with it.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 1:26 pm to hungryone
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Right now, I'm thinking of taking the easy way out with a big fat charcuterie & cheese spread. Zero cooking, and just one shopping trip to St James, which can be pre-ordered and picked up.
This is what I would do and maybe bake an easy dessert.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 1:28 pm to hungryone
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roast a bone-in turkey breast & do mashed potatoes & roasted broccoli.
if you have leftovers, make a gumbo or turkey soup the next day or two.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 1:29 pm to hungryone
Sound like you have a great attitude and are very thankful for your numerous blessings. Just get some sliced turkey deli meat, some white bread and make a fricking sandwich. Tell everybody else to leave you alone.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 1:37 pm to MobileJosh
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Just get some sliced turkey deli meat, some white bread and make a fricking sandwich.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 1:39 pm to hungryone
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Please share your fave "small holiday meal" dishes & items.
Oysters en brochette
Posted on 11/17/20 at 1:54 pm to hungryone
Do you have an air fryer? You can do a turkey breast in there pretty easily.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 2:06 pm to hungryone
I'm going to fry one small 15 lb. turkey and have that with some homemade mac & cheese, giblet gravy and probably a green bean casserole and will take some of my seafood gumbo out the freezer and fix some rice to go with it all.
I usually have 25+ at my house for T-Day and fix several casseroles, gallons of gumbo and fry no less than 3 turkeys. Big drop-off in the amount of kitchen time this year.
I usually have 25+ at my house for T-Day and fix several casseroles, gallons of gumbo and fry no less than 3 turkeys. Big drop-off in the amount of kitchen time this year.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 2:37 pm to pbro62
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A turkey cost what 12 bucks....please people
I mean, he asked about scaling back the amount of food, and chickens are smaller than turkeys. The cost wasn't really something I factored into my response.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 2:41 pm to Gris Gris
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I love Thanksgiving food so I'm a stickler for having the turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes and spinach madeleine at a minimum.
Same. We are always a smallish group, but I still make a metric ton of food and go overboard.
We bring takeout boxes and everyone gets a whole spread to bring home. I could eat Thanksgiving food every day. Love it.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 2:46 pm to MobileJosh
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Sound like you have a great attitude and are very thankful for your numerous blessings. Just get some sliced turkey deli meat, some white bread and make a fricking sandwich. Tell everybody else to leave you alone.
LOL...you all can concoct all sorts of things from a random post, can't you? Believe me, this year I am very in touch with my true blessings and know that a "picture postcard" meal is not really relevant for us right now.
But thanks to everyone who provided a sincere response. Love the oysters en brochette idea; I might do some devilled crab to embellish the charcuterie spread.
Peace and love, safety and health to everyone struggling through the rest of 2020.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 2:46 pm to hungryone
We bought a small whole butterball turkey because it was cheaper than a butterball breast. Also because I like dark meat. It is just the wife and I and we are doing keto, so we will probably have that and maybe green beans. I have much to be thankful for and one thing will be 2/3rds of a small turkey over a couple or three day period, if I choose to eat that much.
Turkey (Tryptophan) knocks me out, so I will pace myself by eating some, taking a nap and then eating some more, until I finish the task before me.
We probably will roast the bird, although I might Spatchcock (SP?) him
Turkey (Tryptophan) knocks me out, so I will pace myself by eating some, taking a nap and then eating some more, until I finish the task before me.
We probably will roast the bird, although I might Spatchcock (SP?) him
Posted on 11/17/20 at 2:49 pm to MeridianDog
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We probably will roast the bird, although I might Spatchcock (SP?) him
I did a spatchcocked turkey on the grill a few years back; it was delicious. Also didn't heat up the house (you know how hot it can be at Thanksgiving, between the weather and the oven and the crowd of guests).
Posted on 11/17/20 at 2:55 pm to hungryone
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I might do some devilled crab to embellish the charcuterie spread.
The deviled crab also gave me an idea. Maybe do some deviled eggs? Ideal because you can just do them the night before and refrigerate them.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 2:56 pm to LouisianaLady
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We bring takeout boxes and everyone gets a whole spread to bring home. I could eat Thanksgiving food every day. Love it.
And, every year, I say to myself, "why don't I fix this meal more often?"
After Katrina, I did just that. I had friends who evacuated here and lived here until January. In September, we had a Thanksgiving feast to give thanks that they were safe and the damages were not worse than they were. Thanksgiving food is comforting to me.
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