Thanksgiving ideas?

[elilly]

I'll make Graham mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, turkey, and green beans. What else is everyone having for T-day?

[colormist]

All the above with noodles, too. I made a custard pie last year and ate a good portion of it before donating it to the local wildlife.

[Tammy]

Hi bridget. If your niece has HFI then you might want to re-think your desserts. The SF Klondikes are fine, but if you want to make her a pie, you'd be better off sticking to SF pudding with SF cool whip. Pumpkin isn't allowed. The others are better at knowing which nuts are ok, but I'm thinking that pecans aren't one of them. There are also lots of recipes for cakes, cookies and such on this site.

[sarahk]

Hi all,
We've been MIA from this site for a while--been really busy--had a baby girl two weeks ago! Waiting for HFI results, but we suspect that she will be negative like our first. She really seems to enjoy the sweat gas medicine.

As for T-day, better late than never-here is a stuffing recipe to keep in mind for next year-or upcoming holidays--I posted it a year ago:


The recipe is from Sunset Magazine

The only substitution I made to make it HFI safe was substituting chicken sausage for the pork sausage-since it is easier to find chicken sausage w/o sugar–whole foods had a few to chose from-and I didn't use any onion, but you could use green onion if you wanted.

I also used a fresh sourdough loaf bread AND a french bread loaf (always check for sugar though)

find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipe....cipe_id=1853920

Time: 1 1/2 hours. If we could have only one other dish besides turkey for Thanksgiving, this would be it: Hunks of juicy sausage, good bread, and lots of chard—a stuffing that works as a side dish too. Former Sunset food editor Jerry Anne Di Vecchio got it from her mother-in-law, and it's just as appealing now as it was 42 years ago.

Yield
Serves 16 (makes 12 cups)

Ingredients
3/4 loaf (3/4 lb.) French bread
1 1/2 cups nonfat milk
2 pounds Italian sausages
1 cup chopped parsley
1 garlic clove, minced or pressed
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 cup finely chopped celery
1 1/2 pounds green Swiss chard, stem ends trimmed, coarsely chopped
1 1/2 cups freshly grated parmesan cheese
1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil
1/4 teaspoon dried rubbed sage
1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary
Salt
Preparation

1. Cut bread into 1/2-in. slices. Place slices in a large bowl and add milk. Mix gently with a spoon to saturate with milk and let stand about 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.

2. Meanwhile, place a 6- to 8-qt. pot over high heat. Squeeze sausages from casings into pot. Discard casings. Cook meat, stirring often to crumble, until lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes; discard fat. Add parsley, garlic, onion, and celery. Cook, stirring often, until vegetables are lightly browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Add chard and 1/2 cup water and cook, stirring often, until wilted, about 5 minutes.

3. With your hands, squeeze bread slices to break them into tiny pieces. Add cooked meat mixture, parmesan, basil, sage, and rosemary. Season with salt to taste.

4. Preheat oven to 325° or 350° (use temperature turkey requires; see Note below). Spoon stuffing into a shallow 3-qt. (9- by 13-in.) casserole. For moist stuffing, cover with foil; for crusty stuffing, do not cover. Bake until hot (at least 150° in center) or lightly browned, at least 30 minutes.

Make ahead: Up to 1 day ahead, make stuffing, put in casserole, cover, and chill. Allow about 1 hour to bake.

Note: For turkeys 10-13 lbs., oven/bbq temperature should be 350°; for turkeys 14 lbs. and over, oven/bbq temperature should be 325°.

Note: Nutritional analysis is per 3/4-cup serving.


Nutritional Information
Calories:318 (59% from fat)
Protein:15g
Fat:21g (sat 8.3)
Carbohydrate:16g
Fiber:1.6g
Sodium:815mg
Cholesterol:51mg

[charlie]

Thanks, that's a great recipe, have been racking my brains to make a stuffing recipe as Megs loves her roast dinners. I do make up a really simple bread sauce for her by heating up some milk, putting in enough white breadcrumbs to make a stiff mix ( one day I'll work out quantities but I just shove them in and hope for the best and add more milk or crumbs to get the right consistency!!!) a pinch of mixed herbs and whizz them up with a hand blender. Couldn't be simpler but just makes life more interesting.
That with her homemade gravy where I just use the juice from the roast mixed with a bit of water but not too much to lose the taste and thickened with cornflour or plain flour makes such delicious gravy I now don't like powdered ones.