Wow that looks so good!
Here’s the cranberry-brie pull apart bread.
I have a vague memory of making GF bread using a Bob’s Red Mill mix, and it being surprisingly good out of the oven.
@psychmomma I was so relived when all four of us admitted the turkey was our least favorite part of the meal and the sides & pie were our favorites. Since then, no turkey. Steak instead. Plenty of sides and plenty of pie. Do it! 
@doschicos , I know they will be soft. I was just hoping they wouldn’t have all the deliciousness boiled out of them. Thought they may taste more flavorful. Worth a try.
We have the same thing every year, and it won’t change this year. Our Thanksgiving dinner will be the Sunday before Christmas since both kids can’t make it home in November. And it’s all about the food, right? It doesn’t matter what the calendar says.
Except for squash soup and wine, we have a traditional Pa Dutch meal. Turkey roasted (at 325°) with the lid on so it’s moist and tender, mashed potatoes, filling (you call it stuffing), corn that was frozen from this summer, cranberry sauce, rolls, pumpkin pie (made with cooked pumpkin from a neck pumpkin), and pecan pie. Last year no one ate the pecan pie, so I kept it in the cold garage. A week later I ate a piece, and I swear it was better than the small taste I had on our fakesgiving day.
Page 3 and no mention of Green Bean Casserole? Where are my fellow cc posters from the Midwest?
DIL hosts both sides of the family and I think it’s more fun to have a larger crowd. Especially since it’s not at my house and I have assignments like green bean casserole!
Green bean casserole probably wasn’t mentioned because the original theme was “new dishes”! I’ll be honest though…Midwest and for me the green bean casserole isn’t so enticing to me these days! My SIL does something a little similar - but with broccoli and hard boiled eggs - it’s creamy and I like the broccoli better than the green beans!
We’ve never had the green bean casserole as part of our family Thanksgiving menu. First time I ever had it was in my early 30s when we were living in the South and had dinner at some friends’ house.
I never had green bean casserole in my youth growing up in Connecticut. I was introduced to it when we moved to the heartland. My son was born here though and I make two green bean casseroles on Thanksgiving because he can eat a prodigious amount.
@abasket …I’m going to make the broccoli casserole. I looked up a recipe and it looks yummy. It looks like a great dish to prep the day before, refrigerate and just pop in the oven.
Yes it’s something like this - although I think her recipe calls for swiss cheese:
https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/broccoli-bake/
Of course I always have to tout the pineapple casserole I’m REQUIRED to make every Thanksgiving. It’s super easy, super different, super delicious! Pineapple and savory really work!
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/pineapple-casserole-recipe-1914797
I do often cut down the sugar and reduce the butter a bit or increase the amount of pineapple!
@greenwitch, it’s less of a recipe than a process. I shred enough brussels sprouts for our crowd in a food processor, then sauté in butter and olive oil until barely cooked and still bright green. I mix a 1 to 1 blend of syrupy balsamic vinegar (or glaze) with honey (like 1 tbsp each) and toss the sprouts, heating just through before serving. Toss with some pomegranate seeds and serve. Easy and the sprouts can be shredded and saved in ziplock bags the day before.
@runnersmom - your mention of balsamic onion with pomegranate seeds side dish intrigues me. I tried to do a search for it but I don’t’ think I found it. Would you mind sharing this recipe?
@bookreader, It’s an old recipe from Bon Appetit: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/balsamic-braised-cipolline-onions-with-pomegranate
I cannot tell a lie. We love it. My kids would faint if I didn’t make it. LOL.
Neither Dh nor I grew up with the green bean casserole. Funny, as we grew up on opposite coasts but it wasn’t a tradition in either family. I decided to make it one time, back when we first married, and we all decided it was not for us. Thinking about it now, with all the rich and heavy foods on Thanksgiving, vegetables is/arethe one dish I prefer to be light and somewhat simple. Green beans with garlic/lemon butter. Roasted asparagus. Sautéed zucchini/squash. A casserole type vegetable dish is not what I’m interested in when also having mashed potatoes, stuffing, etc. That onion/pomegranate dish sounds interesting!
I need ideas for one hearty vegan dish. SIL and my nieces are vegan. I’m not re-doing my entire non-vegan Thanksgiving menu to accommodate, and they would never expect me to, but I’d like at least one hearty dish to serve them. Pretty much everything that is part of my family’s traditional menu has dairy and my kids would kill me if I don’t include. I’ll also have a vegetable they can eat (probably roasted asparagus).
Any suggestions, preferably easy, as I have a ton of other stuff to make?
Another reason to skip the green bean casserole for me (not a tradition in my house) is I definitely do not need another dish that needs to be juggled for oven time.
Hearty vegan ideas: There are some good vegan mac & “cheese” recipes out there. Or acorn squash stuffed with a fruited wild rice mixture.
Hearty vegan: a legume-based stew. Red lentils cook quickly and have a mild flavor, so could be the base of something with traditional Thanksgiving flavors - maybe butternut squash and sage? With crispy spiced chickpeas as a garnish?
Another vegan idea: a grain and mushroom bowl; add some hearty greens maybe.
@mathmom I’m GF and I love cornbread dressing and I do like 100% cornmeal. But if you want one with “flour” my favorite GF mix is Pamelas cornbread mix. It doesn’t include the sugar so you can make less sweet/unsweetened cornbread and it has other GF flours already there. If you don’t mind a stuffing that uses dried bread cubes, Trader Joe’s has GF boxed stuffing. I actually use this along with dried out GF cornbread cubes. I agree that with celiac I wouldn’t trust a waffle iron with all the little indentions… best and cheapest bought GF waffles in my opinion are again Trader Joe’s. Also fan of their GF bagels. Or you could go with some type of breakfast casserole/crust less quiche thing.
Usually you can find GF stuffing from Glutino and others around this time of year, sometimes even at regular stores but more likely at Whole Foods or earthfare. You are kind to think this through. For some reason Thanksgiving is Ana emotional food time for me and it hurt sometimes not to have options or to have to bring everything myself.
Thanks for the suggestion for checking out TJ’s. I never shop there, because I’m not a big fan of prepared food, but it may be just the ticket for Thanksgiving!