Thanksgiving alternatives?
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What about doing something italian or mexican? You can make a lasagna or some fancy pasta dish or maybe some burritos haha. Just a thought. You can have a tradition of making the kids clean everything up haha
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allrecipe.com has very good recipes too. You can also customize the serving size.
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A cookout is a good way to go this time of year. Burger and hot dogs have someone make homemade chili and slaw. get a bunch of chips and drinks. Cookouts are good. Play music have it in late afternoon or night. Then you wouldn't have to do alot of decorating. make or buy a cake.\nHope you can read i'm out the door\n☺
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Try getting a sampler plate of traditional greek and turkish food (both are fairly similar with key differences)  Ask the resteraunt if you can order a little of everything.  They should be able to cut you a deal.  Particularly cool if you want to do it in traditional greek style and rather then have it plated for you you have it all laid in serving dishes on the table and pass it around thanksgiving style.  This encourages communication and socialization in a time that, in American tradition, is normally kinda quiet.
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If you want something along similar lines to traditional Thanksgiving food, you could always add in a ham, roast, or maybe some salmon.  I plan on smoking a ham this year and using a maple/pineapple juice glaze.  For the salmon, you could wrap it in foil with onion, garlic, salt, pepper, and a little butter then stick it in the oven for half an hour.
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Use a turkey baster!\nhttp://www.chefsresource.com/turkey-baster.html
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Invite someone over who is less fortunate for dinner, or someone who will be alone for the holiday! \nLeg of Lamb\nHam\nCandied Yams\nCorn bread dressing\nPecan Pie\nRed Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Icing\nCheese Cake\nBaked Macaroni and Cheese\nCollard greens\nTake your pick, God bless****
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For Thanksgiving, my boyfriend is coming over.  I have no CLUE how to make a turkey, and I'm not fond of ham (unless my Mom makes it).\n\nI'm cooking:\n\nScallops in a Mascarpone Sauce\nLentils with Apple Bacon and an Apple Cider Reduction\nTruffled Red Wine Risotto\nBok Choy with Garlic\nCauliflower fried in Duck Fat
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thanksgiving\nblue\nCSI\nSaturday\nChocolate
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This year, I'm a little sad.  My husband was reactived by the US Army in January and is deployed to Afghanistan.  My family couldn't make the trip and my work/school schedule didn't mesh with flying "home".  So, tomorrow it's just me and the pets for Thanksgiving.  I did manage to find a little turkey and get ingredients for my favorite side dish.   It could be a lot worse, so I'm thankful for what I have.  I'm going to use the day to relax, no homework no housework.  Just the cats, dog, and a turkey.
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We're Muslim and we celebrate Thanksgiving. It's not a religious Holiday, but if he doesn't want to celebrate, I doubt it matters what you cook. If it's more that he just doesn't care for Turkey, you could try to cook a traditional Pakistani dish, I don't know of any but you could find out from him, or one of his family members. My husband Is Persian, and he likes Turkey, but his family is indifferent, They'll eat it but it's not there favorite, so I try to include a few Persian dishes to make them more comfortable... In General Men don't "Celebrate" Thanksgiving, they eat and watch TV, so If he seems uninterested I doubt it's cause he's Muslim...
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Your meal traditions sound yummy!\nWe always have vegetable soup and cornbread Christmas Eve, with finger foods to go along.\nChristmas day, baked ham, broccoli casserole, and cranberry relish.
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You've got it.  Traditional is turkey, stuffing, mashed taters, gravy, Green bean casserole, corn, sweet potatoes, rolls or bread and maybe a few different types of salad, maybe some cranberry and ham depending on how many you'll be having.  We have almost 20 so we do turkey and ham.\nI also make an apple carmel pie and we have pumpkin pie too of course.\nIt's a big day of eating.  We gather a couple of hours before dinner, some are cooking the gravy and taters but while we do this we have chips and dip, deviled eggs, veggie and fruit trays and we just start grazing.\nGood Luck and don't stress.  How about calling some of the people who are coming and asking them to do the casserole and yams and maybe have someone bring the ham.  It will be hard for you to do it all in one oven.
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November is also Native American month.  You could let the kids help you make fried bread.  You could fix the dough and then take it and cook it and let them try it, or try other recipies for Native American food.  \n\nYou could get dried corn to make projects like picture frames.\n\nYou could get a picture of a turkey and fill it in with dried pasta and then let them put feathers along the edges. \n\nYou could make the pasta necklaces and paint them fall colors.\n\nYou could have them make popcorn balls and put candy corn for nose and tail feathers and red hots for eyes.\n\nYou could have them make a paper cornacopia and have them fill it will dried foods like corn, pasta, and rasins.  If you wanted to you could also bake some small rolls using thick dough that they could put in too.\n\nGood Luck and Have Fun!!!
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try chewingum or bonbons
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My first thought was, I would like my mother's home made apricot pie with fresh Devon clotted cream. But I don't think they would be able to get hold of this (especially as my mom died a few years ago and Devon, England is a long way away from Death Row.)\n\nSo I thought up an alternative menu:\n\nFirst Course: Smoked salmon and a glass of Chardonnay\n\nSecond Course: pasta with lots of garlic (to scare away the vampires), chicken, bacon, broccoli and tuna, topped with fresh parmesan cheese. With a glass of Ruby Cabernet.\n\nThird course: Chocolate cheesecake and cream (No need to worry about the cholesterol)\n\nI would also ask for some strawberries and milk chocolate (Lindt Lindor)\n\nThen I'd have an Irish coffee (with lots of Irish whiskey)\n\nThe question is, if I was just about to be obliterated, would I have the appetite?\n\nBut I enjoyed thinking about the food.
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Replace your comfort food with veggies, fruits or poultry  that you have ready in your fridge for times like that.\nThat helps me and my hubby a lot a lot:) sometimes we all want  to eat 'something' make that something available immediately be something that is good for you.:)