Favorite Thanksgiving dishes (and how to make them)?

[Flaxbee]

I've been married going on 8 years and haven't made Thanksgiving dinner yet, though I think I'll do it this year. No one else but me, husband and the cats, so very low stress.

I have a turkey ready to go, but what kinds of side dishes are (easy, if possible) favorites? If anyone has a favorite dish that won't take me hours to prepare/make, I'd love to hear about it. Traditional or nontraditional, doesn't matter, so long as it complements the main course (that would be, of course, the bird).

Thanks!

[xmas74]

1. Post this question in the cooking forum.

Someone there will probably give you an entire menu and talk you through it, step by step.

[Flaxbee]

3. yup, just thought of moseying over there to find out what they're

cooking!

Thanks!

[xmas74]

4. You're welcome.

I rarely post but lurk there all the time. Some good ideas.

[Flaxbee]

5. yum! Found a great cranberry dish, sweet potato casserole

and a roasted green bean dish. I am such a "Lounge Lizard" I forget about all the other great forums....

[xmas74]

6. I lurk but

have little to post. I practically live in the Lounge.

[cwydro]

2. green bean casserole

an old standby and easy easy easy.

[seemunkee]

7. Run-Glazed Sweet potato, apple, and Chesnut gratin

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_17129,00.html?rsrc=search

Been making this one for a few years.

[Flaxbee]

8. that sounds wonderful!

I'm making a shopping list for tomorrow... good thing our ABC store is next to the grocery store ;-)

[Ariana Celeste]

9. My family always had a big potato salad

And of course mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, a bowl of green olives and a bowl of black olives, often a fruit salad. Very simple all of it, and so many ways to play with potato salads and fruit salads. :)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

10. Cherry Fluff.

One medium sized can of cherry Pie Filling.
One regular sized tub of cool whip
Small can of crushed pineapple
Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk
Combine and refrigerate for at least an hour.
It's yummo.
Duckie

[tinfoilinfor2005]

11. The first year I was married I got the honor of cooking the turkey

for my new husband and our neighbors, also newlyweds. We're going back now to 1967. It was my first turkey, and I followed all the right advice, so it turned out juicy and tasty. However, it just didn't look right, and we all tried to figure out why it looked so strange. Soon it dawned on all of us that I had put it in the pan upside down. :) But it still tasted great so I didn't get teased too badly!