| Are you ready for a change this Thanksgiving? Tired | | | | dinner menu, a classic Chestnut Stuffing. I found a |
| of the same roast turkey? Looking for some new | | | | recipe in my mother's old cookbook. It would be a new |
| Thanksgiving menu ideas? I was. It was time for me to | | | | experience making a Chestnut Puree from fresh |
| cook something different, and give the family some | | | | chestnuts, but it was an easy Thanksgiving recipe. |
| new taste treats. Sure, we'd still have turkey, but | | | | Once the Chestnut Puree was made it was added to |
| maybe instead of a 15 lb. bird we'd have a turkey | | | | very simple ingredients, bacon, bread crumbs, parsley, |
| breast. I'd still make their favorite Apple, Sage and | | | | salt and pepper, lemon rind, salt and pepper and a |
| Sausage Stuffing on the side, and I would still make | | | | beaten egg. |
| Madeira gray. The question was what new item to | | | | Along with new Thanksgiving dinner recipes I'd cook |
| add to my Thanksgiving menu? | | | | my tried and true family favorites. One of these is a |
| I decided on a ham. A beautiful Pineapple Glazed Ham | | | | simple Campbell's Green Bean Casserole. Some |
| like mom used to make. Studded with whole cloves, | | | | gourmet cooks may turn their noses up, but our family |
| brushed with a sticky yummy glaze of brown sugar, | | | | looks forward to it every year. I have a recipe for |
| pineapple juice, Dijon mustard, ginger and garlic and | | | | Cook's Illustrated Green Bean Casserole, but it seems |
| decorated with pineapple rings and maraschino | | | | too much to undertake when the family likes the |
| cherries. With the addition of a 5-6 lb. ham to my | | | | Campbell's holiday bean casserole so much. |
| Thanksgiving dinner that meant that I could serve much | | | | I am also going to have my family prepare dishes for |
| less turkey and still have plenty for everyone to eat. | | | | our dinner. This year I'm going to share my |
| This new addition to my Thanksgiving recipes also | | | | Thanksgiving Recipes with them. I'll have them bring |
| meant I'd want to cook homemade biscuits so | | | | vegetable side-dishes and holiday desserts. It's always |
| everyone would be able to make a ham sandwich. It | | | | helpful when family and friends each bring one dish for |
| also meant that my new recipe for Tangy Cranberry | | | | dinner. |
| Apple Chutney would be a perfect accompaniment | | | | Excite your family and friends this year with new |
| for the ham biscuit sandwiches. | | | | Thanksgiving dinner ideas. |
| I decided to add another new dish to my Thanksgiving | | | | |