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Thanksgiving Menu what is yours?

We are having a pretty traditional Thanksgiving.

For appetizers:

Roasted spiced nuts
A cheese board
Roasted Vegetable tapenade served with toasted pita chips

For the main meal:

Roast turkey + an additional breast that I'll roast the day before
Amazing gravy (my favorite part of the meal ... everything tastes better with gravy!)
Mashed potatoes
Dressing with sage
Carmelized pearl onions
Broccoli cheese casserole
Corn that we cut off the cob and froze during the peak of corn season.
My great great grandmother's clover leaf rolls ( I made these this past weekend and froze them)
Brown sugar glazed sweet potatoes
Homemade cranberry sauce

For dessert:

Something pumpkin-- not in the mood for pie. Don't want to make a cheesecake. I would love any suggestions from the SE crowd.
Apple pie.

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Thanksgiving Menu what is yours?

We are having a pretty traditional Thanksgiving.

For appetizers:

Roasted spiced nuts
A cheese board
Roasted Vegetable tapenade served with toasted pita chips

For the main meal:

Roast turkey + an additional breast that I'll roast the day before
Amazing gravy (my favorite part of the meal ... everything tastes better with gravy!)
Mashed potatoes
Dressing with sage
Carmelized pearl onions
Broccoli cheese casserole
Corn that we cut off the cob and froze during the peak of corn season.
My great great grandmother's clover leaf rolls ( I made these this past weekend and froze them)
Brown sugar glazed sweet potatoes
Homemade cranberry sauce

For dessert:

Something pumpkin-- not in the mood for pie. Don't want to make a cheesecake. I would love any suggestions from the SE crowd.
Apple pie.

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@ lakeloverHH:

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