Share A Meal Monday:Fool-Proof Thanksgiving

We still have a couple of days left in October, but I’m already looking forward to Thanksgiving. This will be the first year we go through the holidays without my grandmother, but I am so glad that I have a lot of her recipes to keep her memory alive. Today I’m sharing an entire American Thanksgiving meal with you. 🙂

I’m linking to Share a Meal Monday

Appetizers:
Put out a few pickles, some cheese cubes, crackers, nuts, and grapes

Entree:
Turkey (duh)
Click here if for good directions

Sides:
Mommom’s Sausage Stuffing
From the kitchen of Ruth Wilkins (that was my Mommom)

1 onion
3 celery stalks
Bread cubes
Italian sausage
1 Egg

Sauté 1 small onion and 2 or 3 chopped celery sticks in butter. In a large bowl, mix 1 large bag of bread cubes, 1 egg, onion and celery, and 1 lb of spicy Italian sausage. Bake at 350 for 1 hour, covered. For a crispy top uncover for the last 15 minutes.
For moist stuffing, add 1 cup of chicken stock prior to baking.

Mashed Potatoes:
Peal and chop 1 pound of potatoes per person. (to ensure left-overs ;p)
Boil potatoes until fork tender
Add milk and butter and smash with a potato masher or hand blender

Sweet Potato Casserole
Peel and chop about 5 pounds of sweet potatoes
Boil until fork tender
Add milk and butter whip with hand mixer until smooth
Transfer to large casserole dish.
Add 1/2 a bag of fresh cranberries, 2 tbsp brown sugar, 1 tsp cinamon, and fold
Cover top with mini marshmallows
Bake at 350 until marshmallows brown lightly

Help from the store:
frozen or refrigerated rolls or croissants
Canned corn
Canned green beans (add cream of mushroom soup and top with fried onions to make a casserole)

Dessert:
Apple or pumpkin pie & vanilla ice cream
Click here for Paula Dean’s Pumpkin Pie recipe
or take help from the store 🙂