Thanksgiving 1999 Menu

Recipes are rated with one to four asterisks — the more, the better!

Appetizers

Spiced Pecans, from “Emeril’s Creole Christmas”–an absolutely fantastic spicy/sweet nut (Buy from Amazon or read our review)****
Hummus with melba toast and pita****

Raspberry-honey glazed turkey with sweet gravy***
Vegetable Stuffing / Dressing***
Sausage and Mushroom Stuffing, from “50 Best Stuffings & Dressings.” Substitute shiitake mushrooms (4 oz) and white mushrooms (8 oz) for the 12 oz cremini if you can’t find cremini. (Buy from Amazon or read our review)****
Orange Cream Gravy, from “Nicole Routhier’s Fruit Cookbook” (Buy from Amazon or read our review)***
Strawberry Mustard Sauce, from “Nicole Routhier’s Fruit Cookbook” (Buy from Amazon or read our review)****

Classic Eggnog from “The Holidays Cookbook”–we cut the alcohol to 1/4 cup (Buy from Amazon or read our review)***
Hot Double-Apple Cider from “Holiday Celebrations” (Buy from Amazon)***

Basic Sourdough (Bread Machine) Bread from “Sourdough Baking; Fabulous Recipes for Bread Machines and Traditional Methods” (this is the bread we used for stuffing) (Buy from Amazon or read our review)***
Cheddar Cheese Biscuits from “The Holidays Cookbook” (Buy from Amazon or read our review)***
Olive Oil Garlic Bread from “The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook”–make sure to let the oil soak overnight; otherwise the garlic flavor is too raw and it doesn’t soak through the whole loaf (Buy from Amazon)***
Sweet Potato Pecan Bread from “The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook”–oh, uh, if you forget that you need pecans for this and accidentally use them to make an extra batch of spiced pecans, walnuts will substitute just fine! (Buy from Amazon)**
Orange Cranberry Nut Bread from “The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook” (Buy from Amazon)**

Creole Tomato Salad from “Emeril’s TV Dinners” — it’s almost impossible to get sweet onions at this time of year! Mind you, the recipe will work fine with a few red onion rings, or if you replace the onion with more tomato. Btw, we just chopped everything up and shredded the cheese and served it as a salad. (Buy from Amazon)****
Cranberry Relish with Pears and Apples from “The Holidays Cookbook” — if you forget to buy pears (not like anything such as that would happen, of course!), it works fine if you chop up a couple of extra apples and some of the strawberries left over from making the chocolate roll cake with strawberry fool (Buy from Amazon or read our review)***
Golden Squash and Mushroom Bake from “The Big Book of Casseroles” (Buy from Amazon)**
Italian Potato Casserole from “The Big Book of Casseroles” (Buy from Amazon)**
Pumpkin Soup from “Le Cordon Bleu Home Collection: Soups” (Buy from Amazon)****
Indonesian Marinated Cucumbers****

Chocolate Butterscotch Pie, from “The Holidays Cookbook” (Buy from Amazon or read our review)**
Chocolate Chip Refrigerator Cheesecake, from “Cheesecake Madness” (Buy from Amazon)****
Chocolate Roll with Strawberry Food, from “Great Fruit Desserts” (Buy from Amazon)***
White Chocolate Cheesecake Ice Cream, from “The Ultimate Ice Cream Book” (Buy from Amazon or read our review)****
Tea Granita with Honey, from “The Ultimate Ice Cream Book” (Buy from Amazon or read our review)****

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