My Ft. Worth kitchen had lots of room for family and friends and cooking on Thanksgiving….
It had a very “Texas” feel…a 1920’s cabinet out of a South Texas cigar store filled with my collection of vintage Mexican pottery and mole bowls…and a colorful Mexican chandelier from the 1940’s. I have all those in storage right now and they’ll be in my next kitchen, but meanwhile, it’s Thanksgiving!
And every year I make a turkey dinner from scratch. Well, not entirely, I think it takes a special kind of cook to make the perfect pie crust.
I don’t have as much room in my temporary kitchen this Thanksgiving, but I’ll still be making the dinner that I grew up eating at my grandparents’ home every Thanksgiving.
Starting tomorrow, I’m going to be sharing my Thanksgiving Favorite Recipes, including “Jane’s Dressing”, the recipe handed down to me by my grandmother, which my 21 year old son Michael says is the best dish I make all year, hands down.
I also have a recipe for Fresh Cranberry Relish that I think is delicious, the best Roast Turkey I’ve ever made, Candied Sweet Potatoes and a killer Southern Pecan Pie.
By the way, there is one cookbook I rely on not only for Thanksgiving dinner but almost everything else during the year. I don’t think I have ever run across a bad recipe in James Beard’s American Cookery. I’ve had my book so long that it’s literally falling apart.
If you click on the name, I’ve provided a link for you where you can take a peek.
What’s your favorite part of the Thanksgiving dinner? Is it dressing or stuffing at your house on Thanksgiving? And is there a special dish at your house that it “wouldn’t be Thanksgiving” without? Is there a Thanksgiving recipe you want to share?
Please tell me about it in the comments below and get ready to cook, because starting tomorrow I’m sharing my Thanksgiving Favorite Recipes.
Happy November!
Jane it’s dressing at our house. But then I grew up in a “southern” home and dressing is more of a traditional southern thang. 😉 Along with dressing the one thing we have we absolutely have to have is sweet potato pie. Again a southern thang! Looking forward to seeing your dressing recipe and trying it out this year.
I guess that was the southern in my family Rod because it was always dressing! Thanks for the thoughts, Jane
Must have dressing @ Thanksgiving! My Grandma’s recipe is always on the menu that day.
Mine too Sandra, I love the dressing!
My Moms Cornbread Dressing, and My Daughters Green Bean Casserole! Happy Thanksgiving Jane <3
Yummy Sandy 🙂 To you too!
Jane, thank you for sharing your family recipes. My favorite Thanksgiving food is corn bread dressing with giblet gravy. I have so many good memories of Thanksgivng gatherings at my Mother’s home outside of Arlington. The community was called Webb for years. I have much to be thankful for.
Happy Thanksgiving.
How nice Linda! My favorite part of the meal is the dressing too! I’ll be sharing some of my recipes in the coming days!
Homemade Cranberry Relish, or “cranberries” as my daughter requests every year. Handed down through my mother’s mother, I’ve tweaked it for simplicity in preparation (mom always used the ole hand cranked meat grinder!!)
Anxious to see your dressing recipe
Thanks so much Barbara, I’ll be posting it, along with my own cranberries. I love them during the holidays!
I have to have dressing and cranberry sauce…..if I just had that alone (well, a good football game would be great too) I would be a happy camper on turkey day. Thanks for sharing your favs and I look forward to trying out a few myself.
Thank you for commenting Kim, enjoy!
Totally agree!