I actually do the TG meal since it wasn’t a tradition my Japanese wife grew up with .... one of the few days I’m allowed in the kitchen. We’ve gone away from Turkey as the 4 of us just can’t polish it off - so now I get 2 chickens.
Outside of that it’s a salad, some greenbeans and the quartet of carbs: stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet corn, and mac’n’cheese.
We have one chicken for the meal and then I plop the rest of that bird and the second bird into a pot and make a chicken soup, with lots of veggies, and egg noodles from scratch. After my wife and kids got sick of black friday now instead they will wake me up early the day after to make the soup instead of waking me early to drive them around....I much prefer making the soup :)
slide:
a friend complained that she could never finish off a rotissarie chicken by herself, so she discovered how to freeze leftovers without it getting icky.
Slice it and freeze it in its own broth in a freezer bag.
I tried it - not bad!!!
reed,
Since our adult kids have to eat the traditional thanksgiving meal at their inlaws home now,
we switched to our own tradition:
Grilled Lamb Chops.
Kids and grandkids love it. Saves them from eating the same big meal twice.
We do add some nice side dishes - my favorite: sweet potato casserole.
Enjoy!