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What is on your frugal Thanksgiving menu?

If you don't already have your Thanksgiving menu planned, now is the time to pull it all together. Thankfully, we have had so many good deals on traditional holiday foods that it should be easy to provide a bountiful feast for a reasonable cost. Please share your Thanksgiving menu or favorite dish! I have also included our menu and the recipe for one of my most requested side dishes.

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Faye's pumpkin pie
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Faye Prosser

 

If you don't already have your Thanksgiving menu planned, now is the time to pull it all together. Thankfully, we have had so many good deals on traditional holiday foods that it should be easy to provide a bountiful feast for a reasonable cost.

Please share your Thanksgiving menu or favorite dish! Feel free to include links to recipes as well.

Following is our Thanksgiving menu. We will have 6 people for our Thanksgiving Day meal (including 2 grandparents) and an additional 5 people joining us for dessert later in the evening.

 

Appetizers

Buffalo chicken dip (using chicken on sale for $1.99/lb recently)

Herb & Garlic Greek yogurt dip (Heluva dip .50 with sale and coupon)

Veggies and Wheat Thins for dipping in to the dips

 

Main dishes

House of Raeford Whole turkey, 14 lbs (these are .47/lb at Lowes Foods right now) with gravy

Brisket (not frugal but my dad made a special request)

 

Sides

Broccoli slaw with ramen noodles (not terribly frugal but it is tradition at our house and everyone requests it every year!)  - the recipe for broccoli slaw can be found in the WRAL Recipe Database at the link in the box above. Search for Broccoli Slaw.

Sweet potato casserole with a coconut pecan topping (sweet potatoes .33/lb at Lowes Foods this week, Fisher pecans are from the last HT super doubles on sale with coupon)

Homemade mushroom stuffing (celery and onions are both on sale this week at multiple places)

Sunflower sourdough rolls from a fabulous baker at the Farmer's Market

Cranberry sauce

 

Desserts

Pumpkin Pies (using the traditional Libby's pie recipe)

Mini cheesecakes with blueberry sauce on top (blueberries bought a couple months ago when in season and then frozen)

 

Beverages

Sparkling grape juice for the kids

Water

Soda

Wine

 

 

 

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