What favorite or unique side dish do you make for Thanksgiving?

This pumpkin roll is awesome!

This is a recipe for a pumpkin roll that I have been making for years! It is absolutely delicious....try it....you won't be disappointed!

Granny Kat's Pumpkin Roll

"This moist rolled-cake has a rich cream cheese filling. Serve it cold. This will be a hit! It has a pinwheel look."

--------------------------------------…

PREP TIME 20 Min

COOK TIME 15 Min

READY IN 55 Min

INGREDIENTS

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup white sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

1 cup pumpkin puree

3 eggs

1 teaspoon lemon juice

2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup confectioners' sugar

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch jelly roll pan or cookie sheet.

In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, and pumpkin pie spice. Stir in pumpkin puree, eggs, and lemon juice. Pour mixture into prepared pan. Spread the mixture evenly.

Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 15 minutes.

Lay a damp linen towel on the counter, sprinkle it with confectioner's sugar, and turn the cake onto the towel. Carefully roll the towel up (lengthwise) with the cake in it. Place the cake-in-towel on a cooling rack and let it cool for 20 minutes.

Make the icing: In a medium bowl, blend cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and sugar with a wooden spoon or electric mixer.

When the cake has cooled 20 minutes, unroll it and spread icing onto it. Immediately re-roll (not in the towel this time), and wrap it with plastic wrap. Keep the cake refrigerated or freeze it for up to 2 weeks in aluminum foil. Cut the cake in slices just before serving.

OK, this may sound weird to you, but it is a southern thing and it is delicious! We make it every year.

Tomato Pie

(serves 8)

Ingredients:

4 lg. ripe tomatoes, Peeled and sliced

10-12 lg, fresh basil leaves, chopped

6 scallions, sliced, green and white part

1 -9” deep pie shell (pre-baked)

1 cup grated cheddar cheese

1/2 cup crumbled gorgonzola cheese (see note)

1/2 cup ricotta cheese (see note)

1 cup Hellmann’s mayo

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp black pepper

salt, to taste

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the sliced tomatoes in a colander and

sprinkle with salt. Let it stand for 20 minutes. This allows all the liquid to

drain out of the tomatoes so the pie won’t be too runny. Rinse salt completely

off tomatoes with cool water and let stand another 20 minutes. Transfer tomato

slices to paper towels to absorb any excess moisture.

Layer the tomatoes, basil and scallions in the pie shell. In a separate

bowl, mix the cheeses and the seasonings. Spread cheese mixture over the

tomatoes, covering them completely. Bake for 30 minutes or until lightly

browned. Serve warm.

Note: Traditional tomato pie recipes call for equal parts cheddar and

mozzarella cheeses. This will make a milder version than mine and is quite

good, too. I prefer the flavors of gorgonzola and ricotta with this recipe.

===

Cheesy Cauliflower Casserole

4 ounces saltine crackers

1/2 cup butter

1 large head cauliflower, steamed

1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk

1 cup mayonnaise

1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Preheat your oven's broiler.

Crumble salted crackers into a small bowl and mash them with butter until soft. Place steamed cauliflower into a 9x13 inch casserole dish.

In small saucepan, combine milk and mayonnaise with wire whisk. Bring the mixture to a boil; boil for 1 minute. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in cheese until melted. Pour this sauce over the cauliflower. Crumble the butter and cracker mixture over the cheese and cauliflower.

Place the casserole into the preheated oven and broil until golden brown.

======================================…

I better never arrive without the pea salad.....they would all turn me away!

Also homemade cranberry sauce.....not cooked, raw-grated w/other ingredients.

Cranberry Cheesecake.....found this recipe yearrrrrrs ago and it is a request at every Holiday function, not just Thanksgiving.

sweet potato fluff.. it is just mashed sweet potatoes with an egg mixed in with some cinnamon and vanilla flavoring then some marshmallows melted on the top..

Squash and Raisin Couscous. I recently discovered this recipe and plan on making it for Thanksgiving. It is delicious and unique.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5555850_make-squash-raisin...

green bean with almonds peas morshrooms

dates stuffed with walnut halves and rolled in sugar