Last year’s Thanksgiving pies (not all are pictured). And that’s why I refuse to go to Thanksgiving anywhere but my Grandma’s. |
Thanksgiving is a huge tradition in my family. HUGE. It’s our big day where we all get together. We always go to my Grandma Woodward’s house and usually there are 50-80 people for dinner (my Grandma has 11 kids!). In my 31 years, I can remember just 4 Thanksgivings somewhere other than Grandma’s house. We love all of Grandma’s cooking…the turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, stuffing, cranberry relish and of course, the pies.
If you’re hosting Thanksgiving dinner at your house, slow cookers are a wonderful way to cook portions of dinner. One recipe that you may want to seriously consider making this Thanksgiving in your slow cooker are mashed potatoes. This recipe is truly delicious and allows you to make it ahead of time.
Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes (slow cooker)
Creamy, delicious mashed potatoes in the slow cooker! |
3 pounds Russet potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 1/2 cups water
2 garlic cloves, peeled
1 bay leaf
1 tsp salt
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup warmed buttermilk
2 Tbsp fresh chives (optional)
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gluten free sweet potato casserole with pecans!! YUM!!
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My favorite food to eat on thanksgiving is turkey, the white meat, dipped in mayo, seriously makes me want to buy an extra turkey just for that reason LOL
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My favorite Thanksgiving food is my great grandma's home made turkey noodle soup over mashed potatoes!
Deb O says
For Thanksgiving, my absolute fave is stuffing! Forget the turkey–just give me stuffing! YUM!
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My favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving is stuffing!
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my favorite Thanksgiving food is turkey, gravy and rice.
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I had already liked – so I also shared — pass the stuffing and gravy please =)
Mama K. says
I love to eat "Pumpkin Dip" with ginger snaps! It is waaaaay better than Pumpkin Pie—-which I am not very fond of. I like to take it to our big family gathering on Thanksgiving and share it as an afternoon snack while we're waiting for the turkey to bake.
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I liked and shared your page! And I follow you on Twitter! I love my stuffing-my favorite!!
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My favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving is my mom's homemade stuffing. And cranberry sauce. I can't really choose!
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My fave food on Thanksgiving is pumpkin pie!
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I have just voted for your blog on Babble. I have already liked you on FB, but I do not tweet. You're not going to believe this, but I LOVE turkey gizzards and hearts, so giblet gravy is my fave. I usually don't have to fight crowds over it! 🙂
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Mashed potatoes and gravy. Finally perfected the gravy recipe last year and can't wait!
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I love REAL mash potatoes! YUM!
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I LOVE the pies. Although by the time I have just eaten a huge dinner, they just don't seem as good. Maybe I will start with pie first this year 🙂
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I love it all 🙂
Lesley says
I love stuffing with sausage and gravy! YUMMMMM!
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My favorite Thanksgiving dish is the cornbread / biscuit / Jimmy Dean hot Sausage stuffing. Making me hungry just to type the name!
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I love pecan pie! And mashed potatoes.
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Mashed potatoes and gravy are my favorite!
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Roast turkey, of course!!!
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I would love for you come link this up to The CSI Project this week starting wednesday at midnight. It is the slow cooker challenge and this is perfect.
Come by all week for great recipes and tutorials. You could win the top prize or our giveaway for the week. It is fabulous!
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sandra says
I like every food serve in Thanksgiving. I like to cook very much and just to think about all the homemade delicious meal share this day make Thanksgiving very special.
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I like every food serve in Thanksgiving. I like to cook very much and just to think about all the homemade delicious meal share this day make Thanksgiving very special.
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Joshua and Karalee says
Definitely the mashed potatoes and gravy!!
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Pumpkin pie is my favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving.
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My favorite on Thanksgiving is Pumpkin pie. Wish folks served it all year long.
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My favorite food to eat on Thanksgiving is the Turkey and homemade dressing!
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Love to eat bread dough perogies with garlic cream sauce.
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I love all of it!!! Especially the sausage and cranberry stuffing
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Deon says
Being from Utah, of course my favorite part of Thanksgiving is the Jell-O. Only, don't make me eat that green Jell-O with all of those disgusting add-ins like nuts, pineapple, cottage cheese, mayonnaise, etc., etc. jk! Okay, I'll say the turkey 😀
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Lindsay says
Ooh one of my favorites is when my dad makes homemade pecan pie… that's so yummy. Another thing I love is leftover turkey and cranberry sauce sandwiches.
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Michelle says
My favorite food at Thanksgiving is mashed potatoes! For some reason, I just never make those, so they are a once a year treat at Thanksgiving.
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Jen S says
Love the turkey, stuffing and gravy!
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Cream corn!!
Kathy says
I liked macy's fb page, but mostly I want to try all of the pictured pies. Wow what a spread!
Kathy says
I love it all. Homemade whole wheat rolls=yummy!
angie217 says
My favorite food to eat on Thanksgiving is the big yeast rolls with strawberry jam!