Moms cooking for Thanksgiving

I'm thinking cooking for Thanksgiving is going to be harder now with 2 kids so I was wondering if anyone had some good easy side dish recipes or even crockpot recipes to share.Thanks!

Re: Moms cooking for Thanksgiving

I always make the French's Onion Green Bean Casserole - so easy, and more interesting than just plain green beans - I used the Fat Free cream soups though...

Alexia (the company that makes all natural products) makes some dinner rolls...both white and whole wheat...that you can just throw in the oven to heat up...

And check out http://www.semihomemade.com/

It's Sandra Lee...she has a show on Food Network that uses 70% prepackaged items, and 30% fresh ingredients...makes cooking faster....maybe some good ideas??

Re: Moms cooking for Thanksgiving

I made this side dish last month for a family dinner(about 15 people)...everyone loved it. I highly recommend it!

Butternut Squash Crock Pot Side Dish

Ingredients:
•5 pounds butternut squash
•4 cooking apples
•1/2 cup butter, melted
•1 cup brown sugar, packed
•2 tablespoons flour
•2 teaspoons salt
•1 teaspoon ground mace, cinnamon, or a combination (I just used cinnamon)

Preparation:
Cut squash in half and remove seeds, soft pulp, and fibers; peel and cut in 1/2-inch slices. Peel and core the apples; cut in 1/2-inch slices. Combine the melted butter, sugar, flour, salt and mace or cinnamon. Layer half of the butternut squash in the bottom of the crockpot; top with one half of the apple slices and half of the sugar and spice mixture. Repeat layers. Cover and cook on HIGH for 1 hour, then switch to LOW and cook 3 to 5 hours longer, or until butternut squash is tender

Re: Moms cooking for Thanksgiving

Thanks for the recipe and site! So many yummy choices!