Last Update: 11/04/06
ONA Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from the Oakridge Neighborhood Association! Here are some tips and recipes to help you make this Thanksgiving your best ever! Don't take a chance -- send your friends and family to the ONA Thanksgiving section of the ONA Web site!
Tips for a Healthier Thanksgiving
"All the Trimmings" Tips - tips for better, healthier "trimmings"
Thanksgiving Dinner Schedule - what to do, when; your strategy to reduce the stress of the big day
Balance Calories at Thanksgiving - check out this health tip
The Recipes
Here are some recipes from the ONA Recipe Box that are perfect for a happy Thanksgiving!
Apple Sweet Potatoes - a variation of the traditional favorite
Apples in Maple Syrup - a simple and wonderful side dish
Baked Fruit - your fruit pie lovers will enjoy this dessert
Baked Pumpkin and Onions - a wonderful, simple vegetable side dish; one that would have appeared on our forefathers' Thanksgiving table
Boston Brown Bread - a must for fall; start saving your coffee cans now
Bran Muffins - best-ever recipe; great for Thanksgiving breakfast
Broccoli, Cheese and Rice Casserole - a side dish staple in Texas
Brownies - these vanish quickly when there are kids around
Cinnamon Raisin Biscotti - a low-fat version of the Italian cookie
Cranberry Orange Biscotti - same low-fat recipe; these are truly beautiful
Cream of Peanut Soup - assure your kids that this soup also regularly appeared on George Washington's table
Creamed-Spinach Gratin - Olive Oyl serves this dish often
Ginger Peach Crumble - your fruit pie lovers will enjoy this dessert
Gingersnap Pumpkin Pie - the gingersnap crust complements the spicy pumpkin filling, and it's easy if you're timid about making pastry
Green Beans Amandine - well, you have to have a green vegetable, and this light makeover of the original version is very tasty
Hoppin' John - a staple in the South; why not start piling up your good luck at Thanksgiving?
Hot Apple Cider - just try to keep a pot full of this going; the kids love this unique version
Mexican-Style Corn - a true favorite of all diners; so easy, you'll be embarrassed to take credit for this one
Orange-Sage Roasted Turkey - a fresh new version of the classic roast turkey
Pear Raisin Crisp - your fruit pie lovers will enjoy this dessert
Potato Salad - terrific low-fat version; perfect with leftovers
Pumpkin Cake - with cream cheese frosting; this cake will be gone long before the pumpkin pie
Pumpkin Soup - a wonderful light meal for Thanksgiving Eve
Roasted-Garlic Mashed Potatoes - roasting the garlic makes it mellow and rich
Seasoned Turkey - a wonderful, savory turkey recipe that an Oakridge resident shared with us
Sour Cream Apple Cake - the holiday pie contest (whose gets eaten first?); one year Aunt Cleo brought a cake instead which was amazingly eaten before any of the pies; nobody trusts Aunt Cleo anymore
Streuseled Sweet Potato Casserole - Suzi's favorite sweet potato recipe; a must for a Thanksgiving table
Trifle - what a beautiful fruit dessert this makes
Waldorf Salad - this is a beautiful, low-fat, healthy fruit salad
Wassail - going a'wassailing?; find out what you've been singing about all these years
Water Chestnut Rice Dressing - straight from Louisiana; very easy, and very popular as a side dish
Whole Wheat Bread - let your bread machine do the work with this tried-and-true recipe