Here’s What Your Part Of America Eats On Thanksgiving

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131. Same here! Salad in my family was the tray of vegetables and dip before

The holiday meals so the people who got hungry when dinner ran late could nosh on healthy stuff and stay out of the kitchen.

At our house we had Turkey, dressing, biscuits, rutabagas (Dad's family was from Upper Peninsula Michigan and it was tradition - I'm the only other one who would eat more than a courtesy cube), green beans (NOT in a casserole), turnip greens (leftovers went in the turkey soup Mom made from the stock from the carcass), and sometimes sweet potatoes (NOT mashed, just baked and served in the skins) or peas.

When I make a turkey dinner I leave out the turnip greens. This year I'm trying roasted winter vegetable dish involves butternut squash, delicata squash, sweet potato, rutabaga, potatoes, carrots, onions and herbs. Basically you cube the vegetables, toss with some olive oil and herbs and roast until done (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/230437/christmas-roasted-vegetables/).

I might make that the day before, then take some of the vegetables out, puree and make a squash biscuit recipe I found (http://www.pbs.org/food/kitchen-vignettes/delicata-squash-and-sage-biscuits/). I'll probably leave out the sage in her recipe since there will be herbs with the squash already. Since the biscuit recipe only calls for 1/2 cup, I figure I will have plenty of vegetables for the two of us.