10 Thanksgiving Recipes You’ll Actually Make (and LOVE!) for REAL FAMILIES!

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Watch this playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLsaNkLvMA08xTxICx1mlsmsGLJVquP_7P full of recipes that would be perfect for any big family dinner from Thanksgiving and Christmas through 4th of July and all the summer holidays, too! And let me know what is the one dish that you are "famous" for bringing to your family's Thanksgiving dinner!

[@Sublimechick84]

I saw you use your can strainer a couple yrs ago when I first started watching your videos and had to get 1..I absolutely love my can strainer..my kids love it too!!! They don't make messes anymore trying to drain cans for me..thank you so much for all of your amazing videos..I love watching you..I love every single video you've made!!! Happy holidays to you&yours!!!

[@1CathyHendrix]

Everything looks great, but that prayer takes the cake. I lost my daddy almost 2 months ago. He was 89 years old. Thanksgiving won't be the same for us.

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Oh Cathy I will keep you and your family in my prayers. The holidays are bittersweet for us, too as we get older many of our loved ones have gone on, too.

[@ameliastelmach148]

So sorry for your loss

[@tracyroth3397]

@@1CathyHendrix ❤️🙏🏻🫂

[@marywalker1394]

I’m truly sorry for your loss I totally understand 😢🙏🏾❤️

[@carrielee6652]

I'm so sorry, I understand, my Dad is on hospice and will be going home to Jesus very soon 😢

[@CarolLaPlante-z1r]

I volunteer at the open door mission. Contrary to most peoples beliefs. We do not scimp on anthing. Some people are at a hard place in there lives but that doesnt mean they dont deserve a great turkey dinner. I make the homemade pies and the herb seasoned dressing. My african american friends do the ham.

[@KarenJonesFoodFamily]

You always have the most amazing recipes to show us. But, I must say that Nutter Butter Banana Pudding was over the top intriguing. I can also see this made with chocolate pudding. Wow! Thank you for sharing your delicious ideas. ❤❤

[@tamthaluehrs]

I’ve lived all my 56 years in Upper East Tennessee and never ever had brown sugar in my green beans….So intrigued that I am going to try it this thanksgiving…thanks for sharing

[@susanlanderos5232]

Its good with Brown sugar it takes that bitter can taste away. They are delicious cooked this way. From South Georgia

[@paulawhitaker6322]

A really surprising change for banana pudding, try butterscotch pudding and ginger snaps! Its delicious.

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Oh yum! I bet I would LOVE that! Thanks ❤️

[@berthabyrd6898]

Hey Mel,Hope you have a very blessed week,love you!🥰💞❤

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Thank you! Love you too, we had a great week, hope you have a blessed one too!

[@carolineasebrook6643]

I second that!!!!

[@OZARKMOON1960]

All of these look amazing. Love the twists on banana pudding and will have to try one. My tip for folks is, if you are making cornbread for dressing, put some of your poultry seasoning in the cornbread batter and then bake it. This just infuses it with all the herbs you love in a good dressing from the start, then you can always add more if needed while making the dressing.

[@rickbrunner4540]

My wife just discovered your channel and we are both addicted We are both handicapped and appreciate your simple recipes.She also made the eclair cake many years ago for a medieval feast she catered. She used a butterscotch.instead of chocolate since it wasn't discovered much later in time (19th and later). Happy Holidays to you and your family from the Florida Brunner family.

[@JeanHudson2022]

You can use vanilla oreo's in the banana pudding too, they make the thin ones they are good. When we make the cheesy potato casserole I learned if you mix everything and then had cheese and potatoes it mixes easier.

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Oh I bet we would love it with the Oreos, too! And thank you for the tip on mixing the casserole 👍🏼

[@marylawman8603]

Hi Mel! Oh my, these recipes look amazing!! You're making it hard for me to choose what new sides to make for the holidays. Lol! I told my sister about the marshmallow pumpkin pie you showed last week and she's excited for me to make it and bring when I visit her on Christmas day. I'm excited too. And I'm going to try the mac and cheese you made last week for either Thanksgiving or Christmas. But now I want to try all of these too. Decisions, decisions. Granny's cornbread dressing sounds and looks delicious. I love cornbread in any form. I've never made dressing on a cookie sheet. Love that idea and will be trying it that way. Thank you so much, Mel, for these recipes that are so helpful when wanting to try something new that everyone will love. And as always, thank you for all of the hard work you do to bring these recipes to us. I hope you and your family have a beautiful and blessed week. ❤🙏❤

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Thank you so much sweet friend, we will just have to spread these out over the holidays 🤣 And I love the thinner dressing of Granny's so much. Hope you have a beautiful week and thank you so much for being here.

[@bethschleter672]

I am hosting Thanksgiving for the first time this year. Momma Mel to the rescue! Thank you!

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

So glad this is helping you out, enjoy and I know it will be great!

[@michellepeiffer5563]

I bought my first bag of fresh cranberries the other day so I'm excited to try the recipe you shared,

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

I could not believe how much of a difference fresh ones were and they were so easy. And you can make them ahead a day or two, too. 😊 Hope you love them ❤️

[@melissaciswhoibe9183]

​@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel Mel, I make my cranberry sauce too, and I do use orange juice instead of water. It makes it so good. 😊 I buy 2 bags and freeze mine so they keep until I need them. For the second bag I prepare exactly like you did and let it completely cool. Then I add a regular size can of well drained mandarin orange segments, pineapple tidbits well drained, chopped pecans, mini marshmallows, and flaked coconut. That's my cranberry salad. 😋 It is a favorite. Mel, thanks for the video. I always love your videos. Your momma and daddy are so sweet. Loved the prayer. I never seen the dressing made on a cookie sheet before so now I have to try it! Lol! Thank your momma for me! 🥰 An old friend of mine always made dressing balls. I had never heard of them either. 😊 Our family makes pineapple casserole for every occasion, lol! 😁 It is always requested. Have a beautiful blessed night! Love Melissa in the mountains of Virginia. 🙏 ❤ Happy Thanksgiving too!

[@melissaciswhoibe9183]

Michelle, you will never buy canned again, lol! Homemade is so much better, imho. 😊 Happy Thanksgiving. 🙏

[@melissaciswhoibe9183]

I forgot to say it is great straight out of the fridge slathered on a turkey, dressing sandwich. Yum yum! 😋 ❤ edited to say ... and dipped in gravy! Lol! Messy but good! 🥰 Mel,Michelle, y'all done got me excited for Thanksgiving! 🤗

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Yes!

[@lucyphenicie5236]

Wishing you &your family are special Thanksgiving be thankful, and enjoy each other's coming.😊❤

[@MrsAlmaTrumble]

I better break out the adult bib. Lol. I'm already drooling.

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

🤣 too funny!

[@MrsAlmaTrumble]

@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel lol. Hope you and the family are doing well this Sunday evening.

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

@MrsAlmaTrumble we are, it's been a wonderful week. Hope you have a blessed one too!

[@MrsAlmaTrumble]

​@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel that's good to hear. Thank you, y'all too.

[@tracyroth3397]

Right, Miss Alma? I could’ve been drooling an hour ago,but…football sucked me in!🤣🏈

[@donnabailey86]

I make my grandma's cornbread dressing and it doesn't have anything but cornbread. I bake it with chopped up onion and celery and sage seasoning in it. I make it the day before and then crumble it, add more sage to taste, salt, pepper 4 parts turkey broth, straight from the turkey, and 1 part whole milk. Mix it and put it in a large sheet pan and bake at 400 degrees for about 40 minutes. Absolutely the best!! Your grandma's is almost the same recipe.

[@rachelcastle8369]

Everything looked delicious! Good seeing your sweet momma! No, we don’t talk about that! ♥️ Loved the cinnamon story! My sweet momma makes he dressing and she always makes me a small one because i can’t do sage 😆😂😂 I may be 51 but im spoiled 😂 my family loves my grape salad, i always top mine with some chocolate shavings, delicious! Always love the prayer over the meal. Have a great upcoming week Mel.

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Lordy, what would we do without our sweet mommas to spoil us ❤️🤣 And that cinnamon is NO joke, I just barely smelled it and it burnt me up 🤣😭 I have got to use the chocolate shavings next time, that sounds great! Thanks so much for being here, hope you guys have a wonderful Thanksgiving 😊

[@rachelcastle8369]

Thank you 😊 you too 😊

[@petunialane8285]

So grateful for you and your yummy recipes. Blessing to you and your family this Thanksgiving.

[@barbgriffin4969]

I wish I could reach through the screen with a spoon, that pudding looks awesome!

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

🤣 I wish you could too! It is so good, definitely a treat for a special occasion. Happy Thanksgiving 😊

[@karlablank6774]

I can't wait to make the broccoli cornbread! Yum yum!!!!

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

You're in for a treat, and Sonya'd recipe is so easy and delicious 😋

[@tamerahixon]

Watching you and your mama cook, laugh, and tell stories was absolutely precious. Those times are the very best.

[@nickiekovaleski2734]

You should do more videos with your Mom\Granny She's Precious & I ❤ her Recipe

[@everythingflamingo843]

Hi Friend! I love your videos. I just got my cookbook published. I also won a local contest for my comfort soup. I love that you make it simple. me too. I love that you and your husband are involved in your church and community, us too.

[@janetdwyer1867]

Hi Mel thanks for the amazing recipes.Have a blessed week❤

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Thank YOU for watching, hope you enjoy making these! 😊

[@michellepeiffer5563]

Ive been waiting all day to see what delicious recipes you're sharing... I love sweet potatoes so that first recipe has my tummy growling, lol .. Hope you have a blessed week...

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Thank you! And those are the best! Patrick's very favorite! Thanks for watching

[@donnagribbins1763]

I entered a Copy Cat Recipe for the Honey Baked Ham in a Taste of Home Contest and it was printed as a runner up recipe. It is a very similar recipe as what you used but my spices in the sugar is a little different. My recipe for the spice recipe is usually enough for 2 Hams so I save part of it for next time. I use a Spiral ham and cook it in the crockpot. I then torch the sugar and spice mixture. My recipe got 5 stars from the people who made it. I baked one yesterday as we made it for a family dinner yesterday. Your recipes all sound delicious.

[@bjm-oi6vl]

Mel you are killing me with all the butter!! What can I sub for the butter? I am one of those weirdos who need to watch every calorie. LOVE Pawaw's prayer.... this is the most important part of Thanksgiving! Giving thanks to the Lord for all our many blessings!! Also like the ham ideal. I cannot afford the pre-done baked hams that are heavenly. The frosting tip/hack is one of your best!

[@Guest-mq9de]

Okay now, I'm going to be making a lot of these recipes. Thank you!

[@pamking8137]

Wish I was gonna be making Thanksgiving dinner this year but I’ll save these recipes for another time! We’ll be driving back to Texas but will be coming back to our new home in Elizabethton, TN soon!

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Have a big ole dinner to celebrate when you're here 😋 Thanks for being here

[@pamking8137]

@ it’s so beautiful! 💕

[@bbrhody831]

Now you've done it girl! I was planning on a small menu for Thanksgiving! Not any more! 😂

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

😊 I am blessed to have a big family full of great cooks and we all split up the cooking. Hope you enjoy some or all of these if you're feeling it 😉 Happy Thanksgiving

[@tamarafearing7121]

I love your videos and have made many of your dishes. All fantastic! I’d like to put in a request for a themed pulled pork video…. I’d love to see pulled pork BBQ sandwich with potato salad, coleslaw, baked beans maybe some corn and an awesome desert. I’d love you to watch a video for an amazing potato salad and get your take on it. Phyllis Stokes Gourmet Potato Salad. Look forward to watching more of your fantastic videos! Thank you!

[@barbgriffin4969]

Hi! Beautiful granny!

[@deborahhunt253]

I’m so glad your video is in English this week 😂😂😂

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

🤣me too friend, that was crazy

[@MrsAlmaTrumble]

Next time it happens, check your video settings and make sure it's on English if you speak English.

[@sheilapellicane8507]

OMG, I love no bake desserts! My husband and I were watching this and we both said we want it now! What size container of cool whip? I know there are two sizes. This is gonna be on our Thanksgiving and Christmas menu. Thank you for such a yummy and easy recipe!

[@tamarafearing7121]

My grandmama used to put giblet gravy in her mix. I actually did like giblet gravy back then but I think that’s a lost tradition. I still do like adding some diced hard boiled eggs and shredded turkey/chicken to mine.

[@donnatucker8377]

Happy Thanksgiving Mel to you and your family

[@pattiupton1499]

Ima coming over!!!! Great video. Love to meet Mom and Paws sweet prayer ❤

[@blessednana2272]

Thank your Mama for me for showing us her dressing recipe. Definitely making it. It looked delicious.

[@marydavenport8515]

Everything looks yummy!!!

[@ameliastelmach148]

These look fantastic. Yes of course i keep cool whip containers.

[@donnakeeton168]

I’m so ready for Thanksgiving! It all looks so good!

[@ladycobra3]

I use to make my sweet potato casserole just like you. A few years ago I replaced the flour in the topping with butter pecan cake mix. It took it to a new level

[@Sublimechick84]

Cornbread stuffing is my most favorite thing to eat at Thanksgiving.

[@playinatlife5778]

Oh my! I always love your recipes. Your web site is so easy to use!. I email my favorite recipes to myself to save in my files. I have a handy hint for peeling bananas: Peel them from the bottom, instead of the stem end and you'll never again have strings on your banana!

[@Memaw-0404]

Oh yummy! I usually don't comment but,some of these recipes will end up on my Thanksgiving meal plan,thanks for sharing!! I ❤ your channel. Until next time May God Bless you and your family! Happy Thanksgiving 😉🦃❤️

[@juttakasapis6408]

Yes, they all look delicious 😋. I be happy to be your taste tester, no charge 😅😊❤

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Glad you liked them and wish you could 😊😀

[@rhondaherdman7338]

Now that's a spread sister❤ I'm actually going to try them candied sweet potatoes your way this year. Blessings and much love

[@tammyemalone-lh1tc]

Looks wonderful!!

[@janiegoodman6301]

Your mommas dressing is how we make ours and it's something mom knows we like her dressing . Here is Wishing you a very happy holidays

[@cindywoods4645]

You're mom is so pretty. You look just alike. I can't wait to try some of these recipes.

[@Robinson08826]

Mel, you gave me some ideas to add to my Thanksgiving menu. Thank You😊

[@janesecaraway3995]

All I can say is yummo!! Can't wait till Thanksgiving!! ❤😊

[@deejay7759]

You are so much fun to watch. Down home folk just like me .

[@couponingwithisa]

GOD BLESS EVERYONE ❤MOMMA MEL WAS DROOLING & READY TO EAT 🍽️

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

😊 I appreciate you watching and hope you enjoy these this year.

[@bettycook9536]

Amazing video ❤

[@susan_elizabeth]

You had me at chocolate eclair cake! 😋

[@donnaarmstrong7537]

As always delious looking recipes. I probably would have leaned over to smell the cinnamon too 😅. I agree, the sage makes the dressing, my recipe was passed down from my Mom and it's so close to this one, but my Momma added chicken. I've never baked it in a cookie sheet pan ~ by golly I'm going to this Thanksgiving 😀. Thank you and Granny too.💞

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

❤️ we love it thin like this

[@carolescalle791]

Wow ❤ Mama Mel, you have a great variety of foods to pick from. I love your potatoes 🥔 ideas. The fresh cranberry sauce is all I ever make, I do add some fresh ground pepper to mine it's so yummy 😋. Also the grape 🍇 salad looks delicious 😋 ❤. I hope that you have a wonderful week ❤ my friend.

[@lesleyprewitt9333]

I am making your banana pudding this year! I had already decided that, now I believe I'm going to try the broccoli cornbread instead of corn pudding ❤ Thanks Mel!!!

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Oh I'm so excited 😊 You're gonna love them both so much. Thanks for watching and please let me know how everything turns out.

[@ruthannhendricks7614]

These all look so delicious! I drooled through the whole video.

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

🤣 I love hearing this, hope you enjoy these with your family this year. Thanks for watching

[@wendysfairbanks924]

I have that strainer and I love mine.

[@missperfect8424]

Everything looks so delicious ❤ My daughter has made the éclair cake. Yummy

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Thank you 😊 and that cake is so easy and delicious

[@StacyArthur]

Love the shirt you're wearing. My best friend brings the chocolate eclair cake to every family gathering. My husband jokes with her that she has to make a big pan or she can't 😂 I would love to see the lemon variety. I made the nutter butter banana pudding last year for Christmas and the Christmas candies you made. There was nothing left. Thanks for all your hard work and time you put in for us (Me) who have complete brain farts trying to figure out new recipes we can make for our families but not be in the kitchen all day.

[@carolneal3785]

Love this all good😊

[@mary-s2p5y]

Your mom is a pretty lady. I miss my mom. We never cooked together.

[@debrahypes2130]

Delicious 🎉😊

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Thank you!

[@reginablanton8180]

I add a small container of sour cream in my pudding also. It's the best.

[@JudithBrummett]

I grew up eating cantaloupe pudding instead of banana pudding. Use your regular recipe but use butterscotch pudding instead of vanilla and Chessmen cookies instead of Nilla wafers and thin sliced cantaloupe for the fruit.

[@Sally-v6f]

I agree cant put too much sage !! Its not dressing without sage , and ive seen many recipes where they dont even use it ? No thanks lol😅😅😅

[@amypletcher4411]

I thought of something, can you make sweet potato casserole like yours in a crockpot? Not many like it but I have a 3 crockpot unit and thought if I could make that in there and a green beans and a cornbread casserole too in it if you could do c.b.c. too?

[@tarabowersock8875]

When we have to many cool whip, sour cream or cottage cheese containers, I take them to church for leftovers after the Sunday lunch/Sunday school we have almost every week. Always lots of leftovers.

[@suziewoodall560]

Where did you get your little fireplace on your counter

[@charliebrown5]

Thank You 😀

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

You're so welcomed, thank you so much for watching 😊

[@bettyharvath5217]

Watching you from Delaware.

[@franrydzewski5662]

,I make my dressing like Granny but without the soup and Granny is right,the smell will let you know when you have enough sage.

[@CarolLaPlante-z1r]

Everybody thinks they can cook. But u really can!!!!

[@sandymorris6450]

YUMMY!!!

[@marshared]

My momma, “Don’t forget bowls for leftovers!” Me, “Never!” Lol

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Me too 🤣😊

[@marshared]

@ 😅🙌🏼

[@sharonpatton9286]

I do the same thing. When I make .my dressing I go by the smell.

[@christeenprice5637]

Mel. I add giblets and boiled eggs to my my stuffing

[@juliehouser9361]

On the Boston caje can you use vanilla wafers? Also does the corn bread recipe taste like cottage cheese? Do not like cottage cheese.

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

I'm sure vanilla wafers would taste great, you just wouldn't be able to slice it up in layered pieces. And I don't taste cottage cheese in the cornbread, it really just gives it the right texture.

[@mylittlepony-s1m]

cool

[@kellyzinkus709]

where do you get the Kentucky Derby hams?

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Did I say Kentucky Derby?🤣 I meant KY Legend and they're sold at Walmart, Kroger and Food City around here. They're in the meat department around where bacon is usually.

[@MrsAlmaTrumble]

I just sent you an email, Aunt Mel. I love seeing Granny in the kitchen with you.

[@donnagribbins1763]

I have taken the Éclair Cake Recipe and made a variation that we make at Christmas. It is a Chocolate Mint Version. It just takes a few substations. You substitute Chocolate Grahams for the grahams. For the pudding you use White Chocolate Pudding and it you add 3 drops of green food coloring and 1/2 tsp of peppermint extract. The rest of the recipe is the same as what is called for in the original recipe. We love the original recipe and have been making that since the 70s, but we like this version just as much. It tastes like a peppermint patty if you use the dark chocolate frosting.

[@amygardner1454]

❤❤❤❤

[@apriltownsend8463]

What size pan for the dressing?

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

That one was a 10 x 15, hope you enjoy it!

[@kathybunch200]

I want to know how you keep your stove top sparkling? I have a stove top just like yours and it’s dull.

[@RedBirds2]

You need to add coconut to ur potato topping

[@yvonnacarolstaton6721]

Why do you use oil in bottom of Eclair pan?

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

The oil kinda softens the crackers, but I'm sure they would soften up without, too if you want to skip it. Hope you love it and thanks for watching 😊

[@Sally-v6f]

Hey pineapple.casserole wasnt in there lol

[@janetwilliams-vs9cg]

Are you baking dishes from the Pioneer Woman?

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

They really look like them but I got them on clearance a few years ago at Belk Department store, they're made by a company called Baum Brothers.

[@kellyzinkus709]

oops! the kentucky legend hams! Lol!

[@rosemorris2310]

Is that an Apple stack cake?

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Yes! I can't remember who made it, but my sister in law bought it from someone locally. It was a treat 😊

[@rosemorris2310]

I grandma always made that I wish I had the recipe

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

@rosemorris2310 I've never made one, they are a labor of love ❤️

[@rosemorris2310]

I know that her love is why it was so so good my grandma was the most sweetest Christian women I have ever known.

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

@rosemorris2310 that's precious ❤️ and I believe you're right about the love making it so special

[@teresawilliams662]

I don't ever put soup in my dressing

[@janetwilliams-vs9cg]

I saw a video where the lady put shredded chicken and she browned ground beef and added it to her cornbread dressing. Have you heard of that?

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

I have a recipe coming up next week that 's a sausage, stuffing, green bean casserole dish and it was delicious 😋 So i could definitely see how the chicken and ground beef would be good.

[@Carla_Testa]

Love your recipes and your channel, but yes you can put too much sage in dressing. Sage is a very overpowering spice and too much ruins it for me and my family. I wouldn’t be able to eat this version.

[@tracyroth3397]

Gah! I’m late! Got caught up watching the Chargers and Bengals🫣❤️🙌

[@InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

Oh honey, don't you worry! I'm so thankful for you being here week in and out and I hope you have a blessed Thanksgiving 😊

[@tracyroth3397]

@ Same to you, Patrick and family! Gobble,gobble!❤️🙌🦃