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Johnell Family Recipes Appetizers Mains Thanksgiving
A whole roasted turkey, browned and ready to carve Photo: Mark Miller · CC BY-SA 4.0

Every year, the whole thing

Thanksgiving Dinner
at The Johnell’s

The menu as Mom printed it in the book — every year, the whole thing.

Appetizers

  • Yaplakia
  • Tiropetes
  • Spanakopetes
  • Feta Cheese Squares
  • Kalamata Olives
  • Celery Sticks with Blue Cheese

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Main Course

  • Roast Turkey with Giblet Gravy
  • Fresh Cranberry Sauce
  • Yaya’s Pastitsio
  • Savory Bread Stuffing
  • Yaya’s Chestnut Stuffing
  • Mashed Potatoes
  • Candied Yams
  • Creamed Onions
  • Green Beans
  • Snow Salad
  • Dinner Rolls

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Dessert

  • Pumpkin Pie
  • Hot Apple Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream
  • Baklava

Recipes in the Thanksgiving chapter are underlined — the rest you already know by heart.

From a book Mom made for us, Christmas 2007. Transcribed with love (and every XOXO kept intact).

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