Last Thanksgiving I had my husbands family over for dinner. To make things easier I made all of my dishes in crockpots, except for the turkey which my husband was in charge of.
He deepfried it without oil.
I even found crockpot recipes for dressing and greenbean casserole.
It was even my very first dressing and it turned out wonderful.
It was easy to keep everything hot and everyone served themselves out of the row of crockpots.
I will do it again this Thanksgiving.

I have always thought that smothered quail was a very nice main dish. You usually fix 2 per person. It is extremely easy to do. They are available in the supermarket. Clean, dredge in flour, brown on all sides, add water to the pan and put in a medium oven with a cover. Bake about 1 hour until very tender when forked. Serve with a dressing. Make gravy from the drippings. Serve with favorite potatoes and vegetables, etc. Most people do not eat quail on a regular basis and this is a simple dish that usually impresses.

This may be of no help for thanksgiving but I do a traditional thanksgiving day dinner, turkey sweet potatoes, etc but we do lasagna for dinner of Christman. I make it the day before, heat on Christmas day. I don't have to spend all day Christmas day in the kitchen.