Surprising New Thanksgiving Day Trend In North Dakota

Thanksgiving is all about bringing people together. We eat, share stories, and remember what we're thankful for.

A new trend in North Dakota might change how you approach your Thanksgiving Day feast.

The Feast

Instead of the traditional turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and yams, you might want to try something else this holiday. ...don't cook the classics.

When I heard people were doing this, I had an ah-ha moment -- a lightbulb went off, and I couldn't help but ask myself why I hadn't thought of it sooner.

A Feast of Your Favorites

That's right, North Dakotans are ditching the classics and making themselves a buffet of their favorite foods. It's a more personalized approach to the holiday meal that everyone in your family is sure to love.

If you think about it, it makes a lot of sense...

We spend hours and hours in the kitchen, hundreds of dollars at the store, making food that we might not love.

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If you're sick of the same old dry turkey and canned cranberry sauce, try mixing it up with non-Thanksgiving food this Thanksgiving.

How about fried chicken for Thanksgiving? Add some steak to the table. You could opt for smoking some ribs...or even lasagna!

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This Thanksgiving, make up your own rules! Create a meal everyone is excited about. Let everyone pick one random dish to add to the table.

The beauty of the non-Thanksgiving food trend is that we're still getting together and being thankful; we're just doing it with our absolute favorite foods.

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