Help make Thanksgiving in Japan

My wife and I took the kids to Osaka for a couple of days to get out of Tokyo - nice time and a fun "little" city (11th largest in the world!). For Thanksgiving dinner we had Okonomiyaki !!

Anyway - for family dinner on Sunday back in Tokyo we are making a Turkey. I have some power "go to"s in a mashed potato dish and a sausage stuffing that my kids will love - but looking for help on a veggie side dish.

WHat were your favorite veggie side dishes this year? Up for anything - prefer somewhat simple in terms of prep but game for an adventure if worth it.

Thanks in advance for your help

To be sure son-in-law would eat a veggie with all the starch, we prepared a simple side. We found some very thin(Frenchie) green beans in a year round farm stand. We left them whole, blanched and dried them, and then sauteed in butter. We let each individual season their own. They were a big hit.

I bet you could find some edamame there, which would be a good sub for lima beans. Maybe mix in some corn for a "succotash."

I'm fond of baked sweet potatoes WITHOUT marshmallows. I bake them in their skins until they're as soft as mashed potatoes. A bit 'o butter and salt. Yum.

[Jenise]

John, a vegetable dish I make every year I do T-day at home is a simple and attractive combination of carrots and parsnips, cut in little batons to make all the pieces roughly the same length and width, which are then tossed with good olive oil and dried thyme or herbs de Provence and oven roasted until the sugars in the veggies cause the edges to blacken just a bit. Very simple and colorful, and it always draws raves from people who either have never had parsnips or thought they didn't like parsnips.

A great vegetable I had lately that would also serve the T-day table well, green peas, butter, spinach and a dash of vermouth all tossed together until the spinach wilts. YUM.