@Winter2024 I know that weight issue very well. Happy you're on top of it! so, you'd like to see Curry Goat on the Thanksgiving menu?
Beans and cornbread remind me of happier (though poorer times) family times. Together and thankful for a hot meal. My dad was the same way and always had to have butter beans on the Christmas table (his father was the son of a Civil War veteran).
Lasagna - became a family tradition when I lived in Germany (and a long way away from extended family).