Thanksgiving Recipes Plus a Guide for a Stress-Free Holiday
Two weeks to one of the best meals of the year. Fabulous food, family, friends, laughter and memories. . .who could ask for anything more? Well, if you’re asking for tried-and-true favorite Thanksgiving recipes and a Thanksgiving Checklist, read on.
Plan your menu
A few days ago, a friend and I planned our menu and divvied up the dishes. So, it’s Thanksgiving on my mind from now until Thanksgiving Day. You know how it goes. Between shopping and prep lists and then the actual prepping, cooking and last-minute shopping and cleaning and setting the table, etc., there’s a lot to be done. Way less stress, though, by starting early.
Start planning your menu today by scrolling through these 18 favorite Thanksgiving recipes.
- Choose your Thanksgiving main dish.
- Choose the rest of the Thanksgiving recipes from appetizer to sides to dessert.
- Create your menu.
- Determine how much of each dish to make.
- Write out your shopping list with quantities. Then, organize it by store (perhaps with a highlighter; perhaps with separate lists for each store.)
- Create a prep list of what to do in advance and especially of what to do throughout the week before Thanksgiving.
Detailed Guide
Whether you’re hosting your first Thanksgiving or your tenth or twentieth, look through my very detailed Thanksgiving Guide and Checklist. Print it out and begin one of the most satisfying tasks of all. Crossing out each item as you complete it.😊
If you’d like just a bit of help, my simplified Thanksgiving Checklist may be right for you.
Vegetarian Main Course
Creamy Oven-Baked Polenta with Mushrooms and Radicchio Saute
Wild Rice with Roasted Butternut Squash, Cranberries, Preserved Lemon
The Best Thanksgiving Turkey—Tender, Moist, Flavorful
Braised Turkey (or Chicken) with Fresh Herbs, Mushrooms and Vegetables
Appetizers – Keep Them Light
Celeriac Roasted Whole with Coriander and Olive Oil
Fig Black Olive and Walnut Tapenade
Yoghurt Cheese – Labneh, a Great Beginning to Thanksgiving
Salads and Sides Oh My
Arugula Watercress Fennel Apple Salad & Apple Cider Vinaigrette
Watercress, Belgian Endive, Pear, Maple-Glazed Walnut Salad with Shallot Mustard Vinaigrette
Roasted Sweet Potato Puree with Fresh Orange or Lime Juice
Cranberry Apple Ginger Chutney
Fresh Herb and Mushroom Bread Stuffing/Dressing
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Toasted Pecans
Shiitake Gravy — Vegetarian & Gluten-Free or Not
Desserts
Perfectly Delicious Maple Pumpkin Pie
