Whether your family is planning on hosting your first ever Thanksgiving Dinner party, or you are just looking for ways to spice up Thanksgiving, finding the best recipes can be a challenge. And unless you have the cookbook that once belonged to Grandma, or a full suite of traditional Thanksgiving recipes, you are probably searching around the internet for great recipes to try.
Here is a roundup of 10 of the top Thanksgiving recipes from trusted and reliable recipe site allrecipes.com.
This is a perfect Thanksgiving morning meal for the chef who plans ahead. The last thing you want is to be starving all day because you are cooking and have not had time to eat. And if you have got kiddos hanging around, they do not usually understand you telling them you are cooking as a viable excuse for not feeding them. So why not save everybody a grumbly tummy by taking 15 minutes to whip up these delicious muffins.
Homestyle Turkey, the Michigander Way
Unless you are eating a vegetarian meal of delicious Tofurkey or trying out one of the many vegan ham recipes, you are likely be cooking up a turkey. With a short prep time and a long cook time, your turkey definitely takes some serious planning. This delight cooks for about 5 hours, which means having those Banana Crumb Muffins will be your best bet for surviving until the turkey, in all of its glory, is ready to carve.
Awesome Sausage, Apple and Cranberry Stuffing
Stuffing is usually cooked inside the turkey, so you will have to prep it before cooking your bird. This delectable recipe is easily customizable and comes out with a sweet and savory flavor. You can cook it as a side dish if you decide not to cook it in your turkey by baking it covered at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes, and then uncovered for about 15 minutes. To keep it moist, you will want to add a bit more turkey stock. Yum!
This cranberry sauce uses only 3 ingredients, proving simplicity is best. With a small kick of citrus, this recipe uses orange juice, white sugar, and of course cranberries. With only a 10 minute cook time, this is a perfect recipe to let the older kiddos help with since it is so easy.
Sweet potato casserole is a standard for many Thanksgiving Day lineups. This recipe, though, is a real treat. Topped with pecans, this creamy dish might just melt your heart. With a total start-to-finish time of 1 hour, you will need 30 minutes to prep this dish. Just remember that timing is key in cooking, so leave enough time to prepare this yummy dish.
Chef John Perfect Mashed Potatoes
You may hear a lot of people telling you they need a bigger sppon! This delicious recipe includes 4 ingredients, a 20 minute prep time, and only 20 minutes to cook. You may want this to be one of the last things you cook, since hot mashed potatoes are the key to yummy mashed potatoes. But these are especially fun because you get to use a mixer. So maybe the chef can continue the rest of the prep while a helper mixes the potatoes.
No Thanksgiving meal is complete without a dinner roll or bread of some sort. How else will you eat your mashed potatoes, or soak up that turkey juice. These delicious babies take over 2 hours from start to finish, so you may want to prep. This recipe does use a bread machine, so you will have to improvise if you do not have one. Improvising usually means planning the night before. Like after your muffins are in the oven.
Double Layer Pumpkin Cheesecake
Pumpkin. Cheesecake. Obviously, this should be on the menu in every house. Thanksgiving is simply not complete without dessert. And this pumpkin pie alternative is perfect for your cheesecake loving guests. This is to be made around the same time as your turkey, since it takes about 40 minutes to cook, but 3 hours to refrigerate. Of course, you could make it easier on yourself by prepping the night before.
Family get-togethers are hard, especially when they involve in-laws and other tons of children. But a delicious sangria can make all of this better. With fresh fruit and ingredients that is probably already on-hand. This delicious recipe is sweet and tangy, and only takes about 10 minutes to prep. If you refrigerate overnight, it will have the absolute best flavor.
Not every house is an alcohol house, but that does not mean you do not get to enjoy delicious drinks! This super yummy sweet tea recipe is the perfect addition to your beverage table. This beverage is to be prepped the night before since it can take 3 hours or more to get nice and cold, but it will be well worth it when you taste the sweet crispness of a good iced tea.
The thing about cooking big dinners is you have to be prepared. And you have to plan ahead. But getting a plan together before going into the whole adventure means you will have a great day ahead of you, and much less cleanup! Just make sure your guests help with the dishes. None of that Do not worry about it, I will take care of it, business. Make them earn that delicious meal, and you will be so grateful when they all leave and you can relax again.
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