BYThanksgiving is almost here! Since we know you’ll probably be crafting your holiday menus in the next few days, we thought we’d share with you some of our favorite recipes for the Thanksgiving meal.
{ Appetizers }
Fruit and veggie trays, chips and dip, and cheese and crackers are awesome, but if you want to kick it up a notch, try serving something like Baked Brie with Pepper Jelly:
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This Garlic-Artichoke Dip is a great way to keep people busy before dinner!
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If artichoke dip isn’t your thing, maybe Jalapeno Popper dip will do it for you!
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Try keeping some Sweet and Sour Meatballs warm in the crockpot.
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Bruschetta is a gorgeous addition to any appetizer table! Now if only we could find a recipe to look like Giada…
{ Breads and Things}
Or if you’re in the mood for something a little different, try (clockwise from top L) Easy Herb-Topped Dinner Rolls, Naughty Cornbread Muffins, Cheesy Garlic Pinwheels, or French Bread Rolls.{ Potatoes }
Check out this tutorial on making basic Mashed Potatoes, and loads of ideas for dressing them up to perfection.
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Creamy Garlic-Herb Scalloped Potatoes make an elegant and satisfying addition to any meal.
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This is the standard potato dish on my Thanksgiving table every year. The beauty of these Stuffed Bleu Cheese Potatoes is that they can be made ahead of time!. . . . . . . . . .
The flavors of these Garlic-Rosemary Roasted Potatoes would go really well with other dishes on a Thanksgiving menu. Simple and elegant.. . . . . . . . . .
{ Sides }
Sweet and Spicy Cucumber Slices are a perfect easy, light side dish for a big Thanksgiving meal!
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Adults and kids alike will gobble up Candied Coconut Sweet Potatoes.
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Try Kate’s Italian Sausage Thanksgiving Dressing recipe. It’s sweet, savory, spicy, and tart, all at the same time!
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This Candied Walnut Salad has wonderful fall flavors like sweet apples, tart cranberries, and sweet candied pecans.. . . . . . . . . .
You can never go wrong with a classic Buttermilk Ranch Dressing. Toss in all of your favorite salad ingredients and it’s sure to be a pleaser. Make sure to make an extra large batch though, because it’s likely people will be pouring it on potatoes, turkey, rolls, and everything else!. . . . . . . . . .
Any salad is better with homemade croutons. Follow this method for Sourdough Garlic-Herb Croutons and customize your own flavor.. . . . . . . . . .
This Spinach-Mandarin Poppy Seed Salad is easy and a huge crowd-pleaser!
{ Condiments }
No matter what type of roll you go with, whip up a batch of sweet, fluffy Honey Butter to make them extra special.. . . . . . . . . .
{ Desserts }
Want to impress the socks off of everyone at your table? Make this White Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust. Trust me, you’ll be set for instant popularity.
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This Easy Pumpkin Crumble will feed a crowd and it takes only minutes to throw together.
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Another instant hit- Classic Apple Pie. Some people aren’t pumpkin pie fans so it’s always a good idea to have an alternative.
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If you’re going to make any kind of fruit pie, check out this tutorial on making the perfect crust.
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Not everyone loves apple pie, so we often make this Almond Toffee Tart for Holiday gatherings.. . . . . . . . . .
Want to go for something totally different? Make a batch of my Easy Pumpkin Ice Cream.. . . . . . . . . .
If you want something cute and kid-friendly, you can’t beat these Oreo Turkeys and Pilgrim Hats
or these adorable Turkey Cupcakes:
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If you want something easy and unique, you can’t beat these Cranberry Cinnamon Chip Bars.
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Neither one of us can turn down pumpkin and cream cheese and these Pumpkin and Cream Cheese Whoopie Pies are the perfect way to get your fix!
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Don’t send your guests home empty handed! If you want to really impress, give out some mini pies in a jar for a great little favor. You can even download and print these adorable TURKEY TAGS (made by the fabulous Lolly) for them!
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We really hope you all have a wonderful holiday. Thanksgiving is a great opportunity to gather the people you love (and those you just tolerate 😉 ) around the table and enjoy delicious food together. We are so grateful for all of YOU who read our blog and make us feel loved and appreciated. Thank you for all of the kind comments and emails, you all make this so worth doing. We consider you all friends, so happy Thanksgiving to you and your families!
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We really hope you all have a wonderful holiday. Thanksgiving is a great opportunity to gather the people you love (and those you just tolerate 😉 ) around the table and enjoy delicious food together. We are so grateful for all of YOU who read our blog and make us feel loved and appreciated. Thank you for all of the kind comments and emails, you all make this so worth doing. We consider you all friends, so happy Thanksgiving to you and your families!
-Sara and Kate
So many wonderful ideas! Great sounding recipes. Happy Thanksgiving.
Wow, so many yummy treats sweet & savory! I'm definitely making the white chocolate pumpkin cheesecake this week. I'm not making the meal for thanksgiving day so I'm making a pumpkin cheesecake to have with my hubby & kids after thanksgiving!
P.S. Its almost time for me to make more cookies and I will be using your glaze again! I cannot believe it has been almost a year already!
Wow, that all looks delicious! That would definetely impress my family!
I think I just drooled while reading your Thanksgiving ideas 🙂 Looks great!
Speaking of giveaways, today is the last day for mine! Hope you'll leave a comment for a chance at a Junior League Cookbook! Happy Thanksgiving!
WOW thanks for a one stop shop for so many recipe links!
Wow what a fantastic round up of goodies! Everything looks fantastic!
This is the best roundup of Thanksgiving ideas I've seen so far! I'm definitely going to try out one of those rolls.
What is your suggestion for freezing them after shaping?
FUN! I was actually planning to do some blue-cheese twice-baked-potatoes for the first time this year. So love that this recipe just popped up!! 🙂 Will have to give them a try….
I think I gained 5 pounds just looking at the pictures. What a great bunch of ideas to mix it up a little. Thank You!
Now that's MY kind of Thanksgiving fare : ) Thanks for all the recipe reminders!
I cannot EVEN begin to tell you how INCREDIBLE this BLOG is!
WOW! What a resource!
Thank you! Thank you!
I am speechless…
which doesn't happen often!
OF COURSE…I have added your button to my blog…
You are FABULOUS!!!!
I need to go and get new recipe cards!!!!
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everything looks so good!man am I hungry now or what,I can't wait i think i may make one of your delicious sides today.thanks for sharing
everything looks so good!man am I hungry now or what,I can't wait i think i may make one of your delicious sides today.thanks for sharing
Wow… Love all of the Thanksgiving ideas! I especially like the Italian sausage stuffing.. it sounds like a dish that I love to make. The pumpkin cheesecake with gingersnap crust sounds wonderful, as well.
I had all of the ingredients for the pumpkin crumble so I decided to give it a try. I am like you and do NOT like pumpkin pie so I will admit I was a skeptic! OH.MY.WORD! It was soooo delish!!! Thanks for the recipe and the honesty of your pumpkin pie dislike! Sometimes I think people think I am a Benedict Arnold because I do not like pumpkin pie – it is so nice to find a kindred spirit! Thanks for the recipe!
OH, I did not have yellow cake mix so I had to use a spice cake mix – FAB!
um, this list is ridiculous. in a good way.
Thanks for so many wonderful ideas!
what awesome ideas! you two have a great blog here 🙂 I'll be back.
Kinda makes me wish we were having a big party with lots of people instead of working on our new house. Maybe next year…and in our new house! 🙂
do you use salted or unsalted butter for the honey butter?
Missy! I'm glad you left a comment on this post. I totally saw your question on the honey butter and deleted it from my email like I always do before heading over to answer it. However I got side-tracked before I could reply and I couldn't for the life of me remember what post it was referring to! I spent forever sitting there thinking what recipe someone would ask about where salted vs. unsalted butter would make a difference, lol. ANYWAY, sorry about that- didn't want you to think you were ignored!
The very simple answer is, it doesn't matter 🙂 I almost always use salted butter for everything, and I think with all of the sweetness in this recipe, you'd probably need the contrast of the salt, so if you have it go with salted.
ok, thank you!! that's what i was going to use if i hadn't heard back in time for T-day.
i love love love the blog! it's making healthy eating a bit of a challenge 🙂
i love the white chocolate pie and the condiments. sounds like dindin at your house will be great! HTD.
Bren @ flanboyaneats.com
I just found your blog, and can only think of one word..YUM! Those rolls look just amazing.
Thank you so much for this post….all the best stuff in one place! Happy Thanksgiving!
I tried the dinner rolls for the first time and they turned out so fluffy and great! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
PS – I have now gotten my sister and her best friend addicted to your blog. You guys are amazing!
Love the recipes! Everything I've tried is great. Especially the Cinnabun Popcorn. So easy and so fancy, I'm giving it to all my neighbors for Christmas! Thanks a ton, glad I found y'all.
Love your blog! Love the recipes and the instructions and pics. I sure want to win the blendtec!!
Great website! I share it with everyone!!
I can't believe I just found this site! I can't wait to try these recipes and ideas!!! Thanks!
Oh my goodness! I almost had to leave your blog because these recipes are making me so hungry! Thank you for sharing! I don't know which I should make first!
So many wonderful recipe choices!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving you two!
Love all the ideas. I made the Pumpkin crumble last year and it was a hit. I also made the Jalapeno popper dip last time as well…I was wondering I noticed you had grated parmesan in your picture…could I use the powder stuff in the jar?
That's one full menu – good thing I'm eating for 2 this year!!
Oh, you ladies are the best, I love that you gave us some great reminders of what to entertain our guest with…. They all look so wonderful!
Thank you for these ideas all in one spot! I just have to say, you guys are my go-to blog for EVERYTHING now. Every single recipe I've tried is unfailingly delicious. So thank you!
Dean Monson–It will DEFINITELY be better with freshly grated Parmesan! 🙂
Thanks
Hey girls,
I just recently found and started reading your blog and I am really enjoying it. I'm a reader with the same lifestyle as you both-busy wife, mom, career woman and family chef:) Seems there are a lot of us out there! Keep up the good work:)
Nicole
I absolutely love artichoke dip! I had one one time that had spinach and garlic in it and it was fabulous, but the way I would love it is to mix the artichoke dip with the jalapeno popper recipe! Yum Yum Yum. I think I may just try that out for New Years this year. I will let you know how it turns out!
Have a great Holiday girls!
Happy Thanksgiving.
Thank you so much for posting this entry! I am trying to make the menu for our first Thanksgiving and I started to get a little overwhelmed with too many options all over the internet. You have narrowed it down to some soon-to-be favorites in our home!:)
What an amazing list of ideas!!! I'm totally using a couple of these 🙂 I felt like I needed to add 1 or 2 more things to my menu, and I think the parmesan stuffing sounds amazing!! I'm seriously soo hungry now!! 🙂
You two are great! So many great ideas…love them all!
You two are great….so many ideas….thanks!
Pick me!! Pick me!! Seriously, pick me!!
A friend just sent me the link to your blog and I am so excited. Your pictures are beautiful too. Trying the pumpkin cheesecake today. Can't wait!
Is this where I enter the silhouette giveaway too? Thanks!
Thanks so much for your wonderful site! I love all your ideas and posts! Going to make the pilgrim hats today for our place settings! I would make the turkeys but my son has a peanut allergy and I can't think of a good replacement for the reeses peanut butter cup. Keep up the good work, Patty
perch@cableone.net
Oh My Goodness!
I absolutely LOVE your site. I went out yesterday and bought the supplies to start baking cookies for a "friends cookie exchange" on the 6th. The only problem I have is which ones do I try first? What a sweet dilema. There are so many wonderful ideas on your site!!!
Thank you so much for the wonderful ideas. Your pitures are great – but hey girl – do you ever have time to do anything but cook? It must take you hours to do the cooking, then the writing of your blog, and then the upload to your site with the wonderful pictures. You are a very talented person.
Thanks again for sharing.
KathyG
groner@oh.rr.com
You ladies rock!!! I always turn to you for great recipes to wow my family! And LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the giveaways!!
Amy in Alaska
superaim72@gmail.com
I just found this site a few weeks ago and am loving it!! Great recipes! I can't wait to try the stuffing at Thanksgiving.
The Shillouette machine seems incredible!! Its great that you can do give a ways.
I just found this site a few weeks ago and am loving it!! Great recipes! I can't wait to try the stuffing at Thanksgiving.
The Shillouette machine seems incredible!! Its great that you can do give a ways.
OK, I totally forgot to put my email on from Jocelyn jmcjannet@hotmail.com
It all looks fabulous. Your cute turkeys with oreos and candycorns were a hit with my family!
Can't wait to see if I can win a silhouette!!
cnealson@hotmail.com
I want to enter for the Silhouette
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I love you guys. I'm scrambling tonight for a recipe. I always go to your blog. I found the recipe and the great giveaway! I can think of so many great projects to make. Happy Thanksgiving to you too.
My sister in law sent me to you blog.. I love it. You have so many fun and amazing ideas. How do you come up with all this? Thanks so much for the tips and ideas.
Is this where we can hope to win the Silhouette too? Oh how that would make my day.
Thank you so much for your blog.
Just in case, JolieStewart@earthlink.net
The white chocolate pumpkin cheesecake looks amazing, I can't wait to try it. And I have my fingers crossed for the silhouette giveaway…it would make a great early Christmas present (^: !
the link for the garlic-artichoke-dip wasn’t working and I couldn’t find the recipe when I searched for it.
sounds delicious! can you post a new URL?