Our Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes
Wow.
How is Thanksgiving only one week away?! Didn’t I just devote a week’s worth of posts commiserating over the end of summer?
For our holiday, we’ve got ourselves an invite to my aunt’s house, and I’m pegged to bring the cranberry sauce. That’s it. Nothing more, nothing less. I dig it.
And with the week off of school for the girls, we’ve got a full calendar of sleepovers, library dates and bumper bowling all lined up. Oh yes, we bowl. Don’t make me break out my wrist brace. (Okay, I don’t really have a wrist brace. But Christmas is right around the corner.)
We are all set, but in case you still need to fill in a few blanks in your Thanksgiving menu, here’s a few of our favorite recipes that just might hit the spot:
Soups and Salads:
Strawberry Roasted Chickpea Salad with Cinnamon Vinaigrette
Crunchy Shredded Sprouts Salad
Meatless Main Dishes/Sides:
Cornbread Dressing with Dried Cherries, Tempeh Bacon and Portabella Mushrooms
Roasted Garlic and Herb Smashed Potatoes and Gravy
Breads & Baked Goods:
Sweet Endings:
Pumpkin Molasses Cookie Dough Balls
Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Nutmeg Cream Cheese Frosting
Happy Weekend Before Thanksgiving, friends!
I have big plans for your pumpkin Pie recipe! Thanks for sharing
can i just have one of everything?
OK fine, two of everything
Two. Definitely two!
Oh…thank you for posting this!
The blog world has been a sea of Thanksgiving recipes…without any meatless ones!!
The cornbread dressing looks amazing!!!!!!
WRIST BRACE!!!! Hahaha. Let’s get matching ones for Christmas.
Great roundup and thanks for re-linking the bread recipes. Ive been getting into it lately and always on the hunt for tried and true’s!
I am really eyeing your pumpkin cupcakes! And we’ve already had Thanksgiving here in Canada so this is purely for an excuse to have a treat! I just can’t believe how fast time flies – December is nearly here!!
we have been bowling more lately, with family, by ourselves… I don’t have a wrist brace (okay, I do, but it’s not for bowling!). I have contemplated my own shoes though. what is HAPPENING to me!?!?
I am sofreakinexcited for the holidays… a week from Right Now I predict I will be sitting (snoozing??) on my mom’s couch, while Cousin Eddie kidnaps Frank Shirley on the television… ahh, family tradition.
Well all the recipes here look amazing, gonna be hard narrowing it down! Thanks for the round up!
Thanksgiving is back to being early this year…I am not ready for it yet! I hope you and yours have a great one.
I was thinking about making those garlic herb smashed potatoes this weekend – loved those last year!
I hope Gigi’s recovery is going smoothly. My dad had a major operation the other day…it really puts life in perspective, you know? It’s these situations that make me realize how important it is to cherish all of the time we have together. I hope you have a wonderful weekend before Thanksgiving and a wonderful Thanksgiving too! ENJOY the time with your girls and your family!
Hugs to you!
I love love love this post with all of these wonderful recipes! Thank you!
Sarah!! !I need about 20 thanksgiving day holidays to make all of this stuff!! But I think I might start doing your monkey bread as a turkey day morning tradition.
My mouth is watering just thinking about it ….
miss you! Wish our families could all have a fun breakfast together!
Oh yum! I’ve been looking for a good recipe for Spicy African Peanut Stew after I had it a few years ago. I doubt I’ll do it for Thanksgiving this year since we’re keeping it super simple but it’s on my list of things to make since the weather is cold and stews and soups take over my meal plans.
looking through your recipes you posted i feel ive made close to all of them lol (chickpea dumplings was my dinner its my FAV!!) and i loveee your corn millet pudding its so easy and my fam loves it which is a plus
I made your old fashioned pumpkin pie last year. Actually my hubs made it. He was home the day before Thanksgiving while I was at work. I was shocked when I walked through the door after a long day to have a homemade pie on the stove. Let’s just say we HAD to taste test it that night. YUM! Making it again this year!
We are big bowlers too. No shame!
I was wondering what happened to your pumpkin loaf with white chocolate chips? I made it 2 years ago (I think?) and it was amazing. I just can’t seem to find the recipe now!
It never made it over to the recipe page for some reason! I’d suggest trying the pumpkin struesel loaf and adding white chocolate chips. http://peasandthankyou.com/recipage/?recipe_id=6033258 Oh, yes, do that.
I just forwarded your gravy recipe to my brother’s girlfriend… She just asked me for a vegan gravy recipe yesterday, and I know she will love yours!
I included some of these yummy looking dishes in my Thanksgiving Recipe Round-Up this year – Keep up the good work.
http://moicontrelavie.com/2012/11/17/mclv-mange-thanksgiving-recipe-round-up/
Hi Mama Pea! Can the pumpkin cookie dough balls be made gluten and nut free? I have gluten intolerance and nut allergies in my family
Thanks!!!
You could try subbing all purpose gf flour for the flours? I haven’t tried it, but I might now. Good luck!