When planning the same holiday year after year, how do you keep your celebration fresh and interesting while maintaining a sense of tradition? We asked our favorite bloggers and food people to share what’s inspiring their Thanksgiving planning this year. From ancestor’s recipes and falling leaves, to beautiful piles of ingredients and thoughtful home decor, there was no shortage of imagination. See what motivates some of the most creative minds we know, and then start planning your annual feast.
Thanksgiving is one of my all-time favorite holidays. Not only is it a celebration that includes quite a bit of decadent and delicious food, but it’s also a time that you get to spend with your friends and family, and really slow down and enjoy each other’s company. The last few Thanksgivings, we’ve asked our extended family members to bring over the mixings for cocktails or their favorite pies and then we take care of the rest.
This year’s Thanksgiving celebration is all about the side dishes and sweets. It’s a given in my house that we will have a beautiful turkey with gravy and all that jazz, but what really gets me excited is being able to pick and choose what kind of side dishes we should pair with the turkey to really wow our guests.
In my opinion you can never have enough carbs, so I’ve opted for not one, not two, but three potato dishes. There will be a Roasted Parmesan Potato dish, crisp Sweet Potato Fries and a Goat Cheese Potato Gratin. I guarantee that all of these will fly off the table and leave your guests begging for more. And if you do happen to have a spoonful or two left over, it makes for the best lunch the following day.
To brighten things up a bit, I like to make Garlic Charred Lemon Brussels Sprouts and a Spicy Green Bean Salad. This Brussels sprout dish will wow even a serious Brussels sprout skeptic. And to finish things off, not only will there be pies and apple crisps from our friends and family, but I also like to put out some of my mom’s famous molasses cookies and chocolate chip pumpkin muffins. (These make an excellent late night snack too.)
This collection of recipes is a perfect balance of fall colors and a few bright dishes that will pop against your table. Having any or all of these on your table will make your guests feel right at home and ready to chow down on some amazing Thanksgiving grub.
- Parmesan Roasted Potatoes
- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins
- Spicy Garlic Green Beans
- Potato and Goat Cheese Gratin
- French Fries
- Lemon Garlic Brussel Sprouts
- Molasses Cookies
For more Thanksgiving ideas, visit our Thanksgiving Inspiration Board Gallery.
Gaby Dalkin is a chef, amateur photographer/food stylist, enthusiastic traveler and guacamole fanatic. She is the founder of What’s Gaby Cooking, where she showcases her simple and sassy recipes that feature whichever ingredients she is currently obsessing over. She lives in Los Angeles with her fiancé, Thomas, and her cat, Stella.
Thanksgiving Side Dish and Dessert Ideas from Cooking Channel
- Top 50 Thanksgiving Sides
- Mashed Potato Madness
- Our Best Breads
- Sweet on Sweet Potatoes
- For the Love of Pie
Title…
[...]always a large fan of linking to bloggers that I appreciate but really don’t get a great deal of link like from[...]…
Websites we think you should visit…
[...]although websites we backlink to below are considerably not related to ours, we feel they are actually worth a go through, so have a look[...]……
Recent Blogroll Additions……
[...]usually posts some very interesting stuff like this. If you’re new to this site[...]……
Title…
[...]Here are several of the web-sites we suggest for our visitors[...]…
Sources…
[...]check below, are some totally unrelated websites to ours, however, they are most trustworthy sources that we use[...]……
Title…
[...]The information talked about within the write-up are several of the best available [...]…
Sources…
[...]check below, are some totally unrelated websites to ours, however, they are most trustworthy sources that we use[...]……
Related……
[...]just beneath, are numerous totally not related sites to ours, however, they are surely worth going over[...]……
Title…
[...]Sites of interest we’ve a link to[...]…
Title…
[...]just beneath, are quite a few entirely not connected web pages to ours, nevertheless, they may be certainly really worth going over[...]…
Title…
[...]Sites of interest we’ve a link to[...]…
Title…
[...]one of our visitors not long ago encouraged the following website[...]…
Title…
[...]Every when in a whilst we pick blogs that we study. Listed beneath would be the most up-to-date websites that we decide on [...]…
Read was interesting, stay in touch……
[...]please visit the sites we follow, including this one, as it represents our picks from the web[...]……
Links…
[...]Sites of interest we have a link to[...]……
Visitor recommendations…
[...]one of our visitors recently recommended the following website[...]……
Check this out…
[...] that is the end of this article. Here you’ll find some sites that we think you’ll appreciate, just click the links over[...]……
Title…
[...]below you will locate the link to some web pages that we believe you should visit[...]…
Websites worth visiting…
[...]here are some links to sites that we link to because we think they are worth visiting[...]……
Check this out…
[...] that is the end of this article. Here you’ll find some sites that we think you’ll appreciate, just click the links over[...]……
Title…
[...]always a large fan of linking to bloggers that I appreciate but do not get a lot of link really like from[...]…
Title…
[...]we prefer to honor a lot of other net websites on the internet, even if they aren’t linked to us, by linking to them. Beneath are some webpages worth checking out[...]…
Title…
[...]one of our visitors lately proposed the following website[...]…
Recent Blogroll Additions……
[...]usually posts some very interesting stuff like this. If you’re new to this site[...]……
Title…
[...]very handful of sites that transpire to become in depth below, from our point of view are undoubtedly effectively really worth checking out[...]…
Read was interesting, stay in touch……
[...]please visit the sites we follow, including this one, as it represents our picks from the web[...]……
Title…
[...]the time to study or go to the material or web pages we’ve linked to below the[...]…
Michal Nunmaker…
This is a topic that is near to my heart… Thank you! Exactly where are your contact details though?…
You should check this out…
[...] Wonderful story, reckoned we could combine a few unrelated data, nevertheless really worth taking a look, whoa did one learn about Mid East has got more problerms as well [...]……
Links…
[...]Sites of interest we have a link to[...]……
Websites you should visit…
[...]below you’ll find the link to some sites that we think you should visit[...]……
Title…
[...]check beneath, are some absolutely unrelated internet websites to ours, even so, they may be most trustworthy sources that we use[...]…
Title…
[...]below you’ll locate the link to some web sites that we think it is best to visit[...]…
Title…
[...]very handful of web-sites that come about to be in depth below, from our point of view are undoubtedly very well really worth checking out[...]…
Title…
[...]that would be the finish of this write-up. Right here you will uncover some websites that we assume you will value, just click the hyperlinks over[...]…
Title…
[...]one of our guests just lately recommended the following website[...]…
Read was interesting, stay in touch……
[...]please visit the sites we follow, including this one, as it represents our picks from the web[...]……
Read was interesting, stay in touch……
[...]please visit the sites we follow, including this one, as it represents our picks from the web[...]……
Sites we Like……
[...] Every once in a while we choose blogs that we read. Listed below are the latest sites that we choose [...]……
Title…
[...]here are some hyperlinks to web-sites that we link to since we feel they’re worth visiting[...]…
Title…
[...]please pay a visit to the web-sites we stick to, including this a single, because it represents our picks in the web[...]…
Check this out…
[...] that is the end of this article. Here you’ll find some sites that we think you’ll appreciate, just click the links over[...]……
Title…
[...]Here are a few of the sites we recommend for our visitors[...]…
Awesome website…
[...]the time to read or visit the content or sites we have linked to below the[...]……
Sources…
[...]check below, are some totally unrelated websites to ours, however, they are most trustworthy sources that we use[...]……
Title…
[...]please go to the internet sites we stick to, such as this one, because it represents our picks through the web[...]…
Visitor recommendations…
[...]one of our visitors recently recommended the following website[...]……
Superb website…
[...]always a big fan of linking to bloggers that I love but don’t get a lot of link love from[...]……
Blogs ou should be reading…
[...]Here is a Great Blog You Might Find Interesting that we Encourage You[...]……
Sites we Like……
[...] Every once in a while we choose blogs that we read. Listed below are the latest sites that we choose [...]……