With Thanksgiving right around the corner it can be hard to think about food to cook, bake, or buy that everyone will enjoy. Hearing family and friends complain about it or someone not being able to eat it due to dietary restrictions can be hard, but this list will help with ideas and recipes to help in these difficult situations.
Hosting a Thanksgiving dinner can be stressful but one traditional food nobody can go wrong with is turkey. Turkey is a staple in American homes during this holiday for historical reasons and of course the taste. Making its way across America from the east coast and south in 1789, to the west, and now into everybody’s home during this holiday. Following The Kitchn’s recipe, an unstuffed turkey should be roasted for 13 minutes per pound and if it is stuffed then you should roast it for 15 minutes per pound. Preheat the oven to 450°F and once the turkey is in turn it down to 350°F. It should be done cooking once the thickest part of the thigh is at 165°F. After letting it rest for 15 minutes, the turkey can be carved and ready to be served!
Some other traditional side dishes include, Macaroni and cheese, a southern dish that’s made up of elbow macaroni, shredded cheddar cheese, butter, all purpose flour salt, ground black pepper, milk, and half and half, Pecan Pie, a southern dish that’s made up of pie crust, 1 cup sugar, ¼ cup butter, 4 eggs, 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract, 1 ½ chopped pecans and 1 ½ cup corn syrup , Mashed Potatoes, an english dish that’s made up of potatoes, 2-3 garlic cloves, cream cheese, sea salt on potatoes while cooking, butter, whole milk, salt and pepper, Cranberry Sauce, a dish from Massachusetts made up of ½ cup water, ½ cup orange juice, 4 cups cranberries and 1 cup sugar, Stuffing, a dish dating all the way back to the Roman Empire made up of 18-24 oz of bread cubes, 1 cup unsalted butter, 3 cups diced sweet onions, 2 cups diced celery, 6 garlic cloves, salt and pepper, 2 eggs, 2 ½ cups chicken or vegetable stock, and herbs, and Pumpkin Pie, a dish from both the UK and US made up of pie crust, sweetened condensed milk, 1 can pumpkin puree, pinch of salt, pumpkin pie spice, large eggs and some whipped cream on top. According to one of Cypress’s centurions, Aubrey Diaz, one of her favorite Thanksgiving foods is “my aunt’s mashed potatoes with bacon and cheese.”. With everyone gathering together with their favorite dishes, preparing for Thanksgiving may seem stressful, but coming together as one to spend time and catching up with each others’ lives makes it an enjoyable holiday.
