Secrets to a Successful Thanksgiving | Fast, Easy, Make Ahead
20 delicious recipes that are fast, easy or make ahead
Soups & Starters
Sounds crazy, but the key to a sane Thanksgiving is to start cooking well ahead. The recipes here were created with this idea in mind. Only the salad needs a quick last-minute tossing.
| • • • | Velvety Beet Soup |
| • • • | Chicory-Leek Soup |
| • • • | Spinach and Orange Salad with Parmesan Pecans |
| • • • | Fresh Goat Cheese and Crispy Shallot Dip |
Main Course
Turkey is so traditional, so satisfying, so...predictable. But give it a curry sauce or a teriyaki glaze and you've added an element of surprise. An even bolder move: Serve a juicy pork rib roast instead.
| • • • | Pork Rib Roast with Orange-Whisky Glaze |
| • • • | Imperial Turkey with Curry Gravy |
| • • • | Teriyaki-Glazed Turkey with Shallot Gravy |
Breads & Condiments
Making rolls or condiments from scratch might seem like a chapter from an over-achiever's Thanksgiving guide. But because they can be prepared days in advance, they're really the easiest part of the meal.
| • • • | Onion-Buttermilk Pinwheels |
| • • • | Bay Leaf-Scented Spoon Rolls |
| • • • | Applesauce with Dried Cranberries |
| • • • | Port-Cranberry Sauce |
Side Dishes
Beige, brown, more beige, more brown: A Thanksgiving plate can be a little drab.That's where great side dishes come in, adding a hit of color—not to mention texture and flavor—to the pigment-challenged turkey and gravy.
Desserts
Desserts make us greedy. Appealing to our want-it-all urges are recipes that combine several favorites in one: pumpkin cheesecake with a brownie crust, say, or macaroon bars topped with chocolate-covered chestnuts.
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