Thanksgiving Recipes
Easy Thanksgiving Recipes
Thanksgiving is about spending time with your family and not a time to slave all day and night preparing food in your kitchen. No matter if you’re a cook preparing their first Thanksgiving meal or are a seasoned veteran who just wants to prepare an easy Thanksgiving recipe for your guests there are many recipes that look great and taste great but are relatively simple to prepare for your holiday meal.
Every Thanksgiving meal needs a meat and traditionally hams and turkeys are cooked as a large meal for many guests to eat. Hams are the easiest to cook and only need to be unthawed, if frozen, and cooked for three to four hours depending on the size in the oven. Some; however, do not like ham or do not eat pork because of certain personal and religious preferences. In this case a turkey will work best and while it requires more prep time, it isn’t difficult. The easiest Thanksgiving Recipes involve stuffing the turkey with large chunks of vegetables, such as onion, celery and carrots that are seasoned heavily with spices such as sage, parsley and thyme. Brush or pour a butter and olive oil mixture on the skin of the bird and place on a roasting pan and in the oven to roast for three to four hours. Be sure to check the turkey every hour to make sure it is cooking properly and is staying moist. The bird may need the occasional basting to ensure that the meat inside and out stays tender and doesn’t dry out.
Side dishes placed on a holiday dinner table can encompass many different foods, most of which tend to be easy Thanksgiving Recipes. A popular side dish for guests to eat for Thanksgiving dinner is mashed potatoes. Boil smaller, red skinned potatoes until softened and drain the water. The potatoes should be cut into small pieces and skinned if needed. Mash the potatoes in a large pot and add sour cream and garlic salt to taste. The longest and hardest part of this recipe is mashing the potatoes until they are smooth enough to eat.
There are several easy Thanksgiving recipes for a holiday dessert, one of the most popular being the pecan pie; found on dessert tables in most homes during the holiday season. Pecan pies are made using common kitchen ingredients, like eggs, butter, karo syrup and sugar and takes less than 10 minutes to mix, pour the mixture in a pie pan and place in the oven to cook. Pecan pies taken a little more than an hour to bake, but don’t need special attention while in the oven; allowing you time to prepare other items that may need more attention or preparation time.
No matter what you are in charge of bringing to your family dinner this Thanksgiving season, there are plenty of easy Thanksgiving Recipes to choose from. These recipes, while they may be easy will still need to be cooked, which may take time.
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