Hello and welcome to this thing we’re doing where we help you figure out what you’re gonna put in your mouth this week. Some of these are recipes we’ve tried, some of these are recipes we’re looking forward to trying, all of them are fucking delicious. Tell us what you want to put in your piehole or suggest your own recipes, and we’ll talk about which things we made, which things we loved, and which things have changed us irreversibly as people. Last week, we went gluten-free for the holidays.
Two years ago, I invited my family to come out to Chicago for Thanksgiving, to spend the holiday with my roommates and me. I also told my roommates to invite as many friends as they wanted, despite our limited number of chairs and despite having no dining table to speak of. Because I’m totally unbalanced, I also decided I was going to go ahead and cook everything myself. I began planning my dream menu, which included multiple kinds of potato and several pounds of butter. The shopping alone took two days. I even tried to bribe my neighbors into letting me borrow their oven so I could cook twice as much at once. (They declined, probably sensing it was crucial to maintaining my sanity.)
In the end, I survived,  but not before ruining my oven mitt with turkey drippings, burning my hand on a baking dish and frantically calling my mother for reassurance that I was not going to ruin the whole trip if there weren’t enough apples in the pie. I really truly nearly lost it when one of those friends-of-friends who came showed up with a spinach artichoke dip I hadn’t planned on serving. So yeah, cooking your first Thanksgiving can be pretty daunting.
Lucky for you, I’m here to help. The following are all the recipes you could need to plan your first Thanksgiving, from the appetizers to the after-dinner drinks.
Appetizers
1. Mini Twice Baked Potatoes
2. Tomato Tortellini Soup
3. Slow Cooker Spinach and Artichoke Dip
4. Beet and Apple Salad
5. Baked Thick Cut Seasoned Oven Fries
6. Honey Butter
7. Beer Battered Onion Ring and Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
8. Thai-Spiced Pumpkin Soup
9. Warm Herb and Jam Goat Cheese Spread
10. Broccolini Salad
Main Course
11. IPA Brined Roast Turkey
12. Pumpkin Pot Pie
13. Buttermilk Roast Chicken
14. Mom’s Roast Turkey Recipe
15. Quinoa Stuffed Acorn Squash Rings
16. Herbed Pork Rib Roast
17. Lemongrass Braised Turkey Legs
 18. Sweet Potato Gnocchi With Balsamic-Sage Brown Butter
19. Pork, Collard Green and Persimmon Pot Pie
20. Vegetable Lasagna Casserole
21. Garlic-Herb Roasted Chicken
Sides
22. Double Cranberry Sauce
23. Black Bean and Tomato Quinoa
24. Crispy Sweet Potato Roast
25. Balsamic Braised Brussels Sprouts With Pancetta
26. Mushroom and Mash
27. The Best Cranberry Sauce
28. Sweet Potato Bake
29. Gruyere, Cheddar and Leek Macaroni and Cheese
30. 30 Minute Rolls
31. Taterless Parmesan Zucchini Tots
32. Lemongrass Stuffing
33. Perfect Mashed Potatoes
Dessert
34. Apple and Cheddar Scones
35. Chocolate Chess Pie
36. Gingerbread Cookie Butter HoliGAY Cake
37. Pecan Pie That’ll Make You Cry
38. Dairy Free Apple Cake
39. Chocolate Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
40. Classic Pumpkin Pie With Pecan Praline Sauce
41. Chocolate Avocado Pudding
42. Raspberry Coconut Girl Bait
43. Pear and Cranberry Crumble
Drinks
44. Sparking White Cranberry Sangria
45. Mulled Wine
46. Mulled Cranberry Apple Cider
 47. Irish Coffee
