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What to cook for Thanksgiving

Fifty Thanksgiving dishes with a price per serving: turkey as a thigh, a roll or a whole chicken instead, gravy and cranberry sauce, sweet potato mash with marshmallows, stuffing, Brussels sprouts with bacon, mac and cheese, walnut, apple and pumpkin pies, hot cider, and what to do with the leftover turkey. Ready tables: classic, in two hours, for ten guests, no turkey, vegetarian, the day after.

50recipes
$0.14–$4.50per portion
10 min – 4 h 30 minto cook
41–724kcal per portion

Plan a week from this collection

There is no whole turkey in an ordinary supermarket, and you still want a table on the fourth Thursday of November. Here are fifty Thanksgiving dishes, each with time, calories and a price per serving at your store's prices. Turkey comes as a thigh with herb butter or a roll with cranberries, and if there is none, a whole chicken with bread stuffing. Gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potato mash with marshmallows, stuffing, Brussels sprouts with bacon, mac and cheese. Pies: walnut, lattice apple, pumpkin and sweet potato.

Below are six ready tables. "Classic" with a turkey thigh and five sides, "In two hours" with the roll and quick sides, "For ten guests" with a whole chicken and big dishes, "No turkey" on pork and salmon, "Vegetarian" with pumpkin soup and bakes, "The day after" with a sandwich, soup and pie from the leftovers. Every recipe has a servings counter: set the number of guests and the grams and price are recalculated.

Ready menus

Classic table

Turkey thigh with herb butter, gravy, mashed potatoes, bread stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie. The turkey takes the oven for an hour and a half, the sides cook alongside on the stove.

Table in two hours

Turkey roll with cranberries, green beans with almonds, glazed carrots, cranberry relish, apple and walnut salad, pumpkin cheesecake bars. The roll is an hour in the oven, the rest is 15 minutes each.

Table for ten guests

Whole chicken with bread stuffing, sweet potato mash with marshmallows, cornbread stuffing with sausage, Brussels sprouts with bacon, dinner rolls, walnut pie. Everything in big dishes, cut into portions.

No-turkey table

Pork loin with apples, maple-glazed salmon, potato gratin, roasted root vegetables with rosemary, lattice apple pie, hot cider. For those who do not eat poultry.

The day after

Turkey and cranberry sandwich, turkey noodle soup, turkey pot pie under puff pastry, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin cranberry bread, apple crisp. The leftovers are gone in two days.

Salads 2

Apple, Walnut, and Blue Cheese Salad Dinner15 min561 kcal≈ $2.79

Roasted Squash Salad with Feta and Pumpkin Seeds Dinner35 min464 kcal≈ $1.88

Starters 7

Turkey Gravy Snack10 min146 kcal≈ $0.14

Cranberry Relish with Orange Snack10 min159 kcal≈ $1.27

Soft Dinner Rolls Snack2 h 10 min440 kcal≈ $0.23

Fresh Vegetable Platter with Herbs Snack15 min42 kcal≈ $1.39

Deviled Eggs with Mustard and Paprika Snack15 min257 kcal≈ $0.52

Cream Cheese and Cheddar Balls with Cranberries and Nuts Snack15 min441 kcal≈ $1.71

Warm Spinach Dip in Bread Bowl Snack25 min444 kcal≈ $1.77

Soup 2

Creamy Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Caramelized Onions Lunch40 min463 kcal≈ $1.58

Turkey Broth Noodle Soup Lunch1 h424 kcal≈ $1.41

Mains 25

Herb-Butter Roasted Turkey Leg with Pan Gravy Dinner1 h 30 min661 kcal≈ $2.54

Creamy Mashed Potatoes with Butter Dinner35 min293 kcal≈ $0.62

Savory Bread Stuffing with Celery and Onion Dinner1 h 5 min340 kcal≈ $0.78

Turkey Roll with Cranberry and Walnuts Dinner1 h725 kcal≈ $3.11

Green Bean Almonds with Lemon Dinner12 min268 kcal≈ $1.68

Honey-Glazed Carrots with Thyme Dinner30 min248 kcal≈ $0.52

Whole Roast Chicken with Bread Stuffing Dinner1 h 30 min697 kcal≈ $1.60

Cornbread Stuffing with Sausages Dinner55 min488 kcal≈ $1.00

Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Maple Glaze Dinner25 min387 kcal≈ $1.92

Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Onions Dinner50 min512 kcal≈ $2.77

Maple-Glazed Salmon Dinner15 min419 kcal≈ $4.50

Cheesy Garlic Potato Gratin Dinner1 h561 kcal≈ $1.94

Roasted Root Vegetables with Rosemary Dinner40 min336 kcal≈ $0.99

Baked Mac and Cheese with Crispy Topping Dinner45 min648 kcal≈ $1.20

Green Bean and Mushroom Bake with Crispy Onions Dinner45 min335 kcal≈ $1.21

Corn Pudding Dinner45 min454 kcal≈ $1.16

Turkey and Cranberry Sandwich Lunch35 min560 kcal≈ $2.21

Savory Puff Pastry Turkey and Vegetable Pie Dinner45 min680 kcal≈ $2.49

Turkey thigh baked with root vegetables Lunch1 h 10 min621 kcal≈ $2.25

Honey-Cinnamon Roasted Sweet Potatoes Dinner40 min298 kcal≈ $0.63

Cornbread Breakfast40 min451 kcal≈ $0.38

Turkey Meat Loaf with Cranberry Glaze Dinner1 h551 kcal≈ $3.01

Colorful Cabbage with Cheesy Sauce Dinner25 min516 kcal≈ $1.86

Cranberry, Walnut, and Celery Rice Dinner30 min602 kcal≈ $1.25

Creamy Nutmeg Spinach Dinner15 min321 kcal≈ $2.12

Dessert 14

Cranberry-Orange Sauce Snack20 min92 kcal≈ $0.58

Pumpkin Pie Snack4 h 30 min402 kcal≈ $0.69

Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars Snack55 min373 kcal≈ $1.08

Sweet Potato Mash with Marshmallow Topping Dinner35 min485 kcal≈ $1.12

Walnut Caramel Pie with Shortbread Crust Snack1 h 15 min681 kcal≈ $1.03

Apple Lattice Pie Snack1 h 20 min659 kcal≈ $0.87

Spiced Hot Apple Cider Snack15 min177 kcal≈ $0.98

Sweet Potato Cinnamon Cake Snack1 h 30 min649 kcal≈ $0.64

Pumpkin Pancakes with Maple Syrup Breakfast25 min589 kcal≈ $0.71

Pumpkin Cranberry Cake Breakfast1 h 5 min471 kcal≈ $0.27

Baked Cinnamon Apple Crisp with Oat Crumble Snack35 min428 kcal≈ $1.06

Caramel Apples on Sticks Snack30 min300 kcal≈ $0.81

Pumpkin Roll with Quark Cream Snack2 h413 kcal≈ $0.80

Rosemary Cranberry Spritzer Snack15 min111 kcal≈ $0.86

How to use it

Open each dish of the table, set the number of guests in the servings counter and add it to the shopping list: the products merge into one list in whole packs. The button "Build a week from the collection" opens the quiz, and the planner spreads the dishes across the week and puts the leftover turkey on Friday and Saturday.

Bake the pies and rolls the day before, and make the cranberry sauce and relish then too. Put the turkey or chicken in the oven first, an hour and a half before the table; the oven sides go in after it while the meat rests under foil for twenty minutes. Mash, beans and carrots cook on the stove in parallel. Start the broth for the day-after soup from the thigh bones right after dinner.

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Questions

What can I cook for Thanksgiving without a turkey?

Turkey thigh and fillet are sold everywhere, and that is how turkey appears here: thigh with herb butter, roll with cranberries, meatloaf. If even those are missing, a whole chicken with bread stuffing, pork loin with apples or maple-glazed salmon.

Which sides go with turkey?

Mashed potatoes, sweet potato mash with marshmallows, stuffing, Brussels sprouts with bacon, green beans with almonds, glazed carrots, mac and cheese, corn pudding. Gravy and cranberry sauce with them. The classic table has five sides; four are enough for ten guests.

Which pies should I bake for Thanksgiving?

Pumpkin, walnut with caramel instead of pecan, lattice apple, sweet potato with cinnamon, pumpkin cheesecake bars and apple crisp. All the pies are baked the day before and sit in the fridge until the table.

What can I make with leftover turkey?

A turkey and cranberry sandwich, noodle soup on bone broth, a turkey and vegetable pot pie under puff pastry. The day-after table assumes the leftovers last two days.

How much food do I need per guest?

Count 250 to 300 g of meat, two or three sides of 150 g and a slice of pie per person. Set the number of guests in the servings counter of each dish and the grams and shopping list scale by themselves.