Happy Thanksgiving! Alright, it’s technically tomorrow, but if you aren’t feeling it yet, you need to go to your local grocery store and pick up some Nestle Toll House Pumpkin Spice cookie dough. If my wedding dress doesn’t fit come December, I am 100% blaming these morsels of deliciousness. These cookies (or just the dough, no judgment) are sure to get you in the spirit!
This year, Spencer and I will be hosting Thanksgiving for both of our immediate families, which will no doubt be a very exciting, nerve-wracking, and stressful occasion for us! Luckily the registry items have already starting arriving at our door, so we have many more pots, pans, and casserole dishes than we did a month ago. I’ve already starting planning out when to prepare what in which container, and my only hope is that it all gets finished before tomorrow afternoon. Or really the morning. Being completely honest, I plan to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the National Dog Show tomorrow, mashed potatoes be damned.
Here is my Thanksgiving menu, complete with links to the great recipes that I’ve found throughout the Internet!
Tyler Hope’s Menu for (What Will Hopefully Be) a Fantastic Thanksgiving Meal
Alton Brown’s Butterflied, dry brined roasted turkey
Gravy
My dad’s cloverleaf rolls
Martha Stewart’s Herbed mashed potatoes
Mashed rutabaga
(the best of the root vegetables; give it a try!)
My grandmother’s sweet potato casserole
My mom’s cranberry salad
My father-in-law’s dressing
Rachael Ray’s Brussels sprouts with bacon
Alton Brown’s best ever green bean casserole
My mother-in-law’s macaroni and cheese
Pumpkin pie
Blueberry cake
And, of course, those yummy pumpkin spice cookies!
