Too Busy To Cook On Thanksgiving Day? My 10 Make-Ahead Recipes Save The Day
Save precious time (and stress levels) on Thanksgiving with my make ahead recipes! Make them now because spending more time with friends & family and less time in the kitchen = BIG WIN!
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These 🍁🦃⏰ Make Ahead Thanksgiving Recipes will help you feel less stressed, more organized, and to give you more time with your friends and family on the big day!
All of these recipes can be made 1 to 4-5 days in advance, store in your refrigerator, and when Thanksgiving comes, you’re set.
Storage and reheating info is provided for everything in the recipe card for each recipe in the Notes section, so you can rest easy that everything will be perfect for the big holiday meal!
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It never gets old when I hear things like “I’ve made your Cranberry Sauce every year since 2016” or “my husband’s request for his birthday cake every year is your chocolate cake!” I appreciate you and hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your loved ones!
Thanksgiving Make Ahead Recipes
🫐🍷Move over boring cranberry sauce and make Red Wine Cranberry Sauce instead! Cranberries are so much better with blueberries and wine! Make your own fresh cranberry and blueberry sauce in 30 minutes. It’s so EASY, and everyone LOVES it! Every single year, people write to me and tell me this was the best thing on their Thanksgiving table and they’re making it next year!
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🧡🙌🎉 No turkey or pan drippings to make gravy? No problem! Make try this QUICK and Easy Chicken Broth Gravy recipe instead! It uses store bought chicken broth (or turkey broth) and turns out wonderfully smooth, rich, buttery, and FLAVORFUL every time! Perfect for holiday meals like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter or make it for family dinners throughout the year to serve over chicken, turkey, and of course mashed potatoes!
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🥔⏰🙌🏻 Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes make your life easier by preparing your mashed potatoes in advance! This is an EASY recipe that uses just 5 ingredients, meaning it’s great for holiday dinners and busy weeknights alike! Learn all my tips and tricks for preparing CREAMY mashed potatoes up to three days in advance, plus how to reheat them so they stay PERFECT!
Sweet Potato Casserole with Pecan Topping 🍠🙌🧡 is the BEST sweet potato casserole ever!! The sweet potatoes are tender and creamy, while the streusel topping adds a delightful buttery crunch thanks to the pecans! Fully assemble it, refrigerate it for up to 3-4 days, and on Thanksgiving let it come to room temp for about 45 minutes on your countertop, and then bake it off as directed.
🍂🧡🥗 Roasted Brussel Sprout Salad is a HEARTY salad that celebrates the flavors of fall including roasted Brussels sprouts and dried cranberries along with quinoa, chickpeas, spinach, and goat cheese! Perfect for lunch, a meatless main, or a HEALTHY side dish on your holiday table!
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Easy 30-Minute Pumpkin Soup Recipe 🎃🙌🎉 is silky smooth, has rich pumpkin flavor, and accidentally healthy! Amazing depth of flavor for a FAST and EASY soup that’s hearty and comforting without being heavy! You can even reheat it in a slow cooker if that’s easier to keep it warm.
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🌽😋💛 This Creamed Corn Casserole is the EASIEST holiday side dish you’ll ever make! A simple, stir-and-bake affair, it’s great to make in advance, and the texture is a cross between a souffle and cornbread. Slightly gooey and slightly firm, it pairs perfectly with your favorite Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter dishes!
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A harvest celebration of ingredients come together in this easy 🍁🍠🍂 Fall Quinoa Salad complete with roasted sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, cranberries, chickpeas and more! A light maple syrup and apple cider vinegar vinaigrette coats everything to perfection! Extremely flexible and customizable based on what you have on hand and enjoy.
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A delectable 🎊🎁 Holiday Cheese Ball Wreath features cheese that’s rolled in festive and colorful toppings and arranged into a wreath! A show-stopping presentation of wonderful cheese bites for your holiday parties and entertaining tables! EASY to make and can be made IN ADVANCE! No one can resist the allure of cheese!
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Crustless Pumpkin Pie 🎃🙌🍂 is the EASIEST pumpkin pie you’ll ever make because there’s no crust! One bowl, no mixer, and the pie is PERFECTLY flavored with plenty of pumpkin spice and everything nice! Put this pie on your holiday menu! Pop it in the fridge and serve it chilled the day of!
