Can you believe it is only 10 days until Thanksgiving? Here is a quick check list to make sure you have everything you need to prepare a great meal for Thanksgiving already in your pantry. Shop for all of these now and not be in the long lines this time next week!
Our Traditional Thanksgiving Menu:
Smoked Turkey
Traditional Cornbread Dressing with Gravy
Brown Sugar and Bacon Wrapped Greenbeans
Butternut Squash and Brussels Sprouts with Crispy Sage (new this year!)
Marshmallow Fruit Salad
Coconut Macaroon Hot Fruit Compote
Sea Salt Caramel Pumpkin Bundt Cake
Turkey: I get mine from Greenburg Turkey in Tyler, Texas. They ship right to you door. These make great gifts as well. Greenbury makes the best smoked turkey, hands down. Figure about 1 lb. per person. Texas Monthly thinks the same: “A mahogany-hued smoked turkey from Greenberg, tender and juicy, is such a holiday tradition in some families that they’d sooner do without a Christmas tree. Greenberg does whole turkeys, not those atrocious cured boneless breasts, and they are divine. $3.65 a pound (6- to 15-pounders available). 903-595-0725 or gobblegobble.com.”
Cu4Cup Flour: This is a great all-purpose gluten free flour. I use it to make all of my pie crusts, cakes, rolls and cookies. You can use the recipe from this post and make them this weekend. They’ll keep in your refrigerator for 2-3 weeks wrapped tightly in plastic. You might think about making a few more and freezing them for Christmas.
Gluten Free Pie Crust Mix: If you don’t want to make yours from completely scratch this mix from Williams-Sonoma is wonderful. They have free shipping right now if a store is not near you.
Canned Pumpkin for Pumpkin Pancakes, Sea Salt Caramel Pumpkin Bundt Cake or traditional pie. I really like Trader Joe’s or the Pumpkin Pie Mix (canned – not really a “mix”) from Whole Foods.
Spices: I just restocked on a few things. My local grocery store has buy 2 get one free. Check yours this week before they are out of what you will need.
Vanilla Pumpkin Pie Spice Poultry seasoning
Cinnamon Ground Cloves Celery Salt
Baking Soda Nutmeg Dried Sage
Baking Powder Ground Ginger
Basics:
Corn Meal Brown Sugar Whipping cream
Fresh Cranberries Eggs Apples (Green and Red)
Chicken Broth Sweet Potatoes Sugar
Flour/Cup4Cup Butter Milk
Yeast Fresh garlic Onion
Celery Stalk Bacon Kosher Salt
The rest of my list:
Fresh Greenbeans Marachino Cherries Mini Marshmallows
Sour Cream Coconut Macaroons Apricot halves (Canned)
Amaretto Fresh Thyme Pear Halves (Canned)
Pineapple Chunks Peach slices (Canned) Mandarin oranges (Canned)
Sweet Potatoes Balsamic Vinegar Brussels Sprouts (fresh)
Butternut Squash
I’ll be sharing recipes for family favorites like my Orange Spiced Cranberry Sauce and my Great-Grandmother’s Angel Rolls.
Not a bad idea to think about your table setting this weekend as well. Friday I posted my inspiration. I’d love to know yours!
Happy planning and shopping!
xo
Alicia
Photo Credit: Katrice Howell
Enjoy your blog! Would you no sharing your cornbread dressing recipe? Thanks!
I meant mind sharing your or bread recipe.
Sounds like a perfect traditional southern Thanksgiving dinner!!!!