As the fall season rolls on and the weather slowly gets colder and colder, that could only mean one thing: Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Thanksgiving is at an all-time high in terms of what people are talking about and what dishes they will bring the night of the dinner, here is a reminder of the basic food essentials that need to be at your dinner table on Thanksgiving night.
6. Pumpkin Pie
After you’re done with your dinner and everyone’s stomachs have settled, you could never go wrong with this fall classic: pumpkin pie. A dessert that almost everyone can enjoy that you could spice up with some whipped cream on top. This dessert could go along with some tea to finish your night off.
5. Macaroni & Cheese
A true fan favorite dish, along with turkey, is macaroni and cheese. This dish is the main pasta at the dinner table and is what everyone usually focuses on. Macaroni and cheese could truly be customized to your wishes if you want to add shredded chicken, extra cheese, buffalo sauce, breadcrumbs, broccoli, and the list just goes on!
4. Mashed Potatoes
A simple essential that you won’t struggle to make is mashed potatoes. You could keep this dish simple or add in whatever you like that you think could spice up the dish. A tip for making mashed potatoes is to use Idaho or Russet potatoes, which are considered the best for this dish because of their high starch content.
3. Cranberry Sauce
This may be the simplest item on the list to make! While some buy it in a can at their local supermarket, you could also make this along with your other dishes quite simply. All you have to do to make cranberry sauce is boil cranberries in sugar water and just wait till all the berries pop and the mixture thickens. Then you could add in whatever you like.
2. Stuffing
This is a controversial choice for some that everyone may not choose when filling their plates, but it still stands as a classic. Stuffing is typically filled with dried bread cubes, diced vegetables, sausage, chicken broth, spices, etc. The list of things you could put inside a plate of stuffing is endless; it all just depends on what you like and how you want to make it.
1. Turkey
You truly could not have Thanksgiving dinner without turkey as the main dish. This is what almost everyone reaches for first and thinks about all night, right up until they eat. On the first Thanksgiving, there was actually no record of turkey being served at the feast, but it soon became the symbol of Thanksgiving after it was noticed that it could serve a large crowd.