Its time to don the chef’s cap again, as Thanksgiving is just round the corner! Here’s presenting you Thanksgiving Meal: Best Thanksgiving Meal Ideas. Traditionally, thanksgiving meals are meant to be grand and be celebrated with the loved ones. The feast for the occasion undoubtedly requires a lot of time for its preparation. The obvious recourse, which a lot of people opt, is make-ahead recipes which are ideally prepared much before the occasion and simply re-heated and served on “the day”. But, make it count… blunders like re-heating Turkey may leave your guests aghast as the dish is traditionally relished fresh and crisp.

Therefore, lest you commit food blunders of your life, here are some of the most dependable, tried and tested thanksgiving meal ideas, straight from the experts.

1. Thanksgiving Snacks  

Bread Rolls are good option to serve, especially in the dinner. These rolls, give you the convenience of preparing and freezing them ahead of time. You may ideally freeze the prepared rolls, defrost them at the night before the Thanksgiving day and simply bake them just before serving the dinner. Varieties in bread rolls can be enjoyed as starters while the Turkey is still being baked in the oven.

2. Pies

Making pies the night before the occasion may leave you a lot of spare time and space to bake other dishes in the oven. Special dishes of the occasion like Turkey, may be left in the oven for slow baking, if you are done with your dessert already. Crusted pies like lemon tarts, custard pies can be easily baked ahead of time to prepare their shell.   Remember to add their filling only a minute before their serve, to avoid making the pies soggy. If you want to serve the pies hot, simply heat them in the oven for one-two minutes before serving. Do not practice this method with pumpkin pies which require baking only after they are stuffed with their filling.  

3. Vegetables

A platter of cold veggies with delectable dressings makes for a nutritious starter, before the serve of the special Thanksgiving feast. The best part of these cold veggies is that they are easily available in the grocery stores and can be further altered to suit the taste preference of your guests.

Always keep simple and easy side dishes for the last. Once you are done with the extensive part of the cooking, days before the Thanksgiving occasion, leave certain side dishes for preparation on festive the day. This would leave you with enough time to sit down and relax with your guests! 

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