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Justine Doiron

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Recipes · November 19, 2021

The Thanksgiving Menu!

The Thanksgiving menu is hereeeeeee!! And I am so excited. I’m mostly stoked because I love to create cohesive, unique and interesting recipes for you all, and this is the first time I was able to create a WHOLE FREAKIN MENU (!!)

This was so so fun for me, and I plan to do a lot more meal plan round-ups, dinner party blog posts and holiday menus in the future via newsletter. I launch in two weeks so sign up if you want to be on the list!

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Now onto the good stuff…

This Thanksgiving menu is meant to be mix-and-match. You can make some of it, you can make only one dish, or you can make it all. It’s totally up to you! You’ll notice some repeat ingredients, and that’s because I designed this menu with low-waste in mind, just in case anyone is having a small Thanksgiving or Friendsgiving this year.

I’ve broken it down into individual recipes with notes on how to adjust each one for a plant-based menu! You can just click on the recipe link and it will take you to the full blog post for that dish. I hope you enjoy, and let me know what you think!

Table of contents

  • Now onto the good stuff…
  • Radicchio Pear Salad with & Cranberry Dressing
  • Crispy Brussel Sprouts with Cranberry Soy Glaze
  • Roasted Potatoes with Sambal Hot Honey
  • Butternut Squash Mac n’ Cheese
  • Crispy Sage Tofu
  • Red Wine & Chocolate Galette

Radicchio Pear Salad with & Cranberry Dressing

Radicchio Pear Salad with Ricotta & Cranberry Dressing
This radicchio salad is perfect in its simplicity. Sweet, crunchy, creamy and bitter all perfectly combine to make a salad that deserves a place a Thanksgiving table (or any table for that matter!)
Check out this recipe

***For a vegan modification, I recommend omitting the ricotta or substituting in a vegan ricotta version.

Crispy Brussel Sprouts with Cranberry Soy Glaze

Crispy Brussel Sprouts with Cranberry Soy Glaze
If you don't think you like cranberry sauce, these brussel sprouts might change your mind. They are tangy, crispy and sweet, and the perfect fall side dish.
Check out this recipe

Roasted Potatoes with Sambal Hot Honey

Crispy Potatoes with Sambal Hot Honey
These potatoes are the best of both world, some are thick and some are thin, all are so so crispy. Smother it in a sambal oelek hot honey and it's true potato heaven on a plate.
Check out this recipe

***for a vegan modification, feel free to use agave nectar in this recipe

Butternut Squash Mac n’ Cheese

Butternut Squash Mac n’ Cheese
The world went NUTS for the Trader Joe's frozen version, but I just knew I could make it better. This recipe is cheesy, easy, delicious and perfect for fall.
Check out this recipe

***for a vegan modification, feel free to use dairy-free cheese and milk in this recipe

Crispy Sage Tofu

Crispy Sage Tofu
If you are looking for what to make on Thanksgiving for the vegans and vegetarians in your life – this shallow fried crispy sage tofu is it. It tastes like fall, crisps up perfectly, uses none of your precious oven space, plus it will even make some turkey eaters a little bit jealous 😉
Check out this recipe

Red Wine & Chocolate Galette

Red Wine & Chocolate Galette
This red wine & chocolate galette is the older, more sophisticated version of chocolate chip bourbon pecan pie. It's a holiday classic but with a twist. Super easy to whip up for any gathering or dinner party!
Check out this recipe

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https://justinesnacks.com/healthier-salted-date-hot-chocolate/

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Merry Christmas ya filthy animals 🍪 All the links Merry Christmas ya filthy animals 🍪

All the links to everything I used will be in my newsletter, and the full list of cookies is below:

1. Peanut Butter Blossoms - COOKIES Page 51 @nytcooking // @vaughn 
2. Gingerbread Latte Cookies - COOKIES Page 233 
3. Best Sugar Cookies - COOKIES Page 249 
4. Pecan Squares - COOKIES Page 253 
5. Maple Coconut Bars - Zoe Bakes Cookies Page 127 @zoebakes 
6. Linzer Cookies - Zoe Bakes Cookies Page 109 
7. Gingerbread Cookies - Zoe Bakes Cookies Page 103 
8. Puff Pastry Wreaths - Ballymaloe Desserts Page 184 @jrryall 
9. Cranberry Macaroons - More Than Cake Page 23 @natashapickowicz 
10. Coffee Hazelnut Linzers - More Than Cake Page 39 
11. Cheeziest Biscotti - Salty Cheesy Herby Crispy Snackable Bakes Page 176 @jessiesheehanbakes 
12. Hot Chocolate Cookies - Sweet Tooth Page 244 @bromabakery 
13. Cinnamon Roll Cookies - Sweet Tooth Page 134
14. Peppermint Kisses - Pastry Love Page 405 @joannebchang 
15. Vanilla-Mint Marshmallows - Pastry Love Page 408 
16. Christopher’s Honeycomb - Pastry Love Page 411
17. Apple Cider Miso Caramels - Pastry Love Page 417 
18. Salted Halva Blondies - Dessert Person Page 128 @csaffitz 
19. Olive’s Famous Brownies - Olive + Gourmando Page 180 @olive_et_gourmando // @dyansolomon 
20. Olive’s Original Oatmeal Cookies - Olive + Gourmando Page 170 
21. Gingerdoodles - vegan and gluten free snickerdoodles on JustineSnacks.com
22. Brownest Butter Darkest Chocolate - Justine Cooks Page 226
23. Sticky Toffee Cookies - Recipe coming soon!
24. Eric’s Orange Truffle Brownie - Justine Cooks Page 229

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Everything we cooked for a Thanksgiving for five 🤎 Everything we cooked for a Thanksgiving for five 🤎 (and an aligot cheese pull competition, it was a whole thing) 

In all seriousness, Thanksgiving is a time where it’s hard for me not to be jealous. Jealous of people who have big families to go home to and large, loud, overflowing Thanksgivings. Without getting *too* into it, this holiday is an easy time to feel alone. Over the past five years it has gone from my least favorite holiday to my favorite, and as cliche as it sounds, I give nearly all the credit to food. It is true what they say, if you cook it, they will come, and creating a warm, easy, inviting Thanksgiving (no matter how big or small the group) is now my favorite thing about the last Thursday of every November. 

All that to say, if you have a big family, be super grateful for them. And if you have a small/chosen family, be very thankful for them, too. Ily 💚

The full menu: 
Simplest Sourdough: Justine Cooks pg. 235
Cranberry Sauce: https://justinesnacks.com/simple-stunning-cranberry-sauce/
Cranberry Sauce Salad: https://justinesnacks.com/cranberry-sauce-salad/
Sour cream and onion tart: https://justinesnacks.com/sour-cream-caramelized-onion-galette/#recipe
Boyfriend Salmon: Justine Cooks page pg. 217
Beer Can Chicken + Steak via Eric 
Aligot was made on the fly because we were in an intense competition. Just add heavy cream, butter, mozzarella and gruyere and play it by ear 
Apple Crumble: recipe in the caption a few posts back!
Pecan pie: one of the layers from this recipe https://justinesnacks.com/chocolate-bourbon-pecan-pie-cake/

I’ll be on the couch for the rest of the day and I hope you will, too

#Thankgiving
Sweet potatoes with smoky sesame glaze (over labne Sweet potatoes with smoky sesame glaze (over labneh), another 25-minute recipe for procrastinators, and not just because it’s delicious. This was part of the menu I developed for @mattressfirm’s sleep-friendly Friend(zzz)giving menu, and it was a sleeper hit (truly no pun intended).

Developing this menu was fun, interesting, and really showed that sleep isn’t just about when you go to bed, but about what you eat, how you prep, and of course, what you sleep on. 

If you want to oomph that sleep up even more, Mattress Firm is having their Once-A-Year Sale & Clearance where you can get up to 60% off plus a free adjustable base with select mattresses. #sleepeasy #MattressFirmPartner [ad]
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