Thanksgiving
Simplify Thanksgiving With 28 Make-Ahead Dishes
Image: Jeff Coulson | Food Styling: Noah Witenoff | Prop Styling: Madeleine Johari
Thanksgiving
Simplify Thanksgiving With 28 Make-Ahead Dishes
Thanksgiving is all about being grateful, joining together with family, and eating some darn good food. And although we don’t want it to, cooking that delicious food can get in the way of your precious time with loved ones.
This year, we’re giving thanks to you with make-ahead recipes for your entire Thanksgiving feast. Prepare the entire dish—or the hard parts, at least—before your guests arrive so you can spend more time with family and less time in the kitchen.
Here are our favourite make-ahead appetizers, mains, sides, and desserts.
Make-Ahead Appetizers
Food styling by Christopher St. Onge | Prop styling by Alanna DaveyImage by: Ronald Tsang
These Apple and Canadian Blue Cheese Tartlets with Icewine Glaze come together in 35 minutes and are the perfect beginning to any Thanksgiving feast. Make and freeze the pastry up to two weeks ahead of time for quick prep.
More make-ahead appetizers:
Roasted Nuts with Figs & Cinnamon
Mini Potato and Zucchini Latkes
Make-ahead Main Courses
Image: Jeff Coulson | Food Styling: Noah Witenoff | Prop Styling: Madeleine Johari
Presentation is everything when it comes to your Thanksgiving spread, and this elegant Bacon and Apple-Stuffed Barbecue Pork Loin is absolutely stunning. The stuffing can be prepared the day before your feast; simply stuff, glaze, and bake the loin day-of.
More make-ahead main courses:
Slow-Cooker Confit Lemon Turkey Breast
Slow Cooker Balsamic-Braised Pot Roast
Make-Ahead Side Dishes
Rheanna Kish and The Test Kitchen
Free up your stove top and oven with these Slow Cooker Orange Sage Sweet Potatoes. Be sure to cut the sweet potatoes to the appropriate thickness so they maintain their shape when cooked. If you like, garnish the dish with chopped fresh sage.
More make-ahead sides:
Sweet Potato Mash With Pecan Streusel
Slow Cooker Scalloped Potatoes
Chestnut and Mushroom Stuffing
Make-Ahead Desserts
Leah Kuhne and The Canadian Living Test Kitchen
These single-serving-size Mini Pumpkin Tarts are a fun and easy-to-assemble take on the classic Thanksgiving dessert. You can prepare the dough, filling, or the entire tarts ahead of time.
More make-ahead desserts:
Spiced Pumpkin Layer Cake with Chocolate Icing
Cranberry Apple Tarts with Brandied Cream
Gluten-Free Apple & Pear Crisp
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