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'Tis the season for delicious comfort food! While everyone enjoys sitting down with the family for a mouth-watering meal, not everyone feels comfortable with the role of preparing the traditional Thanksgiving fare. Follow my advice for making the meal with ease!
Of course, you always start with the basics...turkey and stuffing. Cooking a turkey really isn't that difficult, all you have to do is follow the directions on the packaging! Just make sure that you remember to let the turkey thaw first. If you feel like adding a little flair to the turkey, try something different. I like to put bacon underneath the skin of the turkey before cooking, and this allows the bacon juices to moisten the turkey and add a little flavor. Be creative!

In terms of the dressing, there are really no rules. Take your favorite kind of bread (preferably stale bread) and pour melted butter on top, along with a bunch of spices...salt, pepper, pumpkin pie spice, garlic salt, whatever you want...and then fold in an egg or two so it holds it's shape. Then comes the fun part! Add whatever sounds good to you! There are no rules to follow, just add whatever sounds good. I have added garlic, onion, apples, pumpkin or cranberry muffins, raisins, walnuts, and pine nuts in the past. Again, just add whatever sounds good to you, and of course, keep your dinner guests in mind.
Everyone loves potatoes on Thanksgiving. Personally, I like to prepare both regular potatoes and sweet potatoes. For mashed potatoes, just boil white potatoes until soft, then mix them with butter, salt, pepper, and a little bit of heavy cream. If this sounds difficult, you can always just toss a couple of potatoes in the oven next to the turkey for the last hour of baking and serve baked potatoes instead. As for the sweet potatoes, I like to prepare them the day before the big day so that I am not stressed on Thanksgiving day. Take a bunch of sweet potatoes and boil them until they are soft, then let them cool and remove the skins. Mix with orange juice, a couple of pats of butter, brown sugar, and maple syrup. Pour/spoon the mixture into a foil pan, cover, and put in the refrigerator. Then, on Thanksgiving day, just pour a bunch of mini marshmallows on top, cover, and bake for about an hour at 350 degrees. Remove the cover for the last fifteen minutes so that the marshmallows can brown.
Since the meal is already quite carb-y, it is important to have some vegetables on the table

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