Happy Thanksgiving! This week’s basket from Milk and Honey Organics was amazing and so festive for the holidays! They delivered on Tuesday instead of the normal Thursday schedule, due to the holiday. Instead of a meal plan this week, I’m sharing extra recipe ideas along with table-scape and fall decor tips for Thanksgiving Day…and what to do with the Leftovers!
This Week’s Basket includes:
- Microgreens from Chef’s Greenhouse
- Green Beans
- Cranberries
- Sweet Yellow Onions
- Garlic
- Yukon Potatoes
- Macintosh Apples
- Sweet Potatoes
- Granny Smith Apples
- Acorn Squash
- Salad Mix (or Lettuce)
The first thing I did (after taking today’s picture using my Instagram app) was wash the salad mix and microgreens and toss them together with thinly sliced pears, apples, shallots, avocado, and carrots and topped with chopped nuts, feta cheese, dried cranberries and balsamic vinegar. If you’re not sure what to do with microgreens, mixing them with your salad greens is delicious!
Recipes Ideas for the Thanksgiving Week Basket:
- The Pioneer Woman’s Green Bean Casserole
- Holiday Salad with Cranberry Apple Orange Vinaigrette by Oh She Glows
- Vegan Holiday Dinner Ideas, including a recipe for Cranberry, Apricot and Pecan Wild Rice Pilaf, from Oh She Glows
- Crockpot Egg Brunch Casserole (onion and garlic)
- Pumpkin Pie Coffee Cake with Crumbled Pecan Topping (I know we didn’t get pumpkins this week, but this might just be a post-Thanksgiving brunch MUST HAVE.)
- Sweet Potato Pie with Cinnamon Roll Crust (YUM! Use Grandma Great’s Pie Crust recipe instead of Pillsbury Refrigerated Crust)
- Cranberry Cheesecake Pie
- Twice Baked Sweet Potato with Chipotle Pecan Streusel
- Wild Rice Stuffed Squash
- Ina Garten’s Roasted Turkey Roulade
- Giada De Laurentiis’ Butternut Squash Soup with Fontina Cheese Crostini
- Ina Garten’s Ultimate Ginger Cookies
- Organic Cranberry Sauce
- Green Bean Bundles
- Roasted Parmesan Green Beans
- Fermented Cranberry Orange Apple Relish
- Cranberry Orange Pie with Cornmeal Streusel Topping
- Mini Apple Pies (FYI, 12 Tbsp. flour = 3/4 c.)
- Organic Spiced Sweet Potato Ice Cream
- 60 Spectacular Thanksgiving Side Dishes from Southern Living
- Slow Cooker Thanksgiving Sides from Southern Living
- 2011 Biggest Loser Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas
- Sweet Paul Magazine’s Thanksgiving Dinner section from the Fall 2010 issue
- And you will not want to miss out on the beautiful photos and recipes on Brave Tart’s Thanksgiving Heritage Post: An Organic Approach to the Thanksgiving Tradition.
For more LOTS of ideas on decorations and recipes, check out my “Thanksgiving” Pinterest Board.
And for Post-Turkey-Day, check out these great ideas:
- Thanksgiving Leftovers from Martha Stewart
- Turkey, How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways…
- Turkey, Cranberry and Brie Sandwich (top with microgreens, if desired)
- Southern Living’s After-Thanksgiving Pizza
- Sausage Cranberry Biscuit (works well as a sandwich with sourdough toast, your favorite cranberry relish, and topped with microgreens and a teaspoon of mayo)
by Mary Kate McDevitt
Happy Thanksgiving! Bon Appetit! And Enjoy the Journey!
