With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we've already started thinking about what to cook for the holiday season. If you're looking for an alternative to turkey or a side dish to complement your bird, here are five tried and true recipes from our blog:
This recipe elevates the Thanksgiving ham with a delicious apple bacon chutney. Both sweet and savoury, the chutney both compliments and adds another dimension to each bite of ham. Recipe here.
This Italian 'strata' is essentially a savoury bread pudding flavoured with cheese, bacon, mushrooms and caramelized onions. Although not a traditional stuffing, this side more than makes up for it with the perfect blend of earthiness from the mushrooms, caramelized onions and richness of the cream and smoky bacon. Recipe here.
This recipe uses cornbread which gives the stuffing a wonderful texture and sweetness to balance the savouriness of the bacon and sausage. The cornbread is also amazing for soaking up that puddle of gravy on your plate so you're guaranteed every bit of gravy goodness gets in your belly. Recipe here.
If you're sick of the traditional turkey, here's a beef alternative. This recipe is equally as satisfying as a turkey with the caramelized onion gravy and makes for fantastic left overs.
Recipe here.
If you're not a huge pumpkin fan, here's a different dessert to try. I discovered a fantastic recipe for sticky toffee pudding last year and made it for Thanksgiving. The cake is moist from the dates and the toffee sauce rich and decadent; needless to say, it was a hit. Also, I feel like baking anything in a bundt pan makes your creation ten times more impressive. Recipe here.
We hope these recipes were useful and at the very least gave you some inspiration for Thanksgiving this year!
