Quick Holiday Dinner Ideas as Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas

I will list here some thanksgiving dinner ideas which I have learnt over the years and also people have suggested from time to time.

Turkey cooking is the biggest part and a lot of times I have used the smoker instead of the oven to bake the turkey as that means less use of oven and helpful as you can use it for other dishes.
Another thing to keep in mind is that you can always ask your friends or relatives to bring in the side dishes as desired so that cooking does not take your whole three four days as I have mentioned in my earlier post about traditional thanksgiving dinner

For desserts anything pumpkin is always the best and easy to make like pumpkin ice cream pie or the pumpkin cheesecake.

Another idea for the thanksgiving dinner which is a must side is the salad and make most use of the bagged greens as well as green bean casserole.

Tip: Decide on the Thanksgiving menu early as that gives you time to plan.

Wine And Beverages like Merlot and Chardonnay and make sure to have the iced tea or regular plain bottled water as an essential item on the Thanksgiving Dinner menu

Gravy is another must

Garlic mashed potatoes re definitely an in thing for the traditional thanksgiving dinner. You can have other sides like the Sweet Green Peas and as well as the regular Salad.

Another idea is to make a Spinach Dip and that can be very much a good side for any food and definitely goes will with the thanksgiving dinner

As far soups go there are several which you can prepare even a day or two in advance like the
Soups Ideas for the Thanksgiving dinner

French Onion Soup
Broccoli, onion and Cheese soup
Fresh Mushroom Bisque
Sweet Potato Soup
Clear Spinach Soup
Paste E Fagioli
Fish Chowder
Cream of Asparagus Soup
Cuban pumpkin soup
Italian Clam Chowder

Along with soups you will need bread and rolls and frankly do not cook this yourself and save time for bigger things like Turkey and get these from Local grocery store.

Potato refrigerator Rolls works the best For Thanksgiving dinner
Croissants
Dinner rolls
Sweet Potato bread
Easy Biscuit bread is another favorite of mine

If you are really looking for dinner ideas for making the rolls then prepare the simple and easy whole wheat rolls.

Deserts Ideas for Thanksgiving

Pumpkin Mousse Tart
Apple Ginger Crumble
Chocolate Pecan Pie
Apple Cider ice
Scottish Shortbread
Apple walnut cake with lemon sauce

Please read more turkey recipes in my blog post about cooking thanksgiving turkey recipes.
After all these thanksgiving dinner ideas make sure that you learn more about the thanksgiving gifts for the family.