Happy Thanksgiving, Farmhouse friends! We want you to have a bountiful dinner table, filled with nutritionally-dense dishes made with delicious, local ingredients. We are offering up our ideal menu, completely driven by in-season produce and meats sourced in Texas.
Appetizers
The best way to keep your kitchen clear of hungry guests is to put out an appetizer plate. A cheese plate is a great way to keep the adults happy, but you could also put out some raw, snacky veggies for the little ones. Epicurious has over a hundred incredible ideas for Thanksgiving appetizers, but the goal here is to keep snacks as simple as possible. Delegate the task to a non-cook; Almost anybody can assemble a bunch of veggies!
- Seasonal Cheese Plate
- Farmhouse Kitchen Spiced Pecans
- Crudites (J&B Farm Green Beans, Texas Farm Patch Broccoli, Johnson’s Backyard Garden Fennel)
Turkey
Whether you’re a hard and fast roast turkey traditionalist or your family is willing to experiment with a new recipe (deep fried, anyone?) the bird is always the star of the show. You could brine your bird in a flavorful bath, or even go for the dry-brine if your fridge isn’t big enough. If anything else, don’t make the mistake of skipping the gravy!
- Pasture-Raised Turkey
- Farmhouse Kitchen Brine Kit
- Farmhouse Kitchen Compound Butter
- Farmhouse Kitchen Brown Gravy
Stuffing
It typically depends on what part of the country you’re from, but cornbread stuffing and herbed bread stuffing are the two main camps. If you’d like to keep your meal more veggie-friendly, you don’t have to add crumbled sausage but you definitely cannot skip on good quality bread!
Green Bean Casserole
Green bean casserole is very classic Thanksgiving dish, but we can do without the canned veggies and soup mix to make it. Go for a from-scratch casserole or even a dairy-free version to jazz up the menu!
- Farmhouse Kitchen Bechamel
- Kitchen Pride Mushrooms
- Farmhouse Kitchen Vegetable Stock
- Fruitful Hill Garlic
Sweet Potato Casserole
This classic Southern dish is a Texan favorite, most likely because of the mountain of sweet, spiced pecans that top the casserole.
- Fruitful Farm Sweet Potatoes
- Farmhouse Kitchen Spiced Pecans
- Lucky Layla Butter
- MilKing Heavy Cream
- Pasture-Raised Eggs
- Exley Farms Creamed Cinnamon Honey
Pie
You know, you could make a pie. You could even make your own crust. But to be completely honest with you, the I Knead That pie kits are the way to go. Just-like-homemade pie dough comes with decadent fillings (apple, pumpkin, and pecan), it’s basically like you’re making it yourself! Grab this seasonal staff favorite- we look forward to it year round!