Planning Your Thanksgiving Part 2

I have always loved reading cookbooks, but sometimes you just don't have time to search the pages for that perfect recipe. When looking for recipes, you will find there are a lot of resources online. A few of my favorite sites are: allrecipes.com, cooks.com, and supercook.com. Often, I turn to YouTube when I'm searching for step by step instructions. I stumbled across one video I wanted to share to show you that Thanksgiving doesn't have to take hours to cook! It's a long video, so if you don't have an hour to spare I would skip to the last few minutes where they give you a quick recap of what they made.

Brothers Green Eats Cook a Full Thanksgiving Dinner in One Hour

Here are a few side dish recipes you may want to try:

Garlic Mashed Potatoes
2 lbs russet potatoes unpeeled
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 stick of butter
1/4 cup green onion, chopped

Fill a medium or large pot 3/4th full of water. Bring to a boil and add potatoes. Cut potatoes into chunks to help cook faster. Cook the potatoes for about 8 minutes and check if potatoes falls apart easily. Turn to low heat and drain the water. Add butter in chunks and mash the potatoes. Once mashed mix in garlic and green onion and leave on low heat for 2 minutes.

Easy Turkey Gravy
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup of pan drippings
1 cup water
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp rosemary
salt and pepper to taste

Make gravy after turkey is fully cooked and is resting. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Slowly add flour while stirring to make a light roux. Take dripping from around the turkey until you get about 1/4 cup. Add more if desired. Stir dripping into the roux. Add remaining ingredients and stir until mixed well. Bring to a boil then turn to low heat for 5 minutes.

Dill Glazed Baby Carrots
2 lbs baby carrots
2 cups chicken broth
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp honey
2 tbsp fresh dill, finely chopped
salt and pepper to taste

In a skillet, combine carrots, broth, vinegar, and butter. Bring to a boil. Once liquid is boiling, cover and reduce to low heat. Cook for 12 minutes then uncover and stir. Continues cooking uncovered until liquid reduces and carrots are tender. This should take about 20 minutes. Once tender stir in honey, dill, salt and pepper and remove from heat.

Green Beans with Lemon and Garlic
2 lbs green beans, ends trimmed
2 cloves of garlic
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp butter
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp lemon zest
salt and pepper to taste

Bring a pot of water to a boil. Have a large bowl of ice water ready. Blanch the green beans for 2 minutes then remove from grean beans and place into ice water to stop the cooking process. Heat oil and butter a large skillet over medium heat until butter melts then add green beans. Saute for about 5 minutes making sure green beans are coated with butter. Bring to low heat and add remaining ingredients. Mix ingredients for for an additional 30 seconds and remove from heat.

Part 3 coming soon