We’ve rounded up our favorite holiday recipes, from savory to sweet, to help inspire your Thanksgiving menus! We wish we could help with the errands, trip(s) to the grocery store and getting the food ready…but, the next best thing is sharing ALL of our favorite recipe ideas in one place to make it super easy to plan and plot!
Savory
Turkey!!! – With a little boost from Rodelle’s Gourmet Turkey Brine, this bird couldn’t be juicier!
Baked Brie with Apple Cranberry Compote appetizer – This flaky pastry is filled with some of our favorite things: cheese, apples, cranberries, and vanilla beans. This is a show-stopper appetizer and your crowd will love it!
Cranberry Kale Salad with Vanilla Cranberry Vinaigrette – Deliciously easy, healthy and satisfying. Your vegetarian guests will love this as a main, and you can easily keep leftovers handy to go with turkey on Black Friday as a healthy re-energizing salad.
Butternut Squash Vanilla Dauphinoise – A delicate, delicious mix of butternut squash, vanilla and Gruyere cheese. The perfect side to impress and delight!
Vanilla Bean Challah Bread – Our twist on tradition! This Challah is perfect to soak up gravy with!
Vanilla Bean Butter – Perfect on rolls (especially our homemade sweet potato rolls), mashed potatoes and more.
Pumpkin Gnudi with Vanilla Bean Brown Butter – Delicious, savory and pillowy pumpkin ricotta gnocchi (gnudi) tossed in a vanilla bean brown butter sauce with fried sage.
Hasselback Sweet Potato with Whipped Vanilla Bean Butter – Baked sweet potato meets homemade potato chips. Take your sweet potatoes over the edge this year by whipping some Rodelle Vanilla Beans into your butter and top away!
Vanilla Bean Sweet Potato Gratin – This savory baked sweet potato dish is the perfect side for your Thanksgiving dinner – the spiced hazelnuts and vanilla bean put it over the top!
Green Salad with Persimmons, Pomegranates, Blue Cheese and Cinnamon-infused Dressing – The jewel-tone colors and the balanced flavors of sweet-tart, slightly tangy edge of the blue cheese, and the subtle heat of cinnamon make this salad a stand out addition to your gourmet meals.
Turmeric Roasted Potatoes and Carrots – Turmeric adds an exotic earthiness to this simple roasted vegetable recipe. Serve with any meat dish to make a hearty meal.
Corn Bread Dressing – Our flavor rich turkey brine mix perfectly compliments this stuffing. Dried apples, cranberries, allspice, peppercorns, and other spices add a rich aroma and flavor to this Thanksgiving favorite.
Vanilla Bean Brussels Sprouts – This is the perfect side-dish when you want to impress. The flavors just work so well together you’re going to be making this simple, yet elegant recipe often!
Sweet
Cranberry Pear Vanilla Jam – All of the wonderful flavors of fall, perfectly balanced with sweet vanilla beans – slather this on everything from rolls to turkey!
Vanilla Bean Cranberry Sauce – Vanilla bean, cranberry, orange zest…all of our favorite things in one cranberry sauce that will definitely rival the competition!
Pumpkin Flan – A delicious, single-serve option that tastes just like pumpkin pie!
Pumpkin Sweet Potato Pie – The perfect level of sweetness – a little pumpkin and a little sweet potato – this pie is where it is at!
Vanilla Pecan Pie – Made with the best vanilla extract, this pecan pie is perfectly sweet and nutty!
Caramel Apple Cheesecake – The perfect dessert recipe for any holiday meal! It’s a delicious combination of drizzled caramel sauce, sweet Rodelle Vanilla, and mouthwatering cheesecake. Don’t miss this one!
Pumpkin Spice Tartlets – Perfect individual serving size with a delicious pumpkin flavor! Why bake the whole pumpkin pie when you can have a mini tart?
Spiced Poached Pear Gingerbread Cheese Cake – This cheesecake features Rodelle Wassail Mulling Spices and Vanilla Beans. It is simply elegant, festive, and delicious.
Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Cookies – There are dozens of ways to use Rodelle Pumpkin Spice Extract, but these mouth watering, crispy-chewy bites just might be our favorite.
Vegan Bourbon Pecan Pie – A holiday treat, this Vegan Bourbon Pecan Pie is dairy and egg free with a hint of molasses, maple and a taste of bourbon – and of course vanilla extract!
Cranberry Pecan Braided Bread – This Cranberry Pecan Braided Bread is festive and a beautiful spotlight of seasonal flavors. Enjoy it with the vanilla glaze and maybe even a little extra vanilla bean butter!
So…are your grocery shopping lists ready yet? Have a great Thanksgiving!!