Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas, Quotes, Toasts & More!

I wanted to take a break from marketing and business building this week and lean into the “good, high vibe MOJO” of the beginning of the holiday season.

I have curated some great Thanksgiving recipe ideas (see links below), Thanksgiving Day quotes and toasts [ VIDEOS ] you could use, and one of my Thanksgiving episodes of Your Weekly Dose of Higher Consciousness [ VIDEO ].

And something you may not know about me is that I am also an excellent chef and former restaurant owner on Nantucket Island with a keen ability to “sniff out” really good recipes and inspirations on Pinterest.

Here are links to my Pinterest Boards for Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas:

• Cocktails & Mocktails,
• Appetizers,
• Side Dishes & Turkey Preparations, and (of course)
• Great Desserts!

I am also a former owner of a home furnishings and interior design store in the Back Bay of Boston and a passionate floral designer. I’ve curated beautiful table-setting inspirations and flower arrangements for your holiday setting.

CLICK HERE for these beautiful table-setting ideas.

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Thanksgiving Cocktail & Mocktail Recipes & Ideas

Delight your guests or Thanksgiving Day host with one of these beautiful, simple-to-prepare (for the most part) Thanksgiving drinks.

This list ought to get your “juices flowing” with fun ideas and inspirations:

• Orange, Cranberry Margarita,
• Thanksgiving Sangria,
• Blood Orange, Ginger, Cranberry Mojito,
• Cranberry Moscow Mules, or how about a…
• Pumpkin Pie Martini, just to name a few

See all of my curated Thanksgiving drink recipes and inspirations here.

Thanksgiving Appetizer Recipes & Ideas

Surprise your guests or Thanksgiving Day host with one of these beautiful, simple-to-prepare (for the most part) Thanksgiving appetizers.

This list should get you off to a good start with ideas and inspirations:

• Deviled Eggs Carbonara,
• Smashed Brussel Sprouts,
• Smoky Chipotle Pumpkin Hummus,
• Cranberry Pecan Mini Goat Cheese Balls,
• Caramelized Onion, Mushroom, Apple, Gruyere Bites… to name a few

See all of my curated Thanksgiving appetizer recipes and inspirations here.

Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes & The Perfect Turkey Preparation  Ideas

Surprise & delight your guests or Thanksgiving Day host with one of these not-so-traditional, yet beautiful, and simple-to-prepare (for the most part) Thanksgiving side dishes and turkey..

This list should get you off to a good start with ideas and inspirations:

• Cornbread Stuffing with Sausage, Apples, Cranberries, & Butternut Squash,
• Pomegranate, Pear, Carmelized Pear Harvest Salad,
• The Best Creamy Mashed Potatoes,
• Honey Balsamic Brussel Sprouts,
• Parmesan Crusted Crushed Turnips,
• Green Bean Casserole from Scratch,
• Martha Stewart’s Perfect Roast Turkey,
• Cheesy Root Vegetable Gratin,
• Thanksgiving Salad with Wild Rice & Lemon Dressing, and so much more!

See all of my curated Thanksgiving side dish recipes and turkey preparation inspirations here.

Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes & The Perfect Pie  Ideas

Seriously… what’s Thanksgiving without a selection of at least 5 different desserts?

On some Thanksgivings, I rally everyone to submit a dessert for a Thanksgiving Best Dessert Competition. It usually generates 8-12 submissions. That’s alotta bellyaching sampling to do. I even bought a very cool turkey trophy for the winner!

I’ve done the dessert contest for a few years, and they are soooo much fun! Some bakers can be very competitive! But I gotta tell ya, one of my best friends is NOT a baker, so she brought some Ghirardelli brownies made from one of their double chocolate mixes. They came in second place! Only I knew they were from a box! So if you want to hit a homerun with a dessert, and you’re NOT a baker, I highly recommend the Ghirardelli Brownie Mixes. They are killer!

This list of Thanksgiving Day Dessert recipes should awaken your inner baker:

• Old Fashion Mincemeat Pie Recipe from 1798,
• Pumpkin Tiramisu Layer Cake,
• Caramel Apple Harvest Cake,
• Streusel Topped Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie,
• Pecan Pie Pumpkin Cheesecake,
• Poached Pear Frangipan Tarts
• Cranberry Curd Shortbread Tarts,
• Apple Tart Tatin and so much more!

See all of my curated Thanksgiving dessert recipes and unique pie inspirations here.

Get a list of  more Thanksgiving Toasts & Quotes here.

Get a list of  more Thanksgiving Toasts & Quotes here.