Now I did say that I had a breakfast so yummy that it was as celebratory-worthy as Thanksgiving. But at the same time you can never compare with the good ol’ turkey and potato dinner. Usually my Thanksgiving consists of rowdy and demanding relatives who make snarky and teeth-gritting comments about how I’ve “matured” and have to top my cousins. Luckily, this year we just invited my grandmother and reserved the holiday for the family, which was much more heartwarming. I opened up to them and didn’t feel the need to be proper and lady-like. Thumbs up for stuffing green beans in my face! Here I’ve provided a series of Thanksgiving crowd-pleasers, which are guaranteed to be arts for the ages.

1. Bacon-Marinated Chicken

2. Les Haricots Verts

3. Oven-Free Sweet Potato Mash

4. Pumpkin Squash Soup

5. Almond Pancake Cookies

Happy feastin’,

Cassie