Hello sweet friends! Today I am rounding up some of my favorite holiday recipes, tablescapes and more to celebrate Thanksgiving We Gather Together. My dear friend Amber of Follow The Yellow Brick Home has organized a great group of inspirational posts designed to help you create a lovely Thanksgiving for your friends and family.
If you are coming over from Our Southern Home may I say “Welcome!” Didn’t Christy’s charcuterie board look delicious?
Thanksgiving We Gather Together
This year there will just be three of us at our Thanksgiving table. Rather than spending all day cooking the turkey is going in the crockpot and the family will be setting up and decorating our first REAL tree in years. I am SO excited to reveal this year’s theme!
Earlier in the season, I had shared a collection of some of my favorite fall tablescapes.
In the formal dining room, the 2019 fall harvest table setting I had created really hasn’t changed too much except for the centerpiece.
I am planning to create a small table design for Thanksgiving breakfast in the kitchen incorporating elements that I shared in this recent post.
Recipes For Small Gatherings
When you are cooking for a smaller group at Thanksgiving it can be a bit of a challenge. Many recipes are made to feed eight or more! Now, I like leftovers for only for a day or so. So here are a collection of recipes with fewer servings.
My friend Leslie Sinclair, in between her book signings, recently shared a cauliflower rice dressing recipe. It accompanied a lovely roast chicken and vegetables. I cannot wait to try it!
Who else is a fan of side dishes? I can’t wait to try Tuscan Herb Mashed Potatoes. It serves 4-6 but Hello, LEFTOVERS!
Orange glazed baby carrots.
Pear and Pomegranate salad. It looks so pretty.
Parmesan Rosettes are made with refrigerated breadsticks. So easy!
Oh in case you want to cook your turkey in the crockpot too I shared the link for the easy 4 ingredient recipe HERE.
I’m Here For The Pie
Let’s face it, dessert is the best part of any meal. But I never really boarded the pumpkin train.
Rocky Road Cheesecake is No Bake!
I can’t wait to try this cream cheese concoction, Pecan Cream Pie.
Also, gimme Maple Bourbon Apple Tarts.
Up next on the tour is my sweet friend Cindy of County Road 407 with the best hostess gift ever!
So tell me what you’ve got cookin’.
Laura
I love your Thanksgiving tablescape Laura and your centerpiece is really pretty too! Thanks so much for all the dinner ideas. I ‘m supposed to bring something to my parent’s house so it will be fun to try one of these dishes. I can’t wait to see how you decorate your tree. I know it’s going to be gorgeous. Happy Thanksgiving and hugs, CoCo
Laura,
Great inspiration of desserts for the holiday season. They sound very good.
I’m hosting Thanksgiving at our home.
Cindy
Laura, you have gathered an appetizing assortment of recipes, but your floral pumpkin centerpiece is my favorite. Blessings, Cecilia @My Thrift Store Addiction
I loved looking at your tablescapes and your recipe ideas seriously made my mouth water.
Your dinner sounds amazing. I love cooking small and even have the perfect post I did a while back sharing how to do Chicken and Dressing in the crockpot. So easy and tastes just like it came out of the oven. I love some of your recipes and can’t wait to give them a try. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
With only three of us, and each liking a different part, in CA I asked the meat department for a split turkey. Fresh turkey they saw in half just like a split chicken. We got dark meat, white meat and a drumstick for the boy, but not a ton of leftovers which was great.
Now I tried to do that here in Texas, but was told by HEB they “only do ‘real meat’ in their meat department, all that chicken and stuff comes from the warehouse”. ♀️
Some of those recipes look very good, Laura. And your table is always gorgeous!
Wowza, those desserts and side dishes looked yummy but not as good lookin’ as your table and centerpiece. You always have the best looking tables. You are quite the hostess! Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I’m all about the sides too. Macy has a t-shirt that lists all of her fave side dishes that she wears this time of year. 😉
Your tablescapes are so beautiful with the festive fall colors. All your recipes look amazing too. I am still going over my menu for this year but I am feeling hungry just looking at your photos. Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!
Shelley
Everything looks so yummy! Great ideas for a small Thanksgiving gathering, Laura!
Ok Laura now I am inspired by your lovely decor…. and starving! I am all about the sides and those carrots look divine. I think the cauliflower dressing might be a great option for our gluten free meal!
Thanks for sharing this wonderful inspiration. I hope you have a very Happy Thanksgiving!
all these recipes look amazing Laura, it’s dinner time here and so I drooled all the way through your wonderful post! Even a small gathering can be a true blessing, have a great Thanksgiving!
You always design such lovely tablescapes no matter the season. I love the colorful fresh flowers.
Laura it all looks amazing, wonderful inspirations…I’, hungry now ( wink). Pinned and it’s fun to hop with you. Hugs!
Laura, that centerpiece you created is stunning! The recipes you shared sound most scrumptious! I hope you have a happy Thanksgiving!
Oh my goodness, I’m so hungry right now, Laura! Ha ha! I love the recipes you’ve rounded up, and your Thanksgiving table looks great with that vibrant centerpiece. Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving. I know it will all taste great. Your tablescape is darling. I can’t wait to see your new Christmas theme.
So many delicious recipes, I am going to have to save them! That pecan cake looks decadent! My family expects the same foods on the table each Thanksgiving, but there are plenty of other dinners to add these other wonderful dishes too!
Your table is beautiful! I am drooling over the menu you have planned!
I jumping over to see the maple bourbon apple tarts and not just because bourbon is in the title. Hope you have the best Thanksgiving Laura!
Wow, Laura, what a roundup! I’ll take one of each, thank you very much. Pinning! I have found that leftovers beyond a day do get really stale to the palate. I try to either freeze or share with a single brother or other sibling who doesn’t like to cook all the time. It works when we’re all local to each other. Enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday. I’m so happy to be in your company on this blog hop.
Laura, it sounds like you have a lovely, intimate Thanksgiving planned. Your menu sounds delicious! Years ago, when I first graduated from college, my parents had just moved to Florida. So, my younger sister and I had Thanksgiving together in Pittsburgh for 2. I made cornish game hens that looked like mini turkeys. We had a special holiday together, and the next day I hosted a big bash around my alma mater’s football game. This year there will be 18 of us and I only have one oven. So, I’m making a 24 pound bird and gravy the day before. On Thanksgiving, I’ll make my first ever slow-cooker turkey (2 boneless breasts). So, I’m going big and you’re going small in a crock pot. Wishing us both success!
Everything looks delicious! My mom use to make us a pear and cottage cheese salad, but the pomegranates look yummy! We are going to our oldest daughters home, but hubby will smoke a turkey breast. They are delicious!!
Happy Thanksgiving,
Jann
Laura, one year when there were only 4 of us for Thanksgiving, I roasted a large chicken instead of a turkey and it worked great. Everything else was the same as usual but I just made smaller amounts. The rolls you shared look wonderful We’re having Thanksgiving I’m Atlanta with our girls this year so I will only have to help. Thanks for sharing all the recipes and your beautiful centerpiece. Happy Thanksgiving to you and family.
Your table is so pretty, Laura, and the recipe! I’d love to try them all but I would have to start from the end, with the deserts.
Amalia
xo
Beautiful and delicious ideas there, Laura. It sounds like you’ll enjoy a sweet, quiet Thanksgiving doing something fun with your family.
Due to the fact that Thanksgiving is very late this year and that we’re retired – we decorated for Christmas earlier this month and will be hosting a family gathering that will combine both Thanksgiving and Christmas (since it’s impossible to host another gathering where my sisters can travel in during the month of December). Looking forward to a busy, but fun day with all the traditional fixings.
Kind regards,
Linda
Oh, I shouldn’t be reading this when I’m hungry! It all looks absolutely scrumptious, Laura. And I personally can’t wait to hear what your next theme is. Happy real tree!
Your tablescape is beautiful and the food looks yummy.
Have a wonderful week of Thanksgiving
Such a gathering of amazing ideas for decor and food! Love it all! Love the flowers in the pumpkin! So creative!