Thanksgiving is next week. That means I’m over cooking Thanksgiving recipes. I’m done. So we might as well round them all up in one place. I’m going include all my recipes that are Thanksgiving related or I envision them on my own table and put them on the page. I’ll also be including links to other great blogs out there that have amazing fall recipes that could be included on your Thanksgiving menu. I wonder if I’ll celebrate Thanksgiving this year. I’ve kind of already ate my way through Thanksgiving.
How about I just talk about what I’m thankful for this year. Like this pumpkin granola in the blog post picture. I love that stuff. Now you can do the same in the comments! Here’s my list!
- Anyone that has ever read my blog, laughed at my poor humor, or enjoyed one of my recipes. This blog keeps going because you keep supporting. So thank YOU for everything you have done to help it grow.
- My parents for always being there no matter what. They support me even when they don’t support my language.
- Laura and Sergio. Even though Sergio is away until February, he is still the best man i know.
- My Mountain Hard Wear jacket. If it weren’t for this thing, I would not live in CO.
- Anything chocolate related.
- Coconut butter.
- Attractive males. There are few and far between, but I am thankful for the single ones. Which I know of none at the moment. So I guess we can retract that entire last statement.
- Kombucha.
- Lululemon spandex.
- My Mac. She’s so great and loves me back. And she never acts up.
That was too many things, but 10 felt right. Now for food.
Thanksgiving Breakfasts:
5 Ingredient Breakfast Stuffed Acorn Squash
Blueberry Donuts with Blueberry Lemon Jam
Thanksgiving Side Dishes:
Savory Bacon Butternut Squash Souffle
Caramelized Onion and Sausage Stuffing
Bacon and Chive Sweet Potato Biscuits
Crockpot Sweet Potato Basil Soup
Thanksgiving Desserts:
Other blog recipes:
10 Paleo Side Dishes by The Clothes Make the Girl
Grain Free Thanksgiving Round Up by Against All Grain
Fall Recipes by Multiply Delicious
Apple Pumpkin Butter and more by Civilized Caveman
Pumpkin Porridge by Urban Poser
Thanksgiving Recipes by Chowstalker
Thanksgiving ideas by The Foodee
Thanksgiving Paleo Needs by Fast Paleo
even if you may not be celebrating thanksgiving this year, you sure have given us a reason to be thankful! without your recipes and blog i may have fallen off the paleo wagon months ago. i made your pumpkin pie bars tonight for a work party tomorrow, and plan to use many of your recipes next week for my family. thank you juli :)
I’m with you on #7!! Ha ha!
I’m very thankful for you and your blog with your amazing recipes and making me laugh and relate in so many ways!
I’ve made both the easy crockpot breakfast pie and the bacon and chives sweet potato biscuits – they are both amazing!
Just to KISS, you are an inspiration to us all and such a great personality! That is all!
O.M.G, indeed. I’m inspired!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Juli- you are amazing! love your site-check it every day and i can’t wait for your book!
i also eat the Breakfast Stuffed Acorn Squash all the time. your recipes have also helped me convert my hubby to paleo. and also, i had no idea what to do w/ sweet potatoes until i met you. so this thanksgiving, i am grateful for YOU. cheers! : )
I am thankful for your wit, your culinary creativity and most of all the amazing generosity on your part in actually SHARING all of this with we…the paleo people in search of inspiration in the kitchen served up with reality-check humour…You soo deliver in both regards…
Happy Thanksgiving Juli and thanks again for the impossible/incredible TREASURE TROVE of Paleo Thanksgiving recipes..I need look no further…for it is ALL HERE!!!
You are so bad ass. Thank you for relieving all stress about doing Thanksgiving paleo style AND introducing me to some BA bloggers as well. I wish we were best friends.
You. Are. Amazing.
#6 sooo much #6!!
Couldn’t be more grateful for all the hard work you put in to post recipes for strangers! So awesome
There are no words for this post…I’m just drooling over here! And wondering how much of my paycheck I just got today is appropriate to spend on food to make all of these recipes in the next week…thoughts? :)
This all looks so amazing!! I am going to my parents for thanksgiving and sent my dad a long email about what is paleo, why am I doing it, and what my food requests are for thanksgiving. The two side dishes I propopsed were the bacon and chive biscuits (I can not wait for these) and the stuffing. Thank you so much for all these ahhhhmazing recipes. I’m so excited to get home and eat them all fooo freeee!!!!
Holy balls… it’s only 8:12am and I just had a visual food orgasm… thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with Maria. Thank you indeed!
I am thankful for a lot of things this year but really really thankful for having found your blog while aimlessly searching for paleo recipes…. I have tried a lot of your recipes and they have all been amazing, not to mention how much love you put into your blog. Thanks for feeding an entertaining us!!
Simply put………Juli………YOU ROCK! Thank you.
You are sweet and I am thankful for your blog and amazing receipes. As I scroll down and see everything I’ve made and LOVED every single one of them..im compelled to give back so you can continue your “giving”. Press the “contribute” link people:)!
I think our lists are pretty similar! A few other that top mine:
espresso
friend wine chats
faux fur scarve
and sweet potatoe!
having a job.
family.
tattoos.
booze.
the crossfit i go to.
the second amendment (all bears should be well armed).
good food (that includes taco bell once a week… no one is perfect).
and your site. seriously. thanks.
<3 this!! Now thanks to your awesome blog and amazing recipes.. my family will be having their first Paleo Thanksgiving = )
I'm thankful for…
Lovenox when I need it
my babies. I went thru more than the average bear to have them and it was worth every single struggle and heartache
my hubs because he is ah'mazing
red wine
chocolate
bacon
I wish I lived next door to you. You are so awesome and inspiring and real and I am grateful for your recipes. Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Oh wow so basically I don’t need to plan my meals for Thanksgiving because you’ve already done it for me :) And I agree, I couldn’t live without my Mountain Hardwear jacket.
Alright girl, I totally name dropped your website at least 4 times today at my WOD. You are my go to blog, the food and tastes you like are the same food and tastes I like! I appreciate you and all the hard work you put in. Cannot wait for your cookbook! Have a wonderful day!
This post just made me quite happy, hungry and excited for thanksgiving. All those sweets and stuffings look delish. You’re the best!!
Thank you times a million!
Thanks so much for sharing your recipes, i’m excited for Thanksgiving!! Can you please share the Caramel Cheesecake Bars recipe, the link just takes me to the picture. Thanks!!
the link should work now!! sorry about that!!
thank you!!
Juli thanks for all you do! Readers let’s show our support by voting for her- she is up for Paleo Magazine’s Best of 2012. For ‘Best Food Centered Blog” and for ‘Best Dessert’ for her sweet potato brownies… OMG if you haven’t tried them yet they are a must! Here’s the link to vote and let’s spread the word!
https://paleomag.wufoo.com/forms/paleo-magazines-best-of-2012-part-1/
You should put a link in your next post so people will see it and can vote!
Juli, You are my thanksgiving saver! Now I can eat lots of delicious food on Thanksgiving and not feel horrible the next day. Love your blog. You should do a movie night treats special, for those movie nights that we all want to eat popcorn and candy at. Again I love your blog and your awesome humor thank you for the recipes!
I’ve been following you for awhile now – your humorous blogs, superbly amazing recipes and awesome food porn!! I’ve tried to make a few of your recipes and they never end up looking as nice as yours – still taste great but because of this – I think we should get married – you can cook and I can clean! I’m no lezzie and my bf is actually laughing while I’m writing this … But your food just conpletely makes me speechless because of how amazing and creative it is (and because I love chocolate, pumpkin or coconut anything) … That is all!!
Any ideas on how to cook the bird? We have a 24 lbs organic turkey ready to go. Do we brine it? If so whats in good paleo brine? I know most brines are salt based, does that make the turkey super salty. We went paleo about 6 months ago and have really cut back salt And what on earth do you contain all that water & turkey in and still wedge the thing in the fridge. Thanks & Gobble Gobble!
no clue!! i’ve never cooked one!
Brining a turkey does not make it salty. It allows water to be stored in the cells of the meat, aka, helping it to stay moist during the cooking process. The brine needs to have a higher salt content than the meat for this process to work. A cooler works best for storing the turkey and brine. If you live somewhere cold, just stick it outside (unless it’s going to be below 32), otherwise keep a stock of ice in your freezer and keep the water in the cooler and turkey cold with that, it only needs to brine for 24 hours. Make sure to rinse the bird before you roast it. It will come out great!
OMG! Marry me, pllllleeease! ;-)
Hi! I am sooooo nervous to try Crossfit but I really, really want to! Can you offer some words of advice/ wisdom for attending my first class? *gulp* I’ve been procrastinating for almost a month now! :(
Don’t be nervous and if you are, don’t think that everyone else isn’t nervous. It takes a lot of balls to walk into your first class but it’s worth it. Just listen to your coach and keep going! The more you go, the more you’ll understand it all :)
LJ – don’t let a little bit of nervousness stop you from trying it out. I was the SAME way; thinking “I can’t do any of the movements they talk about so I’m going to make a fool of myself if I go and try it”. Then one day I went and did the free try-out session and felt so good (if not very tired) afterwards. They scale EVERYTHING and EVERYONE was new at some point. I was never athletic before and now I have some muscles (started crossfit in feb of this year). Please, please, please give it a try – it’s like nothing else and that’s a good thing. :)
Good luck and Happy Thanksgiving!
Beth
I have to decide on which of these recipes I’m going to make to bring for Thanksgiving. They ALL look amazing!!!
I love your blog. You are amazing!!!
Juli,
Your picture taking skills have gotten exponentially better. Good job! Your food has stayed the same. Awesome.
Blaine
haha thanks Blaine
Thank you for these recipes!! I enjoy your quirky humor and the recipes I have tried are great. I love to cook and thought being Paleo would mean meat and steamed/stir fried veggies. OMGoodness you and other bloggers have made my kitchen ooze with delicious smells and my dinning room a happy place!
Amazing. I made carmelized onion “stuffing”, sweet potato, bacon, chive biscuits, chewy pecan brittle, and baked apple pie apples. The family so didn’t appreciate the effort : P
I am in love with Paleo granola and cannot wait to try your pumpkin granola. My question is: if I keep it in a air sealed glass container, do you have any idea how long it is good? My husband is hypersensitive about shelf life and I am not. The last think I want to do is make him sick and then he will not want to do Paleo anymore!
Thanks!
i would guess about 1-2 weeks if it’s kept in the fridge