Here’s what was on the Holiday table for Christmas 2021! Enjoy!

Granddaddy’s Stuffed Artichokes
Each Christmas, my grandfather cooks up huge batches of these delectable vegetables for the whole family, and they always, ALWAYS steal the show!

Gingerbread Snack Cake
I decided to tinker, taste, and create what I think is the most pillowy and moist (I said it), most fragrantly spiced, most delightfully easy gingerbread snack cake to enjoy all holiday season long.

Christmas Salad
This Chicory Salad with Garlicky Breadcrumbs and Fresno Chive Vinaigrette holds up beautifully in all its festive colors and crunchy textures and plays amazingly well with the other delicious bites you crave on your holiday table.

Turkish Spiced Leg of Lamb
This lamb is rich, fragrant with garlic, spices, and fresh herbs and roasted to perfection so the surface is crisp and the meat is juicy and tender. It pairs perfectly with fluffy rice, scented with saffron and layered with currants and slivered almonds before being toasted to crisp, buttery perfection for a textural play that is utter holiday happiness.

Crème Brûlée French Toast
Easy to cook up for a crowd, festive enough to befit the holiday, but fast enough that you’re not going to spend the morning over a hot stove. Behold, the custardy soft center and crisp, caramelized brown sugar topping of Creme Brûlée French Toast!

Sugar Cookies
One of my favorite holiday traditions is making batch after batch of these delightfully simple, epically buttery, sugary, melt-in-your-mouth cookies all week long leading up to Santa’s big debut.

Popcorn Chicken & Shrimp
This is my version of Publix’s glorious fried chicken – just-peppery-enough, ultra-crispy coating with juicy, perfectly seasoned chicken hidden below. Plus add some crisp and tender Coconut & Panko Fried Popcorn Shrimp and a bomb little sweet and spicy sauce.

Last year we spatchcocked. This year, we’re keeping Thanksgiving dinner extra easy and delicious with a slightly sweet and spicy honey habanero glazed BROKEN DOWN bird.

This means it cooks in half the time, there’s no wrestling a massive turkey in and out of your oven, you can customize extra breast or leg meat to suit your gathering, and you’re guaranteed the juiciest, most flavor-saturated bite ever!

Let the 2022 Thanksgiving Throwdown begin.

See this recipe come to life on IG.

For more Turkey Day recipes, check out last year’s full spread. 

Here’s what was on the menu for Thanksgiving 2021! Enjoy!

Maple Butter Turkey & Gravy
This turkey not only gives you the melt-in-your-mouth delicious meat to pair with all your favorite sides, but spatchcocking means it cooks up in 90 minutes (and I would argue with more evenly cooked results!) so you get your oven back!

Creamed Spinach & Leeks
Sweet and savory leeks and plenty of vibrant spinach bathed in the most luxuriously creamy sauce scented with cognac, baked to rich casserole perfection, and topped with crisp, salty fried shallots! The very best part is everything can be made a day (or even two) ahead, so it’s the perfect, easy addition to your confidence-boosting Thanksgiving feast!

Stuffed Acorn Squash
A star side that can play the main if you have vegetarians at your Thanksgiving table – creamy mozzarella cheese, pine nuts, and tender fried eggplant hunks are tossed together in a gorgeous tomato sauce, then tucked into golden roasted acorn squash boats and baked to melting perfection.

Dulce De Leche Pecan Pie
A classic that’s been upgraded: Buttery, tender crust with a crisp, crackling, sugar-coated top, dripping in pecans and a pudding-like dulce de leche filling. It’s as delicious as it sounds!

My Mama’s Pumpkin Pie
The most iconic of fall desserts, Pumpkin Pie — Oz family style. A richly-spiced fresh pumpkin filling (Cardamom! Cinnamon! All spice! Ginger! Oh my!) with the butteriest of easy sugar cookie-style crusts, which you are quickly going to decide is the only way to eat pumpkin pie.