The Best Thanksgiving Shortcuts for Sides & Dessert

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Let’s face it, we’ve all been there.

You have a potluck tomorrow at work and you have no idea what to make nor have the time to really do anything too fancy. Whether it’s Friendsgiving or that Thanksgiving potluck at work, there’s no better way to save time and eliminate stress than by “dressing up” store-bought items!

I’ve teamed up with The Fresh Market to bring you these quick and easy Thanksgiving ideas. The Fresh Market is offering traditional holiday fare, as well as simplified, time-saving solutions for the favorite meal of the year!

Let’s start with…this cheesy baked whipped potato casserole using The Fresh Market’s Yukon Gold whipped potatoes.

Did you know you can buy store-bought mashed (or whipped) potatoes and turn them into a cheesy casserole? It’s easy!

You just mix them up with cheese and spices then transfer them to a baking dish. Sprinkle more cheese on top and bake to perfection. You’ll look like you’ve been peeling potatoes all day!

Yum! Look how good that looks!

Next, you can liven up dinner rolls with a simple herbed butter or in this case – a sweet butter. When you make herbed butter, all you need to do is mix unsalted butter with your spice of choice. You can even add some garlic in there! Mmm.

With the same idea in mind, you can make a sweet butter with cinnamon, honey and salt. Just mix it all together and voilà!

This cinnamon honey butter compliments these sweet potato biscuits perfectly.

Lastly, take any store-bought pie to the next level with a simple homemade bourbon whipped cream. Making whipped cream at home is beyond easy. All you need is heavy cream and patience.

Place heavy cream in the mixer and beat until soft peaks form. Be sure to keep an eye on it, sometimes it can turn from cream to butter in seconds!

Once those soft peaks form, you can fold in any ingredient you want. In this case, you fold in a tablespoon of bourbon and salt. Keep whipping the mixture until you see stiff peaks form then chill until serving time.

That’s all folks!

Aside from these items, The Fresh Market’s meal solutions deliver a range of options for Thanksgiving like perfectly-cooked turkey made ready to heat and serve, cranberry relish with walnuts, mashed sweet potatoes, and corn soufflé.

For now, grab these three simple recipes below so you can ‘fake it til you make it’ at Thanksgiving this year!

Don’t worry, it’ll be our little secret. ;)

Check out The Fresh Market’s Thanksgiving section by clicking here and click here to find a store near you using The Fresh Market store locator.

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of CLEVER and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

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