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By Alison Chew
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and we are all looking for ways to make dinner preparation a little easier. Whether you are hosting friends and family or staying home with your cat, you can enjoy a home-cooked, healthy Thanksgiving dinner without the shopping, prep, and stress.
Cooked brings you healthy, prepared meals using locally sourced and organic ingredients whenever possible to your door. This year Cooked has two fully prepared Thanksgiving options including a traditional turkey dinner as well as a Whole30 Approved Thanksgiving.
ONLY AVAILABLE FOR DELIVERY TO CHICAGOLAND/MILWAUKEE AREA!
Cooked: Prepared Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner 2021
Starting at $60 | Select 2, 4, or 6 servings
All of the ingredients for this year’s Thanksgiving meal have come from local farms including sweet potatoes came from Triple K Sweet Taters, cranberries from Ruesch Century, cornmeal is from Meadowlarks Organics, russet potatoes are from Alsum farms, and ground turkey and turkeys are from Wisconsin River Meats, located in Mauston, Wisconsin.
You can select from 2 for $60, 4 servings for $99, or 6 servings for $180.
The deadline for ordering for local delivery is Wednesday, 11/17. Deliveries will be made on Wednesday, 11/25.
Your prepared Thanksgiving meal includes:
Pasture-Raised Roasted Turkey (carved white and dark meat)
Buttery Idaho Mashed Potatoes
Roasted Green Beans with Almonds
Cornbread-Fennel Stuffing with Turkey Sausage
Best Gravy Ever
Cranberry-Orange Relish
Dinner Rolls
Pumpkin Pie
Cooked: Prepared Whole30 Thanksgiving Dinner 2021
Starting at $60 | Select 2, 4, or 6 servings
You can select from 2 for $60, 4 servings for $99, or 6 servings for $180.
The deadline for ordering for local delivery is Wednesday, 11/17. Deliveries will be made on Wednesday, 11/25.
Your prepared Whole30 Thanksgiving meal includes:
Pasture-Raised Roasted Turkey (carved white and dark meat)
Mashed Potatoes
Roasted Green Beans with Almonds
“Stuffing” with Turkey Sausage
Best Gravy Ever
Cranberry Chutney
Dinner Salad
Thanksgiving Meal Kit F.A.Q.’s
Which meal kit service offers a full Thanksgiving dinner?
Several meal kit services offer full Thanksgiving feasts. HelloFresh offers both a full turkey dinner as well as a beef tenderloin dinner, Purple Carrot offers a vegan dinner, Home Chef offers dinner for 6, Blue Apron offers dinner for 8, Stock Yards has a fully prepared dinner that feeds 8-10 people, and Gobble has a Holiday Feast for 4-6 people.
Which Thanksgiving meal kits offer just the turkey?
Is there vegan or vegetarian Thanksgiving meal kits?
Yes! Purple Carrot offers a full vegan Thanksgiving dinner. Blue Apron offers a vegetarian Thanksgiving as well.
Do any of the meal kit companies have a Thanksgiving brunch?
Yes! Marley Spoon has Thanksgiving brunch meal kits on its weekly menu.
Are there any fully prepared Thanksgiving meals?
Yes! Stock Yards has a fully prepared Thanksgiving meal.
Are there any Thanksgiving meals for just 1 or 2 people?
Yes! Dinnerly and Marley Spoon both have Thanksgiving meal kits on their weekly menu that feed 2 people. Or they can feed 1 person with leftovers.
Thanksgiving Trivia
How many of these historical Thanksgiving questions can you get right?
Questions
1. When was the first recorded Thanksgiving?
2. Thanksgiving always falls on which day?
3. How many days was the first Thanksgiving?
4. What percentage of Americans will serve turkey on Thanksgiving?
5. Which of these was NOT on the first Thanksgiving menu? Swans, dessert, seal, or lobster
6. How long is the parade route of the famous New York City Macy’s Day parade?
Answers (according to History.com)
1. 1621, but Thanksgiving didn’t become a national holiday until 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln declared it one and that it should be held every November.
“In 1621 the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.”
2. Thanksgiving always falls on the fourth Thursday of the month.
3. According to Pilgrim chronicler Edward Winslow, “whom for three days we entertained and feasted”, the answer is 3 days!
4. Around 88-90% of Americans will serve a turkey, roasted, baked, or deep-fried according to the National Turkey Federation.
5. Dessert! Because of dwindling sugar supplies and no oven, there were no pies, cakes, or desserts on the first Thanksgiving.
6. 2.5 miles around New York City with 2-3 million spectators
We hope your Thanksgiving is full of love, laughter, and great food!
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