Ree Drummond is sneaking a few store-bought shortcuts into her make-ahead Thanksgiving feast. First up is her epic Make Ahead Thanksgiving Turkey, which is cooked and portioned out in advance. She makes Delicious Doctored Up Dressing and Gussied Up Gravy to go alongside it. A freezer treasure becomes a stunning seasonal side dish, Roasted Sprouts and Onions, and Spiked Cranberry Sauce and Herby Butter Dinner Rolls round out the meal. For a showstopping dessert, Ree transforms a store-bought pie into her Chocolate Marshmallow Pumpkin Pie.
Guy Fieri invites his chef friends to bring some yuletide joy to the ranch. Marc Murphy makes a rich Braised Endive with Chestnuts in Brown Butter and cooks Lobster Americaine with the Christmas spirits of brandy and vermouth. Carl Ruiz makes it a Feliz Navidad with Arena Rue Sandwiches and Fufu, a Cuban delicacy of pork, bacon and plantains. Jonathan Waxman keeps tradition alive with Roasted Root Vegetables and a Steam- and Fire-Roasted Goose with Blood Orange Sauce. Then, he keeps it classy with Red Pepper Pancakes with Smoked Salmon, Caviar and Chive Cream Sauce. Finally, Damaris Phillips takes a traditional dish to the next level with Roasted Sweet Potato Coins with Port Salute cheese, Marcona Almonds and Bourbon-Spiced Cranberries, before finishing off the meal with a Hot Buttered Rum Cake.
There's nothing like turkey day -- unless you're Jeff Mauro! Jeff's all about the day after Thanksgiving, and the wonderland of leftovers just begging to be made into sandwiches. After a raucous Thanksgiving meal with the whole Mauro clan, Jeff grabs a bunch of leftovers and heads home for seconds ... and thirds! He does the classic Thanksgiving on a Roll one better by using stuffing as the bread! Then he makes a spicy barbecued turkey hero, paired with tangy cranberry barbecue sauce. To finish up, Jeff tries to replicate his mom's amazing mashed potatoes -- with a few of his own special tweaks, of course.
Four cookie masters try out a hot Halloween trend by decorating half-face makeup cookies! One half of their face cookies are a self-portrait, while the other half will show off their scary makeup. After hosts Duff Goldman and Rosanna Pansino decide who will move on to round two, the remaining cookiers take Halloween gore to a new level by making life-size oozing zombie parts out of cookies! To ensure their zombie parts overflow with goo, they'll need to use oozing ingredients like blackberry jam, orange marmalade, raspberry jam and cranberry sauce. One cookier will take home a $10,000 prize!
Vegetarian cooking can be so much more than just a bowl of greens. Mary Berg celebrates the veggie life by making Sweet Potato Black Bean Enchiladas with crumbled tofu and topped with a homemade smoky enchilada sauce and queso fresco cheese. Protein-packed Chickpea Socca is the perfect vehicle for a dairy-free green goddess dressing full of fresh herbs, and a Salad Topper includes toasted nuts and seeds, dried cranberries, and crispy fried wonton strips. Mary's Veggie Pakoras are made with chickpea flour, garam masala spice and whatever veggies and legumes you've got in the crisper.
It's Thanksgiving at the barn and Ina Garten's good friend and neighbor Bobby Flay is coming over. She's making a dazzling spread, perfect for the big day with her incomparable tips, strategies and fabulous recipes. Bobby's cooking up a storm with her in the kitchen, smoking the turkey, sharing his easy 11-layer potato gratin and whipping up a seasonal heartland chopped salad. Ina completes the fabulous feast with holiday-worthy orange honey-glazed carrots, sauteed Brussels sprouts and bread pudding with herbs and apples. Also on the menu are a spicy lemon ginger molasses cake, make-ahead cranberry sauce, and a fall sangria that's sure to get the party started!
Tiffani Thiessen and husband, Brady Smith, host a holiday party for their nearest and dearest friends, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and his wife, Catriona; Tim and Elisa DeKay; and Jason and Naomi Priestly. This festive feast features a whole Smoked Turkey with Crispy Skin, Fennel and Sun-Dried Tomato Dressing, Cheesy Potatoes au Gratin, homemade boozy Blood Orange Cranberry Sauce and fresh-baked Gruyere and Thyme Rolls. For dessert, Tiffani serves up Brady's favorite, Bourbon Pecan Pie with Homemade Vanilla Whipped Cream. Of course, it's not the holidays without some sparkle: For her festive bash, Tiffani fashions a bubbly bar where her guests create their own sparkling cocktails.