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Gathering for the year’s most beloved holiday, Thanksgiving (okay, right up there with Christmas), can be quite a production. Syncing family schedules, decorating your home, planning table settings, and most challenging of all, menu prep and serving! Well, here we are to the rescue with that last item.
Tada! The perfect solution for those of you who are short on time, out of ideas, or admittedly culinary challenged. Presenting: options for ordering a delicious, pro-prepared, ready-to-serve Thanksgiving meal! No apologies needed. Think of it as less of that dreaded stress and more treasured time to celebrate what this holiday is truly about—gratitude for the love of family and dear friends. Have a blessed Thanksgiving! (*This post contains affiliate links.)
Thanksgiving Meal Choices Tailored to Your Guest List
Will yours be an intimate dinner of 4 to 6 persons? Maybe a larger gathering of 8 or more? Or perhaps you would just like a lovely roast turkey and you’ll take care of the sides and home-baked desserts? We’ve got you covered with ready meal sets for all those options!
Options for serving 4-6
1 – Turkey Breast Dinner – from Whole Foods Market
This complete pre-packaged Thanksgiving meal comes with all the traditional basics—roasted turkey breast with classic sides like green beans, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, and cranberry sauce. It is designed for serving a small number of people (perhaps 4). Typically sold cold, it just requires heating in time for your celebration.
2 – Thanksgiving Heat n’ Serve Family Dinner – from Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel’s Thanksgiving Heat n’ Serve Family Dinner is a pre-ordered, ready-to-heat meal that serves 4 to 6 people and includes an oven-roasted turkey breast, cornbread dressing, gravy, cranberry relish, sweet potato casserole with pecans, green beans, and sweet yeast rolls. The meal can go from your oven to the table in about two hours and should be served within 72 hours of pickup.
3 – Farmhouse Feast Turkey for 4 – from Bob Evans
This complete holiday meal comes in one box and includes slow-roasted turkey, hickory smoked ham, classic sides, freshly baked rolls, and two pies. You pick it up chilled the day before and simply reheat on Thanksgiving Day. Imagine getting to enjoy all those fave meal elements without the bother and stress of cooking!
4 – Complete Thanksgiving Stuffed Turkey Breast Dinner – from Williams Sonoma
Treat your family to this Williams Sonoma exclusive that serves 4. The set includes a 3 lb. Willie Bird cranberry and sausage stuffed turkey breast, 1 tray of green bean almondine, 1 tray of classic mashed potatoes, and 1 Jane’s Sweet Things pumpkin pie. It is shipped frozen, so all you need to do is reheat and serve!
Options for serving 8
5 – Rastelli’s Antibiotic-Free Turkey Breast Roast Turkey Dinner – from Costco
Here is another complete meal-in-a-box option for Thanksgiving—from Costco this time and good for serving 8-10 people. The set offers you a 5 lb. Turkey Breast Roast, delivered pre-seasoned with Costco’s signature Tuscan rub in an oven-ready cooking bag. The scrumptious sides include Crème Fresh mashed potatoes, traditional old-fashioned stuffing, a Brussel sprouts casserole, green beans almondine, cranberry, apple, and orange relish, and turkey gravy. For dessert are 2 fall staples – a 10-inch pumpkin pie (baked) and a 10-inch apple pie (unbaked). Simply heat, slice, and serve!
6 – Omaha Steaks Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner – from Omaha Steaks, via Amazon
Also for a guest list of 8, this packaged Thanksgiving dinner set provides you with a 10 lb. whole basted turkey, family-sized roasted garlic mashed potatoes, steakhouse creamed corn, a green bean casserole, and a pumpkin pie. The turkey is carefully basted to ensure enhanced moisture, flavor, and tenderness. Each entrée, side, and dessert is flash-frozen to preserve freshness, texture, and taste until you’re ready to heat and serve.
Options for just the turkey
7 – Premium Hickory Smoked Whole Turkey – from Kansas City Steak Company via Amazon
This slow-smoked whole turkey, weighing 9 to 11 pounds, serves 10 to 12 Thanksgiving guests. It is carefully cured in a blend of natural brown sugar, honey, and whole spices, ensuring that every bite is bursting with flavor and melt-in-your-mouth tenderness. Depending on your preference, it is designed to be served either hot or cold for your convenience and enjoyment.
8 – Oven-Roasted Turkey – from Harry and David
Cooked to golden perfection and deliciously seasoned, this oven-roasted turkey arrives ready to heat and serve, leaving you more time to enjoy the occasion. At a plump 10 pounds, this gourmet bird will easily serve 10 to 12 persons at your Thanksgiving table—with perhaps some leftovers to enjoy later in sandwiches and salads.
9 – Cajun Style Turkey – from Popeye’s
Pre-seasoned to promise that bold Louisiana-style Cajun flavor, this fully cooked turkey from Popeye’s requires only thawing and reheating before serving. It can serve 8 to 12 people, and is expertly packaged and delivered straight to your door for a stress-free celebration.
You’ve got to admit, these Thanksgiving dinner ideas do offer stress-free celebrating after all! Have you made your choice?
