{"id":422,"date":"2007-11-20T06:42:42","date_gmt":"2007-11-20T06:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/21\/last-minute-thanksgiving-ideas\/"},"modified":"2011-11-12T23:43:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T21:43:44","slug":"last-minute-thanksgiving-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/20\/last-minute-thanksgiving-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Last-minute Thanksgiving Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday before Thanksgiving is usually the biggest travel day of the year in the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>I hope everyone travels safe, and before Black Friday, make sure you read my <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/20\/italy-gift-guide\/\">Italy Gift Guide<\/a> (and comment to win a limited edition Illy caffe&#8217; tin)<\/strong> from yesterday to take advantage of the on and offline specials.<\/p>\n<p>And what about me? I&#8217;ll be celebrating on Friday instead of tomorrow. This morning I am going to my <em>macellaia<\/em> (butcher) to inspect the turkey, to see if it&#8217;s a <em>tacchinone<\/em> (huge turkey) and if it will fit in my oven! <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re still looking for some last-minute inspiration for dishes or desserts, or already planning what to do after leftovers&#8230;.Here&#8217;s my short contribution. You can find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/recipes\/\">all of my recipes here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why not take some of those leftovers and <strong>stuff them<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stuff them in a savoury tart like this one:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/29\/pumpkin-savoury-tart-and-seasoned-pumpkin-seeds\/\" title=\"Pumpkin, Pancetta, Parmigiano and Pine Nut Savoury Tart Close-up by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2355\/1797110569_7afa0b2e1f_m.jpg?resize=240%2C160\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Pumpkin, Pancetta, Parmigiano and Pine Nut Savoury Tart Close-up\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stuff them in an eggplant:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/12\/a-tribute-by-way-of-eggplant-ripiene\/\"  title=\"Stuffed Melanzane, Eggplant by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/104\/296735280_3562ee964a_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Stuffed Melanzane, Eggplant\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stuff them in mushrooms:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/06\/garlic-stuffed-mushrooms\/\" title=\"Garlic Stuffed Mushrooms by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1294\/1019659811_5b15878198_m.jpg?resize=240%2C160\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Garlic Stuffed Mushrooms\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>or toss leftover vegetables with some pasta and fresh pesto:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/23\/summer-means-aperitivo-in-italy\/\" title=\"Fresh pesto pasta by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1131\/874819542_834b1e0ac1_m.jpg?resize=240%2C166\" width=\"240\" height=\"166\" alt=\"Fresh pesto pasta\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then, when you conveniently still have room for dessert:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Make the very popular Sweet, Fried Balls of Ricotta<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/15\/zeppole-strufoli-my-fried-ricotta-balls\/\" title=\"Palline di Ricotta, Sweet, Fried balls of Ricotta by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2119\/2029971679_b15f92cd6a_m.jpg?resize=240%2C160\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Palline di Ricotta, Sweet, Fried balls of Ricotta\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>or lighten up with Baked Honey Pears with Ricotta Cream<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/21\/baked-honey-pears-and-ricotta-cream-sugar-high-friday\/\" title=\"Honey Baked Pears and Ricotta Cream by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/228\/507249546_58da45478c_m.jpg?resize=240%2C160\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Honey Baked Pears and Ricotta Cream\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy Thanksgiving!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some other Thanksgiving recipe round-ups:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogher.org\/food-bloggers-test-out-every-recipe-you-need-festive-holiday-meal\">Blog Her&#8217;s HUGE roundup of holiday meal recipes<\/a> from around the blogosphere<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/2007\/11\/qa-special-thanksgiving-edition\/\">Smitten Kitchen&#8217;s Q&#038;A and Recipes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elise.com\/recipes\/archives\/004157thanksgiving_planning.php\">Simply Recipes Thanksgiving Planning<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Pioneer Woman Cooks &#8211; Thanksgiving category<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday before Thanksgiving is usually the biggest travel day of the year in the U.S. I hope everyone travels safe, and before Black Friday, make sure you read my Italy Gift Guide (and comment to win a limited edition Illy caffe&#8217; tin) from yesterday to take advantage of the on and offline specials. And what&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/20\/last-minute-thanksgiving-ideas\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,11,101,7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-food","7":"category-holiday","8":"category-recipe","9":"category-tips","10":"category-abroad","11":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uB1-6O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":424,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/27\/celebrating-thanksgiving-abroad-expat-perspective\/","url_meta":{"origin":422,"position":0},"title":"Celebrating Thanksgiving Abroad : An Expat Perspective","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"November 27, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Thursday was Thanksgiving. 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