5 Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes For Two

Even if you’re not having a big family feast this year, you can still celebrate with these 5 Thanksgiving dinner recipes for two. From roasted chicken and vegetables to stuffing, cranberry sauce, and baked apples, these recipes are delicious, festive, and easy enough to prepare any time you’re feeling grateful. You may find yourself making these five Thanksgiving dinner recipes for two all year long!

• 1 chicken or 2 Cornish game hens
• One bunch Fresh thyme
• One head garlic
• Roasting pan/baking pans
• Twist tie
• Olive oil
• Salt
• Pepper
• Fresh vegetables (onions, carrots, onions, potatoes, winter squash, or others)
• A bowl
• A saucepan
• 12 oz fresh cranberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup vodka
• 3 tablespoons orange liqueur, like Triple Sec
• 4 slices white bread, cut in ½ inch cubes and toasted
• ¼ yellow onion, diced
• 1 rib of celery, diced
• 1 Tbsp. butter
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1 Tbsp fresh Sage
• 2 apples
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 Tbsp. brown sugar
• Cinnamon
• ½ cup rolled oats
• Ice cream or whipped cream, if desired

1. Instead of preparing a turkey, center your Thanksgiving dinner for two around a chicken or two Cornish game hens. Preheat the oven to 400F. Clean your fowl, removing any organs from the cavity, and place it into a roasting pan.  Put a spring of thyme and a clove of garlic into the cavity, and use a twist tie to bind the legs together. Rub the outside of the bird(s) with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Roast a chicken for 50 -60 minutes or Cornish game hens for about twenty to thirty minutes.  Allow the meat to rest for fifteen minutes before carving.
2. Every Thanksgiving feast needs vegetables, and this simple Thanksgiving dinner recipe for two is a cinch. Choose an assortment your fresh vegetables like carrots, celery, onions, winter squash, beets, or others you enjoy, and chop them into small pieces. Put them in a bowl and add several cloves of garlic, then toss with salt, pepper, a “glug” of olive oil and fresh thyme. Put the vegetables in a baking dish and bake them in a 400F degree oven for 30-40 minutes, until they are tender and browned.
3. Since your oven will be busy, consider preparing the stuffing recipe for your Thanksgiving dinner for two a day in advance. In a saucepan, melt 1 Tbsp. butter and add ¼ diced onion and 1 rib diced rib of celery, sautéing until brown. Add ½ cup chicken broth and stir until hot. Put the toasted bread crumbs in a bowl and season them with salt, pepper and fresh thyme. Add the chicken stock mixture to the bowl, moistening the bread, then stir the stuffing and transfer it to a buttered baking dish. When you’re ready to eat your Thanksgiving dinner for two, bake the stuffing at 400F degrees for 25 minutes, until the top is crispy.
4. Follow this cranberry sauce recipe for a kicky Thanksgiving dinner for two. Combine 12 oz fresh cranberries with 1 cup sugar and ½ cup water in a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Stir it until the sugar dissolves and reduce the heat to a simmer, and reduce the mixture to about 3 cups (which should take fifteen minutes). Pour the mixture into a bowl and let it sit for 30 minutes, stirring it often, then 1/3 cup vodka and 3 Tbsp. orange liqueur. Cover the bowl and refrigerate it for at least two hours until the sauce sets. You can prepare this Thanksgiving dinner recipe fir two up to 2 weeks in advance.
5. Finish your feast with this final Thanksgiving dinner recipe for two. Core and slice two apples and arrange them in a baking dish. Add 2 Tbsp. butter, cut in pieces, then sprinkle the slices with 1 Tbsp. each of sugar and brown sugar, a dash of cinnamon, and ½ cup rolled oats. Bake the apples in a 400F oven for twenty minutes, until soft. Serve hot, with ice cream or whipped cream.