Here you will find the menu and recipes for a beautiful small Thanksgiving dinner for 4. The entire meal (except the gravy) is cooked on a sheet pan! It comes together in much less time than a typical Thanksgiving dinner, and it still has all your family’s favorites, including homemade stuffing, roast turkey, mashed potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, homemade cranberry sauce, green beans, and even pan gravy! In the past, my mom, my sister, and I have literally spent days making Thanksgiving dinner. Yes, you read that right. Days....
Crispy Instant Pot Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Balsamic
Crispy Instant Pot Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Balsamic are packed with flavor, deliciously caramelized, and easy to make! They’re a great side dish for Thanksgiving because they pair well with turkey and they cook in the Instant Pot so you can use the stovetop and oven for other dishes. On Thanksgiving, the stovetop and oven work overtime. At my house, they’re both usually maxed out with three or four things going on the stovetop and two in the oven in addition to the turkey. I’m always looking for dishes that I can cook ahead, or dishes that I can cook in a different kitchen […]...
Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Chickpeas, Kale, and Pearl Couscous
Full of fall flavors, this Roasted Butternut Squash Salad features the natural sweetness of winter squash, earthy kale, nutty chickpeas, and honey apple vinaigrette to tie it all together. I’ve taken to calling our kitten (Elsa) butternut-butt. What can I say? It’s catchy and she’s a butternut fiend....
Harry Potter Foods (Recipes From the Books and Movies to Make at Home)
For wizards and muggles alike, here are deliciously whimsical Harry Potter foods to amaze and delight. They’re perfect to whip up for your next Harry Potter movie night or Halloween party! One of the most magical parts of the beloved Harry Potter story is the food. It conjures up a mood every time!...
Dark and Stormy Cocktail Recipe with Spiced Simple Syrup
The ominous-sounding Spiced Dark and Stormy Cocktail features rich caramel vanilla flavor notes from Goslings Black Seal Rum, snappy ginger beer, warm-spiced sweet simple syrup, and fresh citrusy lime. I’ve always been drawn to pirates. Who doesn’t enjoy tales of Blackbeard and Captain Jack Sparrow?! It sounds like a very interesting lifestyle; traveling around the high seas exploring and treasure-hunting! Of course not so much the plundering, pillaging, and well, pirating that they do. But pirate lore always fascinates me....
Bloody Eyeball Sangria Cocktail (A Spooky Halloween Cocktail Recipe)
This Bloody Eyeball Sangria Cocktail is a fun Halloween drink that’s fruity, subtly spiced, and surprisingly delicious. You won’t believe how easy it is to make, and simple it is to transform it into a mocktail! A couple years ago my niece and I made a Murder Cake for Halloween. We went all out on it, and it was truly epic! (If you want, you can see more pictures of it here.) It was a four-layer cake with alternating layers of fudgy brownies and red velvet cake with vanilla buttercream. It was decorated with sugar glass shards stabbing into the top, and edible blood oozing […]...
Bloody Halloween Cupcakes Recipe
Bloody Halloween Cupcakes are easy to make and deliciously spooky with raspberry jam edible fake blood (made without corn syrup!), vanilla buttercream, and soft, tender yellow cake. This Bloody Halloween Cupcakes recipe is along the same vein as my Murder Cake (no pun intended, lol). If you’re looking for a fun treat for a Halloween party that’s both creepy and crowd-pleasing, this is it. And they aren’t any more difficult to make than any other cupcakes!...
Butterbeer Brown Butter Blondies with Toasted Pecans (Inspired by Harry Potter)
These Butterbeer Brown Butter Blondies with Toasted Pecans feature the rich buttery brown sugar sweetness of butterbeer (think butterscotch vanilla!). And like any good blondie, they’re gooey-centered and completely indulgent. What could be a more perfect fall snack for curling up on the couch and reading or watching Harry Potter? I always wonder what gets a person excited. And I don’t mean regular excited, I mean the kind of excitement that’s palpable. The kind of excited that makes someone’s eyes light up with passion and their voice resonate with happiness....
Instant Pot Beef Short Ribs Recipe
Beef Short Ribs made in the Instant Pot are fall-off-the-bone-tender, packed with flavor, and easy to make with only 20 minutes of hands-on prep time! Serve them with mashed potatoes or mashed cauliflower to keep them low carb and keto friendly. What does comfort food mean to you? For me, it’s typically family-style dinners that my mom made when my sister and I were young. Meals like pot roast, meatloaf, and roast chicken with side dishes like green beans, mashed potatoes, broccoli, and squash. You know, foods that take all day to cook and make the whole house smell amazing. Meals that nourish your body […]...
The BEST Easy Apple Crisp Recipe with Oats
For all the apple pie-lovers who don’t have time to make pie, the Best Easy Apple Crisp Recipe with sweet spiced apple filling and a crispy brown sugar oat topping will be your new favorite dessert! With less than two weeks until Thanksgiving, I’m guessing you already have your turkey recipe in mind. And you probably have a pretty good idea what sides you’ll be making too! But if you’re anything like me, you’ll probably add a new side dish or two at the last minute just for fun. (You never know what could be a new favorite!)...
I’m Faith Gorsky, the writer, cook, and photographer behind An Edible Mosaic. My goal is to inspire you to get in the kitchen and try something new! Feel free to 
