- I cooked a Thanksgiving feast using only Ina Garten’s recipes, and it cost me $132.
- I made turkey, green beans, stuffing, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pie.
- I spent 10 hours cooking but the meal was beautiful and filled with delicious highlights.
When I first became interested in food and cooking, I spent a lot of time watching Ina Garten on Food Network and pouring over her cookbooks and recipes.
Garten is one of the greats, so when I recently decided to cook an early Thanksgiving dinner for friends, it was a no-brainer that I’d put together a menu full of “Barefoot Contessa” recipes.
Like Garten, I kept things simple and elegant, choosing classics like roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, and green beans. Although I’ve been cooking Thanksgiving dinner for my family for more than 15 years, I learned new tricks and found recipes I would definitely make again.
Here’s what it was like to cook a full-on Ina-giving.
