9 Thanksgiving Dishes Every Man Needs
1. The Alpha Bird: Roast that turkey with a garlic-herb butter rub and let it rest like a fine steak. Crispy skin, juicy center and your guests will call you “chef.”
Listen up, gentlemen. Thanksgiving 2025 isn’t the year to play it safe with dry turkey and boxed stuffing. It’s time to eat like a king or at least the guy everyone thanks for saving dinner. Here’s your top nine must-have dishes for a feast worthy of your appetite (and Instagram).
2. Mash Masterpiece: Garlic mashed potatoes whipped with cream cheese. The secret? A little brown butter drizzle to make everyone swoon.
3. Stuffing That Slaps: Ditch the bag mix. Sourdough stuffing with sausage and apples adds serious flavor cred and reheats like a dream for leftovers.
4. Pumpkin Pie 2.0: Upgrade to a brown-butter pumpkin pie with a hint of bourbon. It’s dessert with a swagger.
5. Green Bean Glow-Up: Homemade green bean casserole with crispy shallots and real mushrooms. No cans. No shame.
6. Sweet Potato Flex: Top those spuds with pecan streusel, not marshmallows. You’re a grown man, not a campfire.
7. Corn That Bites Back: Charred corn with jalapeño cream — smoky, spicy and manly.
