Even for those of us who have great relationships with our family, Thanksgiving can be a rough time. First, there’s travel to worry about. Hosting and cooking can be a royal pain. And there’s always some other kind of miscellaneous disaster to contend with on top of the usual stuff. We all handle holiday stress differently, but for those (like SNL favorite Guy Fieri) who prefer to turn to drink, we’ve devised a booze-tastic four-course Thanksgiving dinner. That’s right: Every one of these recipes has liquor in it. Cook up these seasonal delights, keep a few bottles of wine on the table — and a flask of something stronger in your pocket — and you’ll be blissfully passed out in front of the football game in no time. Just do us a favor and wait a few hours before you try to drive home, will you?
Snacks:
Pumpkin-spiced whiskey walnuts
Port wine cheese spread with crackers
Beer-battered pigs in a blanket
First course:
Green salad with citrus-vodka vinaigrette
Main course:
Wildflower honey- and whiskey-glazed sweet potatoes
Leek and wild mushroom stuffing (with white wine)
Whiskey-glazed Brussels sprouts
Dessert:
Float Loko