Best Pre-made Thanksgiving Dinner
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Anonymous
| Whole Foods isn't good. |
Anonymous
| We did Bob Evans. Fantastic comfort food |
Anonymous
| I liked the Whole Foods meal last year. Everything was tasty. However, I did not think the proportions were enough for a 6 person family. We aren't even big eaters. I am going with WF again this year, but am buying double sides. I think it cost me $150... and that doesn't include pumpkin pie or rolls. |
Anonymous
+1 We also ordered extra sides, and will make corn pudding, mashed potatoes, and some other veggies to fill out the table. |
Anonymous
| Whole Foods wasn't so great, but Balduccis is amazing! Tastes better than homemade |
Anonymous
| We've done Balducci's 3 years in a row. Easily serves 6 (and we are big eaters) with plenty of leftovers. Includes rolls and pie. So, so good and easy. $140 bucks or so I think? We get the turkey breast. |
Anonymous
| Has anyone tried the premade meals from Giant, Safeway, or Wegmans? Thoughts? |
Anonymous
What was not great about Whole foods? I'm doing the meal for 12-16 people. Turkey is uncooked/prepared to go in oven. I'm have tasted their stuffing on the food bar and their sweet potatoes--both very good. What exactly was bad about it? |
Anonymous
The taste or what? I need more specifics.... |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Just wanted to post that we ordered a pre-made turkey meal from Fresh Market and it was surprisingly delicious. Turkey was flavorful and moist. Stuffing was yummy. Mashed potatoes were so so, but the gravy was terrific. I wasn't a fan of the cranberry-orange sauce, but everyone else love it.
Overall, it was easy, delicious, and inexpensive. If you're looking for a pre-made Thanksgiving I would highly recommend Fresh Market. |
Anonymous
I also ordered from the Fresh Market and had the exact same review! Funny. Though I did like the potatoes too. 
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Anonymous
| We've done Whole Foods for a couple of years and think it's great. No idea where the haters are coming from. |
Anonymous
| Ritz-Carlton! $295 for a full Turkey dinner, they said feeds 4-6 but more like 8. Absolutely delicious, copious amounts of food, whole 12-14lb turkey (juicy), mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing, cranberry relish, gravy, butternut squash soup (velvety), pasta salad and spinach salad, breads, brownies, choice of pie. Best of all everything came hot from the stove/oven! Didn't even have to use reheating instructions (picked up late enough). A million times better than Whole Foods. |
Anonymous
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We did balduccis this year. Totally amazing. Better than anything I would have cooked. We got the apricot turkey Breast and it's the best turkey I have ever had by far. All the sides were amazing. We will do it every year now.
We did wegmens last year. It was fine but nothing was delicious. Balduccis is more expensive for less food but so so much tastier. Totally worth it. |