Easy Thanksgiving Turkey Veggies Dinner

A turkey lunch or dinner plate with all things "Thanksgiving" - turkey, green beans, Brussel sprouts, pomegranate, persimmon, sweet potato. These ingredients are all in-season during the month of November.


Honestly not much effort (oh, isn't that all we want ? ) putting together this meal plate, so that we can all enjoy delicious food without breaking any sweat. Besides ready-cooked turkey breast that was store-bought, the vegetables and sweet potatoes were prepared and cooked at home - veggies steamed, and sweet potatoes roasted.

Thanksgiving Turkey Veggies Dinner
Ingredients: Ready-cooked turkey breast (Trader Joes Brined Bone-In Half Turkey Breast), reheat according to package instructions.
Mix of seasonal vegetables: green beans, Brussel sprouts - quartered, celery - sliced, cauliflower florets 2-3 cloves garlic, minced or sliced
1-2 Murasaki sweet potatoes (option to use regular sweet potatoes), keep it whole or halved
Pomegranate and persimmon, optional (Persimmon Pomegranate Salad)

Directions: Preheat oven 400F, wrap sweet potatoes in foil/parchment pepper, roast for 30-40mins till cooked (takes longer if roasted whole, and shorter time if halved or even quartered). Start the steamer for the vegetables when roasted potatoes are just about done, then steam the vegetables for about 8 minutes. Prepare dinner plate with warm turkey breast, freshly steamed vegetables, roasted sweet potatoes, garnished /paired with pomegranate, persimmon and/or Persimmon Pomegranate Salad.