3 Recipes For Cooking Up A Scaled-Down, Low-Key Thanksgiving Meal

Thanksgiving is going to look different for many Americans this year. As the coronavirus pandemic rages, the Centers for Disease Control is warning against traveling to see friends or family, or even gathering with people who do not live with you.

Thanksgiving is a holiday most people associate with sitting around a table that is groaning under large platters of food — a big turkey, heaping bowls of mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing and pies galore — which is simply too much food and effort for one or two or four people.

But that isn't a reason to forego a delicious, sit-down meal.

With that in mind, three chefs share scaled-down Thanksgiving recipes. These dishes — Anita Lo's turkey roulade, Aarón Sánchez's brussels sprouts with roasted jalapeño vinaigrette and Sohla El-Waylly's apple (hand) pies — are meant to serve up to four people.

Chef Anita Lo's Turkey Roulade

A turkey roulade is the kind of thing that looks and sounds fancy, but isn't much harder than making a stuffing and a roast turkey, says Chef Anita Lo. "You're essentially making