Your Thanksgiving Table Starts Here 🍂
A Market Shopping List for a Delicious Fall Feast
Thanksgiving is almost here, which means it’s time for cozy meals, favourite family recipes and a table filled with the flavours of fall. 🍂
Whether you’re hosting Thanksgiving dinner or bringing a dish to share, a trip to the market is an easy place to start. From fresh Ontario produce to apple cider and cranberries, here are a few seasonal favourites to add to your Thanksgiving shopping list.
🍎 Ontario Apples
Thanksgiving and apple season go hand in hand. Ontario apples are perfect for apple pie, apple crisp or simply slicing onto a fall cheese board.
Try them for: Apple crisp, homemade pie, baked apples or a fall salad with apples, walnuts and goat cheese.
🎃 Fall Squash
One of the easiest ways to bring fall flavour to the table. Roast squash until caramelized, turn it into a creamy soup or serve it as a simple Thanksgiving side.
Try it for: Roasted squash, butternut squash soup or maple-glazed squash.
🍠 Ontario Sweet Potatoes
A Thanksgiving favourite for good reason. Sweet potatoes can go savoury or sweet and their beautiful colour looks right at home on a fall table.
Try them for: Mashed sweet potatoes, maple-roasted wedges or a classic sweet potato casserole.
🌱 Ontario Brussels Sprouts
Roasted Brussels sprouts make an easy Thanksgiving side with crispy edges and plenty of fall flavour.
Try them for: Roasting with garlic and olive oil or adding maple syrup, bacon or balsamic for a little something extra.
🥬 Ontario Cabbage
Cabbage might not be the first thing you think of for Thanksgiving, but it’s an affordable, versatile fall vegetable that works beautifully alongside a hearty dinner.
Try it for: Buttered cabbage, roasted cabbage wedges or a fresh apple and cabbage slaw.
🫛 Ontario Green & Yellow Beans
Keep a little green on the Thanksgiving table! Fresh Ontario green and yellow beans make a simple side that doesn't compete with everything else on the plate.
Try them for: Sautéed beans with garlic and butter, roasted beans or a classic green bean casserole.
🌽 Ontario Sweet Corn
Sweet corn isn't just for summer! Our Ontario Peaches & Cream sweet corn is a simple crowd-pleaser to add to the Thanksgiving table and a great way to enjoy one more taste of the Ontario harvest.
Try it for: Classic corn on the cob with butter, corn tossed with herbs or cut the kernels from the cob for a colourful Thanksgiving side.
❤️ Bala Cranberries
Fresh cranberries are a Thanksgiving classic and homemade cranberry sauce is surprisingly simple to make. Their bright, tart flavour is the perfect contrast to a rich turkey dinner.
Try them for: Homemade cranberry sauce, cranberry-orange relish or Thanksgiving baking.
🥕 More Ontario Vegetables for the Table
Thanksgiving is the perfect excuse to load the table with seasonal vegetables. Look for more Ontario favourites around the market and build your sides around what looks best.
Carrots, potatoes, onions and other fall vegetables can be roasted together with olive oil and herbs for one of the easiest sides on the menu.
🍏 Fresh Apple Cider
Don't forget something festive to pour! Fresh apple cider can be served cold or warmed with cinnamon for a cozy Thanksgiving drink.
Easy Thanksgiving idea: Warm apple cider with cinnamon sticks, orange slices and a few whole cloves. Let it gently simmer on the stove and your kitchen will smell like fall.
🍂 Something for the Table
Not everything on your shopping list has to be edible. Mini pumpkins and gourds make an easy Thanksgiving centrepiece without needing elaborate décor.
Scatter a few down the middle of the table or arrange them in a bowl with greenery for a simple seasonal look.
Your Thanksgiving Market Shopping List
Before the big meal, stop by Orchard Fruit Market and look for:
Ontario apples
Ontario sweet potatoes
Ontario Brussels sprouts
Ontario cabbage
Ontario green & yellow beans
Ontario sweet corn
Fall squash
Fresh Bala cranberries
Potatoes, carrots, onions and other seasonal Ontario produce
Fresh apple cider
Table mums, mini pumpkins and gourds for the table
Availability changes throughout the season, so stop by the market to see what's fresh when you visit.
🎃 Come See Our Giant Pumpkin Display!
Stop by the market to see our 16-foot fall display, snap a fall photo and enter our Guess the Weight Giveaway for your chance to take home the giant pumpkin! 🍂
The winner will be announced on Thanksgiving Day.
Happy Thanksgiving from Orchard Fruit Market 🧡
Some of the best Thanksgiving meals start with simple, seasonal ingredients and recipes that bring everyone around the table.
We hope you enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with good food, good company and plenty of fall favourites.
Stop by Orchard Fruit Market on Highway 11 in Severn before Thanksgiving weekend to stock up for your table!