We know you were planning on making everything from scratch, right down to the crispy fried onions on your green bean casserole. But heck, life is hard and Thanksgiving is almost here.
Here are five local options to fall back on. Take this stuff to a party, or eat it at home ... Do whatever you gotta do, just be thankful!
For an appetizer ...
Roma Imports, 627 S. Vine Ave., 520-792-3173
This Italian grocery store Roma Imports deserves a place on your Thanksgiving table, mainly for its robust catering platters with endless vegetables. The veggie antipasti, pictured above, is available in three sizes that cost between $65 to $115. It feeds between 10 and 20 people with eggplants, steamed asparagus, sauteed mushrooms, roasted red peppers and zucchini. Call and order the day ahead for a Wednesday pickup. It's open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For good bread ...
Time Market, 444 E. University Blvd., 520-622-0761
Put away that can of dough! Time Market sells its crusty loaves online, allowing customers to pick them up through Thanksgiving morning. Available in levain and walnut. Limit four loaves per customer, starting at $6 apiece. Order here.
For tamales, duh ...
Tucson Tamale Company, three locations at 2545 E. Broadway (520-305-4760), 7159 E. Tanque Verde Road (520-298-8404), and 7286 N. Oracle Road (520-403-1888)
The tamales here are gluten-free and non-GMO, so they're sure to please even the pickiest eater. Tucson Tamale Company even does special holiday items like a pumpkin dessert tamale and the Thanksgiving tamale stuffed with turkey, carrots, onions and cranberries. Call in your order, or just show up ... There will be plenty to go around. (All locations are open through Wednesday with varying hours.)
For the whole caboodle ...
Rincon Market, 2513 E. Sixth St., 520-327-6653
A hundred bucks gets you a turkey dinner for ten people, with an 11-14 pound turkey, rolls, green beans, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. You can also order the side dishes separately by calling ahead, 520-327-6653. Rincon Market is open through Wednesday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
For dessert ...
Beyond Bread, three locations at 6260 E. Speedway (520-747-7477), 3026 N. Campbell Ave. (520-322-9965), 421 W. Ina Road (520-461-1111)
You can definitely get this addicting pumpkin cranberry bread ($9.95) at all three stores. But if you want pie, you may have to head to the Speedway location's standalone bakeshop Back Dough at 6260 E. Speedway. The other locations will have a limited selection of pumpkin, cranberry apple and pecan, on a first-come-first serve basis. (No ordering ahead.) Beyond Bread open 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday.