A dzoen Thanksgiving recipes you can make with little prep time

Let's start simple with mashed potatoes. This lightning-quick recipe adds celery root to the spuds to add texture and taste, and the simple and easy preparation makes this recipe perfect for putting together when you might have something else cooking in the oven. Oh, but that said, there is one extra step we do recommend taking with this recipe — try grating some of your favorite cheese into the potatoes while you're mashing them. You won't regret it. Follow along with the step-by-step instructions over on the Food Network website.

Just because it's the last minute doesn't mean you have to use canned cranberry sauce. Unless you prefer it! In which case, more power to you. If you don't, this recipe combines both dried and un-dried cranberries for textural interest, and the addition of cinnamon and orange peel gives the sauce a great, unique flavor. The full recipe can be found at Better Homes and Gardens.

Via Martha Stewart, here's a wonderful, super-easy, set-and-forget recipe for sauteed green beans that only takes about 25 minutes to prepare. Red onions provide much-needed tang and acidity to the dish, and since the recipe calls for cooking the beans first covered, and then uncovered until the water evaporates, you're guaranteed plump, crisp and tender beans every time. The full recipe can be found here.

OK, before you start stressing out, don't worry. Making cornbread technically counts as baking, but it's super simple to do. Bon Appetit has a recipe that only takes about a half-hour to make, and the hardest thing you'll have to do is whisk together some eggs and milk with your dry ingredients — much like making pancake batter. Then, simply pour into a greased baking dish or, per our recommendation, a well-seasoned cast iron pan, and bake. Sure, there's a bit more to it than that, but the full recipe over at Bon Appetit has those details.

Continuing with the carb-heavy portion of the meal, here's a recipe for stuffing via Betty Crocker that'll only take you 20 minutes. The nice thing about this recipe is that though it's delicious on its own, it's simple enough to be altered a bit. Feel free to add breakfast sausage to give the dish depth, or replace the bread cubes with cornbread cubes if you have the time. The full recipe can be found here.

Though this salad looks incredibly impressive visually, it'll only take you a few minutes to prepare. The citrus-y dressing comes together in only around a minute or two, and the only other time-intensive part of the recipe comes when you crisp up some bacon. Other than that, as long as you have a mandoline (and take care not to slice the tips of your fingers off), you'll have yourself a delicious shredded Brussels sprout salad in around 10 minutes flat. Pinch of Yum has the full recipe here.

If you prefer your potatoes whole, this brilliant recipe employs salt and vinegar to quickly season the potatoes from the inside out so they'll cook up golden brown and flavorful in a short period of time. After simmering, you'll want to finish the potatoes by sauteing them for about 10 minutes in butter to give them that beautiful crisp finish and then complete the dish with a splash of vinegar. Simple, clean and easy. All the steps can be found over on Bon Appetit.

If you've already figured out what to do with your turkey, making a quick gravy is super easy and quick. (And hey, if you haven't, we have some suggestions a couple of sides ahead!) This recipe from Better Homes and Gardens shows just how simple it can be. By combining butter, the fat drippings from your turkey and flour, you'll create a roux that you can then add more drippings and broth to. It'll make a perfectly creamy and luscious gravy in no time at all. The full recipe can be found here.

No time for dinner rolls? Biscuits to the rescue. This recipe, via Martha Stewart, takes 30 minutes start to finish and is just as good of a vessel for gravy and butter as those plain little bread balls. The addition of sage to the biscuits gives them a distinctly Thanksgiving-y flavor, and if you have a food processor, the dough is very easy to make. They only spend about 15 minutes in the oven, too, so feel free to leave these to the last second so you can serve them hot! The full recipe can be found here.

If you only have an hour or so to throw together a delicious dessert this Thanksgiving, look no further than "The Pie That'll Make You Cry," this pecan pie recipe courtesy of The Pioneer Woman. She recommends finely chopping the pecans so the pie slices come out more uniformly, and we'd second that. If you can manage to take 15 or so minutes to prep this and put it in the oven before you sit down to dinner, it should be done and cooled by the time everybody is ready for dessert. The full recipe can be found here.

If your family prefers ham as the centerpiece of your Thanksgiving, don't worry — we've got you covered. Most recipes for baked ham take around four hours, but this one, via Taste of Home, only takes around 90 minutes. Make sure to purchase boneless fully cooked ham, since it'll cook faster than the bone-in version. This recipe calls for the ham to be cooked in beer and brown sugar, then glazed with orange marmalade, for a wonderfully sweet and meaty flavor. The full recipe can be found here.

The pièce de résistance. The turkey. The centerpiece of any Thanksgiving meal (unless you opted for ham, in which case, we covered you earlier). And yes, you can finish your turkey from start to finish in just over an hour if you treat it right. Epicurious has the full step-by-step instructions, but the gist of the method is that first you butcher your bird, cooking it in parts so every section roasts up crispy and delicious. Follow the step-by-step instructions here: The site even has a gravy recipe you can prep while the bird is in the oven!