A Pacific Northwest Thanksgiving: Recipes & Holiday Inspiration Featuring Portco Partners
At Portco Packaging, we’re proud to work with food brands that nourish families all year long — and especially during the holidays. This Thanksgiving, we’re highlighting some of the incredible Northwest-friendly brands we serve by featuring recipes, holiday table ideas, and festive snacks that your friends and family will love.
From comforting sides to plant-forward mains, artisan breads, cozy soups, and fun appetizers, this curated holiday menu celebrates the very best of what our partners create.
So preheat the oven, gather your loved ones, and let’s build a Thanksgiving feast made from the brands that help make the Pacific Northwest delicious.
Idahoan® Potatoes
Recipe Feature: Mashed Potato Topped Green Bean Casserole
🔗 Brand: https://idahoan.com
🔗 Recipe: https://idahoan.ca/recipe/mashed-potato-topped-green-bean-casserole/
A Thanksgiving table isn’t complete without Idahoan — the gold standard of creamy, perfectly seasoned mashed potatoes.
This Mashed Potato Topped Green Bean Casserole is a holiday two-for-one: the beloved green bean casserole crowned with a warm, buttery Idahoan mashed potato layer. It’s rich, nostalgic, and incredibly easy to make.
Whether you’re hosting a crowd or keeping things intimate, this dish delivers autumn comfort in every bite.
(Full recipe included above per your request.)
Bob’s Red Mill
Recipe Feature: Cheddar Garlic Biscuits
🔗 Brand: https://www.bobsredmill.com
🔗 Recipe: https://www.bobsredmill.com/recipes/how-to-make/cheddar-garlic-biscuits
Warm, fluffy, cheesy, and brushed with buttery garlic goodness — these Cheddar Garlic Biscuits from Bob’s Red Mill bring pure comfort to any Thanksgiving table. Made with their premium Self-Rising Flour, these drop biscuits come together quickly and deliver that restaurant-style flavor everyone loves.
Perfect as a side to soups, turkey, chili, or enjoyed warm with butter, they’re guaranteed to disappear fast.
Seneca Snacks
Recipe Feature: Sweet Glazed Chicken Salad with Granny Smith Apple Chips
🔗 Brand: https://senecasnacks.com
🔗 Apple Chips Recipes: https://senecasnacks.com/our-apple-chip-recipes/
When you think of Thanksgiving, “salad” may not be the first thing that comes to mind — but trust us, this one changes everything.
Seneca’s Granny Smith Apple Chips add crunch, sweetness, and a burst of orchard flavor to this Sweet Glazed Chicken Salad. Complete with goat cheese, walnuts, craisins, and a house-made walnut vinaigrette, it brings a refreshing brightness to an otherwise heavy holiday spread.
It also makes the perfect day-after-Thanksgiving lunch when you’re craving something crisp and light.
Tofurky
Recipe Feature: Hibachi-Style Teriyaki Steak Bite Bowl
🔗 Brand: https://tofurky.com
🔗 Recipe: https://tofurky.com/recipes/hibachi-style-teriyaki-steak-bite-bowl/
For plant-forward guests — or for anyone who enjoys bold flavor — this Tofurky centerpiece is a showstopper.
Their Teriyaki Steak Bites shine in this quick hibachi-style bowl layered with sautéed zucchini, carrots, mushrooms, edamame, rice, chipotle sauce, and sesame seeds. While it’s great as a weeknight dinner, it also makes a unique secondary entrée for Thanksgiving.
Set out a “build-your-own hibachi bowl” station, and watch even the meat-eaters get hooked.
Laurel Foods
Recipe Feature: Squash Hazelnut Soup
🔗 Laurel Foods: https://laurelfoods.com
🔗 Recipe: https://www.laurelfoods.com/blog-1/2020/2/7/squash-hazelnut-soup
A warm bowl of seasonal soup is the soul of a holiday meal. This Squash Hazelnut Soup, made with Laurel Foods Hazelnut Oil, blends roasted butternut squash, coconut milk, ginger, dried chili, turmeric, and a finishing drizzle of hazelnut oil.
It’s elegant, deeply comforting, and perfect as either an appetizer or a vegetarian main course.
This is the kind of dish guests talk about long after they’ve gone home.
Cascade Milling
Recipe Feature: Homemade Rustic Whole Grain Bread
🔗 Cascade Milling: https://cascademilling.com
🔗 Recipe: https://www.cascademilling.com/homemade-rustic-whole-grain-bread
Few things feel more like Thanksgiving than the smell of freshly baked bread.
Cascade Milling’s Organic Whole Wheat Flour transforms into a gorgeous, crusty Rustic Whole Grain Bread — hearty, flavorful, and perfect for slicing next to warm butter, soup, or leftover turkey sandwiches.
Bonus: This loaf requires minimal hands-on time, so you can prep it in the morning and let it rise while tackling other dishes.
Fairhaven Mill
Recipe Feature: Jalapeño Cheddar Cornbread
🔗 Fairhaven Mill: https://fairhavenmill.com
🔗 Recipe: https://fairhavenmill.com/blogs/recipes/jalapeno-cheddar-cornbread
A holiday classic with a kick: this Jalapeño Cheddar Cornbread uses Fairhaven Mill’s organic cornmeal and flour for a perfectly tender crumb.
Cheesy, buttery, and lightly spicy, it pairs beautifully with chili, soups, or turkey — and also stands alone as a crowd favorite.
Bake it in a cast-iron skillet for that extra-crispy edge your guests will fight over.
Cairnspring Mill
Recipe Feature: Gingerbread Snack Cake
🔗 Cairnspring Mill: https://cairnspring.com
🔗 Recipe: https://cairnspring.com/blogs/recipes/gingerbread-snack-cake
No Thanksgiving feast is complete without dessert — and this one might steal the show.
Made with Cairnspring’s Organic Edison T85 Flour, this Gingerbread Snack Cake has deep, cozy spice notes, a tender crumb, and a beautiful powdered-sugar stencil topping.
Served with fresh whipped cream, it’s a simple yet stunning finale to any holiday meal.
Lundberg Family Farms
Recipe Feature: Cheesy Pesto Arancini
🔗 Brand: https://lundberg.com
🔗 Recipe: https://info.lundberg.com/recipe/cheesy-pesto-arancini
These golden, crispy Cheesy Pesto Arancini make for a fantastic Thanksgiving appetizer — or a fun, shareable side dish.
Made with Lundberg’s Organic Arborio Rice, mozzarella, pesto, basil, and Italian breadcrumbs, these crispy rice balls are festive, flavorful, and perfect for nibbling while the turkey rests.
Set them out on a platter with warm marinara or basil aioli and watch them disappear.
Partners Crackers
Recipe Feature: Sourdough Sea Salt Holiday Cheese Board Pairing
🔗 Brand/Product: https://partnerscrackers.com/collections/all-brands-snack-crackers/products/snack-crackers-sourdough-sea-salt
Partners’ Sourdough Sea Salt Crackers are a must-have for your Thanksgiving cheese and charcuterie board.
Crisp, subtly tangy, and sturdy enough for spreads, they complement soft cheeses, aged cheddars, jams, smoked salmon, and holiday pâtés. Set out a board with Pacific Northwest cheeses and let these crackers be the foundation.
They’re also perfect for snacking while cooking — no judgment here.
Valley Garlic / Brar Foods
Suggested Recipe Feature: Moong Daal Ka Parantha
🔗 Brand: https://www.brars.com/
🔗 Recipe: https://sherbrarmills.com/recipes/moong-daal-ka-parantha-yellow-lentils-stuffed-flatbread/
For families looking to incorporate global flavors into Thanksgiving, Brar’s Moong Daal Ka Parantha offers a rich, savory, Indian-style flatbread stuffed with seasoned lentils.
Serve it warm with yogurt, chutney, or alongside soups and salads. It also works beautifully as a next-day brunch item with scrambled eggs or roasted vegetables.
Bringing It All Together
Thanksgiving is about community — and the brands we partner with help bring that spirit to life. Whether you’re preparing a traditional feast, creating a plant-based table, incorporating global flavors, or crafting artisan sides from scratch, these recipes showcase the creativity and quality behind each of our Portco partners.
At Portco, it’s an honor to support the brands that support families — not only during the holidays, but every day of the year.
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Portco Packaging.
May your table be full, your home warm, and your recipes unforgettable.
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