How to create the perfect Thanksgiving Dinner Menu

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Thanksgiving Dinner can be a lot of fun!

Whether this is your first time cooking Thanksgiving dinner or your twentieth or even fiftieth time, I hope that you find this page useful. I have tried to gather recipes for every part of the meal.  Making thanksgiving dinner should be lots of fun :)

 

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Everything about cooking the Turkey, Turkey Stuffing, and more. 



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Tips on Buying a Thanksgiving Turkey
5 things to consider when picking out the right turkey for Turkey Day!
Mom's Roast Turkey Recipe
"My mom's turkey is unlike others. The breast meat isn't dried out, requiring cupfuls of gravy to taste good, but moist and flavorful...."
Mom's Turkey Stuffing Recipe
"I've never tasted any turkey stuffing that has come close to as good as mom's..."
Cooking Turkey From the Frozen State
GOOD NEWS - If you forget to thaw the turkey, you can still get Thanksgiving dinner done in time.

Don't forget the butter! 

Introducing The One Click Butter Cutter

Impress your guests with this new butter cutter! Just load the butter stick into it and click away!


Put one or two of these One Click Butter Cutters on your dinner table and let the guests help themselves to a slice of butter for their biscuits or mashed potatoes, as needed :)


Are you tired of the butter dish mess? The One Click Butter Cutter stores the butter in it so that the butter will stay clean and free of crumbs.

Potatoes & Yam Recipes 

A wonderful part of Thanksgiving dinner :)



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Scalloped Potatoes Recipe
"There are many ways to make delicious scalloped potatoes. For this version, I consulted several books - Kitchen Sense, two James Beards, and the Joy of Cooking. Basically you layer thinly sliced potatoes with any number of extras...."
Wild Mushroom Mashed Potatoes
Great for the mushroom lover!
Fingerling Potatoes with Herb Vinaigrette Recipe
These look delicious!
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Yams, marshmallows, ginger, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg... yummy!
Perfect Mashed Potatoes Recipe
"I have discovered that the real trick to creamy, buttery, heavenly potatoes is to use Yukon Gold potatoes instead of Russets. That's really all there is to it (along with butter, cream, salt and pepper)..."
Mashed Potatoes with Kale and Olive Oil Recipe
"Meet my new favorite mashed potato recipe - creamy mashed potatoes flecked with finely chopped greens and garlic. Adding a green like kale is a great way to add color and nutritional umph to America's favorite starch-packed side dish..."

The Magic Butter Box 

or, the Best Butter Cutter you have ever seen!

Cooking with butter is easier with the One Click Butter Cutter.


Reviewers have found the One Click Butter Cutter useful and lots of fun.

One reviewer described the One Click Butter Cutter as a

"magic box that keeps crumbs off your butter, keeps your butter off your hands, keeps your kids from the butter knife and keeps your butter knife in your drawer."



Thanksgiving Biscuits and Dinner Rolls 

Corn Cheese Biscuits Recipe
Make these yummy biscuits with cheddar or jack cheese.
Red Lobster Cheese Biscuits
These rolls are made from Bisquick! Now you can have them any time.. No need to dine out :)
Everything's better with biscuits
"I make good biscuits. Are they the best biscuits? I have no idea. But I enjoy them and when others are around they seem to rapidly disappear. For instance, one time when I had people over for breakfast, I made a batch and left them out on a plate while I busied myself with other things. When I returned, a friend had eaten them all!"

Make your own cranberry sauce! 

Here are a few delicious recipes :)

Killer Cranberry Sauce
The secret is an orange.
Simple Cranberry Sauce
This recipe uses brown sugar.
Cranberry Sauce Recipe
Just cranberries, sugar, and water.

Vegetable Side Dishes 

Roasted Baby Carrots Recipe
Carrots are always one of my favorite veggies.
Brussels Sprouts Recipe
"Who knew brussels sprouts could taste so good? Now I love them, especially with brown rice and butter..."
German Creamed Spinach
This looks like an easy recipe for home made creamed spinach.
Garlic and Onions
This simple dish is from a menu for an authentic Thanksgiving dinner.
Candied Yams Recipe
"The dark, orange-fleshed variety of sweet potato commonly known as the yam has been a Southern staple since colonial times, and candied yams have enjoyed wide popularity since the late 19th century -- especially at Thanksgiving..."

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Time for Desert! 

Pies and other delicious thanksgiving treats...



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Chiffon Pumpkin Pie Recipe
"If you are looking for a special pie for the holidays, this is it - a light pumpkin pie with beaten egg whites folded into the pumpkin custard, spiked with rum, set in a gingersnap cookie crust, and covered with whipped cream...."
Pumpkin Pie Recipe
"My personal favorite is this Pate Brisee (short crust pastry) recipe, as I like its' wonderful buttery flavor and crumbly texture...."
Old Fashioned Apple Pie Recipe
"What makes [this recipe] special are two things: 1) an all butter homemade crust with some ground up almonds (I used a blender to chop up blanched almonds) added to the flour, and 2) including a little brandy and vanilla to the filling, along with the traditional spices..."
Pecan Pie V
"Unlike most pecan pies, this one does not require corn syrup." WOW! This recipe got 5 STARS from 168 reviewers! It must be really really good!

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