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I am a wonderful cook!!1 I have found that some people actually have no clue when it comes to COOKING good food.I was curious to see what kind of "success or mess" you can come up with.

baby you cook the dressing, i don’t know how to, so maybe you can teach me

Hi everyone, yeah it’s that time again for thanksgiving. I am wondering has any body ever made corn bread stuffing made with beef sage sausage instead of pork, if so what is your feed back, being there are non pork eaters in my household. Any suggestions would be great and what else would you add for flavor like celery…ect thanks have a great holiday.

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does anybody have really good recipes for thanksgiving i mean main dishes and side dishes and even desserts thanks everyone and have a wonderful thanksgiving happy holidays!

Eat and be marry!

Im making thanksgiving diner this year and it’s my first time..so im a little scared….help! or if anyone has a recipe they would like to share…
thanks i would really appreciate it..

Turkeys and spiral hams are very easy to make in the oven. Both come with directions on how long to cook. With the turkey, just make sure you put in the fridge a couple days in advance so it isn’t frozen. The night before I like to season it. Then before I put in the oven, I stuff it with stuffing (I buy the prepackaged stuffing and mix in 2 cans of broth and celery, stir together, then stuff). It can take 5 hours or so depending on the turkey size.

Side dish options:

Green Bean Casserole (a couple cans of green beans, a couple cans of cream of mushroom, some French’s friend onions…there is a receipe on the friend onion can…and it’s delicious!)
Jello w/ fruit mixed in it topped with whipped cream
Baked Mac and Cheese
Wild Rice
Homemade dinner rolls
Garlic mashed potatoes
Homemade gravy
Pumpkin Pie, apple pie, blueberry pie, cherry pie
Cheesecake
Ice Cream
…are just a few options to choose from. And what is nice about some of these options is you can make a casserole the next day w/ some of the leftovers (like the stuffing, turkey, potatoes, and homemade gravy…yummy!)

I’m 19 and my family’s been really indifferent towards holidays for a couple of years now. They resort to buying store-cooked turkey and other Thanksgiving foods, and I’m not a fan of doing that. I want to cook Thanksgiving dinner myself this year (for the first time). What foods does your family like, and what are the recipes for them? I’m making the following for sure:
-turkey
-mashed potatoes
-macaroni and cheese
-vegetables
What else would be good? Please help! I want to impress my family.
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How about recipes that would replicate the First Thanksgiving? See
http://www.xomba.com/american_thanksgiving_traditions_0

Does anybody know of any good recipe websites I can go to? Thanks.

go to foodtv.com or americastestkitchen.com, they have tons of recipes for the holiday season and the recipes are all free.

I’m tire of the old plan boring thanksgiving dinner like turkey mash potatoes , sweet yams, blah blah. Dose anyone have interesting new thanksgiving dinner/ recipes i could try? I also like do something new with my sweet yams beside adding brown sugar and nuts or marshmallows.
thank you everyone. keep on posting.

rosemary turkey. this stuff will change your life! it’s really that good! but one thing you should stick to is the mash potatoes and gravy…it tastes lovely with this,

Ingredients

12 pounds whole turkey
3/4 cup olive oil
3 tablespoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
salt to taste
Directions

Combine the olive oil, garlic, rosemary, basil, Italian seasoning, black pepper and salt. Set aside.
Wash the turkey, inside and out, pat dry. Remove any large fat deposits. Loosen the skin from the breast. This is done by slowly working your fingers between the breast and the skin. Work it loose to the end of the drumstick being careful not to tear the skin.
Using your hand, spread a generous amount of the rosemary mixture under the breast skin and down the thigh and leg. Rub the remainder of the rosemary mixture over the outside of the breast. Use toothpicks to seal skin over any exposed breast meat.
Place the turkey on a rack in a roasting pan. Add about 1/4 inch of water to the bottom of the pan. Roast according to the number of pounds your turkey weighs. This is usually 20 minutes per pound in a 325 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven. A meat thermometer inserted in the thigh should read 180 degrees F (82 degrees C) and the juices should run clear when pierced with a fork.

or fryed cajun turkey!
it’s great my dad would make it every year.
it’s dangerous but its worth it.

you need tony chachere’s turkey injector in creole butter,
tony chachere’s creole seasoning.
i’m not sure how he makes it, but i’m sure there’s a recipe some where.

Do you know any good recipes you use for Thanksgiving dinner..? appetizers, dessert.. anything??

PUMPKIN CHEESE CAKE BARS

1 pkg. yellow cake mix
3 eggs
2 tbsp. melted butter
4 tsp. pumpkin pie spices
1 (8 oz.) cream cheese, soft
1 (14 oz.) Eagle Brand sweetened milk
2 c. pumpkin
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees in large bowl on low speed. Combine cake mix, 1 egg, butter and 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice; mix until crumbly. Press in bottom of 15 x 10 inch pan. Set aside.
In large bowl beat cheese until fluffy. Add milk then 2 remaining eggs, remaining pumpkin pie spice, pumpkin and salt. Mix well. Pour over crust. Sprinkle nuts over top. Bake 30-35 minutes or until set. Cool. Chill then cut in bars.

HASH BROWN CASSEROLE

1 cup onion, diced
1/4 lb. (1 stick) butter, thinly sliced
1 (8 oz.) container sour cream or plain yogurt (optional)
1 (8 oz.) pkg. Kraft Cracker Barrel sharp cheese
1 can Cream of Chicken soup
1 (2 lb.) bag frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
1/2 to 1 cup potato chips or corn flakes

Stir together well the diced onion, sour cream or yogurt, grated cheese, thinly sliced butter, and Cream of Chicken soup. Add the hash browns and mix well.
Spread this mixture evenly in a casserole dish and top with crushed chips or corn flakes.

Bake at 350°F 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

Makes 8 to 12 servings.

SWEET AND SPICY PECANS

2 tbsp. butter
1/4 c. (firmly packed) brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
2 c. pecan halves

Place butter in 1-quart glass bowl. Microwave on high for 30 seconds or until melted. Add remaining ingredients and 1 tablespoon water; stir until pecans are well coated. Microwave, uncovered, on HIGH for 4 to 5 minutes or until pecans are toasted and glazed, stirring 2 or 3 times. Spoon pecans in single layer onto waxed paper. Cool.
Hope this helps!! Happy Thanksgiving

Learn how to add garlic to mashed potatoes, a traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner recipe, in this free cooking video.

Expert: Lori Schneider
Contact: www.figscatering.com
Bio: Lori Schneider is a chef and owner of Figs Catering in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Drew Noah

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I’m making Thanksgiving dinner for the first time by myself this year. It will probably only be like 4 of us eating so I won’t be making a huge feast 🙂 I want the traditionals but maybe a twist of the original recipes. Any suggestion for the cranberry sauce, instead of just opening the can and putting it on the plate. Also my husband wants a salad…and I’m gonna have a turkey ( of course…lol ), stuffing, sweet potatos with the marshmellows, rolls…etc. Thanks everyone in advance 🙂

yes i found a simple recipe for jelly cranberrry sauces.. you simply mix it up with cool whip and miniture marshmallows its very yummy…………plus it looks a lot nicer too…i also wonder maybe if some walnuts might add a touch to it..