Post your Thanksgiving recipes HERE!!

[John R]

No cooking for me on Thanksgiving. I would rather fly to France and have someone else cook for me. Enjoy all of the hard work and remember, it is about giving thanks, not cooking a turkey to perfection.

 

[yippie]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Here is a recipe I thought you might like for the holidays...!!!

Ingredients:
1 fresh turkey... 15 - 17 lbs
1 large lemon, cut into halves
Sprig of rosemary
Salt and pepper to taste
Miscellaneous seasonings
Butter or olive oil, whichever you prefer

Method:
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees
2. Rub butter or oil over the skin of the chicken/turkey until it is
completely coated.
3. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and any other seasonings you prefer.
4. Take a knife and gently separate the skin from the breast meat;
5. Slide lemon halves under the skin with the peel side up,
one on each side. This way the juice from the lemon will release into the
breast meat.
6. Place sprig of rosemary into the chicken/turkey.
7. Cover and bake for 30-45 minutes.
8. Remove cover and continue to roast until juices run clear, basting
every 15-20 minutes.

If you've followed these steps correctly, your chicken/turkey should look
like the one in the picture below .

Bon Appetit! And Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[Scooter]

O.K. here we go

Stuffed Mirlitons - I cut this recipe in half and freeze half for Christmas.
30 mirlitons or they're called chayote in places other than New Orleans
1 stick butter
1 stick oleo (margarine)
1/2 cup bacon grease
1 cup finely chopped green onions and tops
1 cup finely chopped white onion
2 cups finely chopped celery and leaves
4 pods garlic, finely minced
5 cups dry French bread crumbs
2 tablespoons parsley
4 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon coarse ground red pepper, or less
2 cups cooked, chopped shrimp (I usually don't half this)
1 (1-lb) can frozen claw crabmeat (I usually don't half this either)
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup dry sherry
Seasoned bread crumbs

Boil mirlitons until tender, about 1 hour. Slice in half, remove seed and any stringy part around seed. Scrape out pulp. In a large pot, melt butter, oleo and bacon grease. Add onions, celery and garlic. Saute until wilted. Add mirliton pulp and juice, bread crumbs, parsely, salt, black pepper, red pepper and cook over low heat, stirring often, for about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from heat. Add shrimp, crabmeat, eggs and sherry. Let mixture set for several hours or overnight in the refrigerator, before stuffing shells. Stuff shells and sprinkle on top with seasoned bread crumbs. Bake at 350 degrees until heated through. Makes about 60 halves. These may be frozen in individual bags, but add bread crumbs just before heating. If frozen, you may have liquid in the pan, but this may be removed. They are highly seasoned. The recipe doesn't tell you how much black pepper to add, so I just wing it! People go crazy over these. If you drink plenty of Chardonnay while making them they come out much better. These mirlitons used to grow on a vine on the the chain link fence behind my house in New Orleans. We never planted the vine.

 

[Scooter]

O.K. Here's an easier one-

Sweet Potatoes with Crunchy Topping

3 cups sweet potatoes, mashed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1 cup sugar
1/3 stick margarine, melted
2 eggs beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring

Mix the above ingredients and pour into greased baking dish.

Topping mixture

1 cup brown sugar
1/3 stick margarine, melted
1/3 cup flour
1 cup chopped nuts, pecans or walnuts (I use walnuts)

Mix the above ingredients and sprinkle over the potatoe casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

 

[kathydwells]

O.K. Here's an easier one-

Sweet Potatoes with Crunchy Topping

3 cups sweet potatoes, mashed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1 cup sugar
1/3 stick margarine, melted
2 eggs beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring

Mix the above ingredients and pour into greased baking dish.

Topping mixture

1 cup brown sugar
1/3 stick margarine, melted
1/3 cup flour
1 cup chopped nuts, pecans or walnuts (I use walnuts)

Mix the above ingredients and sprinkle over the potatoe casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

This is one of my favorites. I make it every Thanksgiving!!! YUMMY!!!

 

[steele mama]

"Pumpkin Dumpkin"

A friend passed this on to me. We are going to try it tomorrow. It is just the right amount of easy!!​

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TIP: Best is baked fresh on Thanksgiving morning. Then pop it back into a warm oven before serving to give it that "just baked" temperature. Serve it with Vanilla Ice Cream or Cool Whip.​

INGREDIENTS
2 cans pumpkin
3 cups evaporated milk
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
4 eggs, well beaten
11/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 yellow cake mix
1 stick butter, melted
1 cup chopped pecans
Vanilla ice cream or Cool Whip?, at serving time.

DIRECTIONS
Mix pumpkin, milk, cinnamon, ginger, eggs, sugar, salt and cloves together well. Pour into greased and floured 9 x 13 -inch pan. Sprinkle with cake mix, drizzle with melted butter, then sprinkle with pecans. Bake at 350? for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or Cool Whip?.

 

[Rudyjohn]

If you can't bear the thoughts of yet another marshmallow-encrusted sweet potato, here is a spicy alternative:

Cuban-Style Roasted Sweet Potatoes

3 large sweet potatoes, peeled and quartered (about 3 pounds)
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
1 teaspoon finely minced garlic (1 large clove)
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
1 1/2 tablespoons roughly chopped parsley

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Line baking pan with parchment paper and set aside.

Place the sweet potatoes in a medium bowl, toss with 2 tablespoons olive oil, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet, and roast until the potatoes can be pierced easily with a knife but still offer some resistance, about 30 minutes. Let the potatoes cool for about 15 minutes.

Transfer potatoes to a large bowl. Toss with the garlic, lime juice, chopped parsley and remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil, and adjust the seasonings to taste. Serve warm or at room temperature.

These sound divine!

 

[Mermaid]

These sound divine!

They are. And it's certainly an easy enough recipe. I don't know why I never thought of doing sweet potatoes like this before. After all, we do it often enough with white potatoes. We love oven fries in our house!

 

[Mango]

They are. And it's certainly an easy enough recipe. I don't know why I never thought of doing sweet potatoes like this before. After all, we do it often enough with white potatoes. We love oven fries in our house!

We do these sweet potatoes in addition to a yam dish, but I wrap my sweet potatoes in tin foil and cook them on the grill. For some reason they taste better than the oven, plus I save valuable oven space on T-giving.

I love garlic. But FYI Mermaid, do not get the garlic fries at Trader Joes. I got physically ill for 2 days after eating those. It was like a garlic implosion.

 

[Mermaid]

We do these sweet potatoes in addition to a yam dish, but I wrap my sweet potatoes in tin foil and cook them on the grill. For some reason they taste better than the oven, plus I save valuable oven space on T-giving.

I love garlic. But FYI Mermaid, do not get the garlic fries at Trader Joes. I got physically ill for 2 days after eating those. It was like a garlic implosion.

Ooooh, thanks for the heads up about that. I'm sorry if you reeked for days!