Thanksgiving Recipes: How to Cook a Turkey

If you need a new recipe for your Thanksgiving turkey, give one of these non-traditional twists a try.

Thanksgiving Sides Recipes: Cranberry Sauce, Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes

A turkey can't just sit alone on the table. Here are some recipes for Thanksgiving's most popular side dishes, including roasted winter squash, green beans, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, Irish sausage stuffing and cranberry sauce.

What would a turkey be on Thanksgiving without its faithful side companions? Often more popular than the turkey itself, stuffing, sweet potato peach puffs, cranberry sauce and other favorites are staples of the food coma-inducing meal. Try one of the recipes below to bring a new taste to your Thanksgiving feast. Gauge the amount of squash you’ll need by allowing 1 small squash (acorn and butternut are good choices) for every four people. Cut each squash in half lengthwise and remove seeds. Brush sides and inner cavity with olive oil and place flesh-side down on a lightly-oiled baking sheet. Roast for approximately 45 minutes or until flesh is very soft and easy pulls away from the skin. After removing squash from oven, let cool for a bit, …

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Thanksgiving Recipes: How to Cook a Turkey

If you need a new recipe for your Thanksgiving turkey, give one of these non-traditional twists a try.

There are many ways to cook everyone’s favorite holiday bird. Each family has its own special technique for cooking a turkey, whether it's using an old family recipe, adding a secret ingredient or shopping at a certain store in town that helps make the turkey taste all the better. If you're hosting Thanksgiving this year, you can try any of the recipes below to add a new kick to your feast. If you're attending someone else’s dinner, hopefully their turkey will taste as good as one of these! Just the name of this recipe makes my mouth water. An Allrecipes.com user contributes this Greek take on turkey, which combines ground beef and pork with tangerine juice, rice and other ingredients for an in-bird stuffing. This one requires no pre-made …

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In Search of the Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe

A few years ago, my sister found the perfect turkey recipe. Then she lost it. This one comes pretty close.

A few years ago, my sister found a recipe for turkey that's steeped in brine and herbs for a day or so, then stuffed with apples, oranges and onions before roasting. It was, my whole extended family agreed, the best turkey ever. Last year, my sister couldn't find the recipe. She found one that's similar, but without all the herbs. Then I found this one from Emeril Lagasse on foodnetwork.com. It may not be the very same, but it's gotten some great reviews. (Click on the link to see the recipe, photos and reviews.) If you have a better one, please share! But for now, this is what I'm going with this year, unless by some miracle that other recipe shows up: Ingredients: Brine: Turkey prep and stuffing: Turkey Broth: Gravy: For the Brine: To …

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Plan a Thanksgiving Without Spending a Fortune

Check out these tips for a less expensive and less stressful homemade Thanksgiving meal.

Preparing a Thanksgiving dinner can be expensive and stressful, especially if you don’t shop until the last minute. You don’t have to be an Extreme Couponer to seriously slash grocery costs during the holidays. If you follow the tips below you are guaranteed to save money, prevent stress and actually enjoy the big production. 1. Don’t rush to buy everything all at once right before Thanksgiving. You will buy a lot more than you need and forget some things you have to have. You will end up having to go back to the madhouse at the grocery store filled with a lot of stressed out people—that’s usually contagious. 2. Plan a menu, write it down and list all the ingredients and amounts needed to make each dish. Go through your cupboards to see …

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The Right Thanksgiving Wine

Marietta Wine Market holds regular wine tastings benefiting charities.

The holiday season is upon us, and metro Atlanta area wine and spirits enthusiasts are gearing up for tastings and special dinners, Midtown Patch reports. The Marietta Wine Market is getting into the Thanksgiving spirit by helping cooks figure out the best wines to pair with their turkeys. From  5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 23, the market offers “No Turkeys Here.” For a $10 charity donation guests may sample red and white  wines that pair well with Thanksgiving meals. There will be a drawing for a free turkey. A wine tasting is also scheduled Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. The theme is Wilson Creek Winery. Wine tastings are scheduled regularly at the Marietta Wine Market. The Saturday, Nov. 5 wine tasting theme is Joel Gott & C.S.M., Saturday…

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November is the Best Time to Buy…

Marietta Patch provides a selection of great bargains for the whole family each Wednesday morning. Whether shopping with coupons or looking for two-for-one deals, we're taking advantage of all sorts of offers and savings that help us stretch our dollars.

This column is dedicated to giving you at least five great local deals each week that will help your family's bottom line, and since we do the scouting for you, you can save time as well as money. Remember when the Christmas season began the day after Thanksgiving? That time is long gone. With a sluggish economy, retailers’ holiday sales have already begun in full force. You can now skip the frenzy of those last minutes sales, save money and your sanity, and actually enjoy the holidays—if you shop smart. According to consumer reports, now is a perfect time to buy the following: Electronics: Hands down, the best month to buy electronics is in November. Specifically, Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and Cyber Monday offer the best …

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