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Thanksgiving Food
- Easy Thanksgiving Entertaining
- Frugal Thanksgiving Ideas, including Vegetarian Ideas
- Seven Steps to Creating the Perfect Thanksgiving Feast
- Thanksgiving Dinner in a Hurry Without the Worry
- Thanksgiving Planner, from iVillage
Week-by-week and day-by-day planner, including The Big Day
- Thanksgiving To-Do List
- Tips for Hosting a Vegetarian Guest at a Traditional Celebration
- The Best Thanksgiving Recipes, from iVillage.com
Appetizers, Soups, Salads, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Cranberries, Puddings, More Side Dishes, Turkey Recipes, Stuffing, Bread, Pie, Other Desserts
- The Globalist's Thanksgiving, from New York Magazine
Mexican, Chinese, French, Italian, and African cultural recipes for Thanksgiving: Mexican Sucklingi Pig, Chinese Peking Turkey, French Guinea Hens, Italian Turkey Legs, African Harissa Turkey, and more...
- How to Have an Organic Thanksgiving
Roast Organic Turkey, Cranberry Sauce with Grapefruit and Pecans, Roasted Brussels Sprout Soup with Hazelnut Pesto, Rum Whipped Cream with Cinnamon,
- The Hungry Pilgrim's New England-Style Recipes
Roast Turkey with Chestnut Dressing, Chestnut Stuffing, Furmenty, Pumpkin Apple Soup, Mary's Harvest Muffins, Skillet Cranberries, New England Squash Pie, Butternut Squash and Gorganzola Gallet, more...
- Thanksgiving Menus: Recipes for Your Holiday Feast, from iVillage.com
Menus with Recipes: Simple Thanksgiving, Heirloom Thanksgiving, Hassle-Free Thanksgiving for the Complete Beginner, Make-Ahead Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving for 6 in under an Hour, Southern Thanksgiving, New England Thanksgiving, French Country-Style Thanksgiving, Waistline-Friendly Thanksgiving, Suzanne Somers's Low-Carb Thanksgiving, Native Vegetarian Thanksgiving
- Vegetarian Thanksgiving Recipes
Guacamole, An Easy Cheese Hors d'oeuvre, Pumpkin Soup, Vegan Biscuits, Vegan Nut Roast and Stuffing à la PETA, Vegan Gravy, Simple Cranberry Sauce, Vegan Pumpkin Pie
- 10 Common Turkey-Making Pitfalls
- 10 Tips for a Terrific Turkey
- Turkey Selection Tips
- Turkey Cooking FAQs
Answers to questions like: Is it dangerous to roast a turkey in a disposable aluminum pan?, How long can I keep leftover turkey in the freezer?, How often should the turkey be basted?, and many others...
- Turkey Cooking Techniques
Instructions/temperatures/times for the following: Traditional Roast Turkey (unstuffed) Traditional Roast Turkey (stuffed), Oven Cooking Bag Method, Aluminum Foil Wrapped Method, Microwave Oven Method, Braised Method: Covered Roasting Pan, New Orleans Fried Turkey, Grilled Turkey, Marinated Turkey, Brine Method, Spiced Apple Cider Brined Turkey
- How to Deep-Fry a Turkey
- Turkey Carving Tips
- 5 Tips for Carving a Turkey
- Turkey Nutrition Facts
- Chinese Turkey with Eight-Treasure Stuffing
- Low-Fat Turkey Gravy
- Holiday Stuffing Recipes
Turkey/Food Help Line Numbers Click on the links for additional instructions and information from each entity. Butterball Turkey Talk-Line
Click on link above and then on the "Hours" button to view hours Butterball experts are available.1-800-288-8372 Foster Farms Consumer Affairs
Mon. - Fri., 8AM - 5PM PST1-800-255-7227 The HoneyBaked Ham Company
Agents available from 8AM - 6PM, Mon. - Fri., EST1-800-641-8290 Honeysuckle White Turkey Line
Pre-recorded Info Line
24 hours a day1-800-810-6325 Honeysuckle White Consumer Affairs Line
Mon. - Fri. between the hours of 8AM–5PM CST. Specialists are not available on Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day.1-800-532-5756 Reynolds Turkey Tips Hotline 1-800-745-4000 Shadybrook Farms Turkey Line
Pre-recorded Info Line
24 hours a day1-888-723-4468 Shadybrook Farms Consumer Affairs Line
Mon. - Fri. between the hours of 8AM–5PM CST. Specialists are not available on Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day.1-800-532-5756 USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline
Talk with a food safety specialist (in English or Spanish) from 10AM - 4PM Eastern time on weekdays year-round. An extensive menu of recorded food safety messages may also be heard 24 hours a day. (The Hotline is closed on Federal government holidays, with the exception of Thanksgiving Day. Hours of operation on Thanksgiving are 8AM-2PM, Eastern Time).1-888-674-6854
1-800-256-7072 (TTY)
- Make-Ahead Thanksgiving Side Dishes
- Thanksgiving Side Dishes
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Chilled Sweet Potato Salad with Coconut, Currants & Pecans, Asparagus in Lemon Sauce, Sautéed Red Swiss Chard, Sesame Green Bean Sauté, Three Bean Salad, Quick Microwave Cranberry Relish, Giblet Stock for Gravy, Giblet Gravy, Steamed Broccoli with Garlic and Parmesean, Savory Bread Stuffing on the Side, Scalloped Potatoes with Two Cheeses, Very Quick Carmelized Pearl Onions, Quick Dinner Rolls, Jiffy Peach Cobbler with Cranberry Compote, Shredded Brussels Sprouts Sautéed with Sweet Onions, Pineapple-Honey Glazed Sweet Potatoes, Sweet Potato Pie
- Candied Sweet Potatoes, from Good Housekeeping
- Sweet Potato Casserole, from Good Housekeeping
- Cornbread, Y'all
- The Best Holiday White and Red Wines under $20
- Cranberry Eggnog
- Festive Beverages for the Holidays
Harvest Apple Drink, Hot Cranberry Punch, Orange Cream, more...
- Lipton Cold Brew Spiced Apple Iced Tea
- Organic Wines to Go with Your Meal
- What Wine to Serve with the Thanksgiving Turkey?
- Winter Punch
- Dutch Apple Pie, from Good Housekeeping
- Easy Eggnog Pumpkin Pie, from Good Housekeeping
- Pecan Pie
- The Ultimate Pumpkin Pie, from Epicurious, with streaming video demonstration
- Pumpkin Cheesecake, from Good Housekeeping
- Pumpkin Walnut Fudge, from Epicurious
- Burnt-Sugar Pecan Pumpkin Pie, from Epicurious
- Maple Pumpkin Pie, from Epicurious
- Edible Pilgrim Hats
- Handprint Turkey Cookies
- Popcorn Ball Turkey
- Rice Crispy Turkeys
- Turkey Cupcakes
- 4 New Ideas for Thanksgiving Leftovers
3 ideas for leftover cranberry sauce, and 1 for all the rest, creating a sort of Shepherd's Pie
- Leftover Holiday Turkey Gumbo
- Leftover Safety & Turkey Bone Gumbo Recipe, from Emeril Lagasse
- Recipes for Leftovers & Chart of Refrigerator Storage Times for Various Thanksgiving Leftovers
Turkey Bone Broth, Turkey and Mushroom Pot Pie, Turkey and Black Bean Wraps, (Mashed) Herb Potato Soup, Next-day Potato Giblet Soup, Garlicky Cheese Toast (Croutons), Shredded Turkey Posole (stew)
- Thanksgiving Day-After Brunch
Turkey Jambalaya, Cranberry Cake, Pudding Florentine, Broccoli Soup, Easy Cranberry Yam Bread
- Top 12 Recipes for Leftover Turkey, from iVillage.com
Turkey and Dried Cranberry Salad, Turkey and Grape Salad, Turkey and Rice Quiche, Turkey and Spinach Stuffed Tomatoes, Turkey Bulgur Pilaf, Turkey Frittata, Turkey Paprikash, Turkey with Apple Salsa, Turkey with Herbed Rice, Turkey, Corn, and Sweet Potato Soup, White Wild Rice Chili, Wild Rice Turkey Casserole