Thanksgiving Special Recipe – Orange Salad

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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/2 to 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
  • Pinch sugar
  • Pinch ground white pepper
  • Cayenne pepper to taste
  • 3 large heads butter lettuce, torn, washed and dried
  • 1 small vidalia sweet onion, peeled and sliced into thin rings
  • 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
  • 6 ounces fresh mushrooms, thinly sliced
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

  • Prepare the dressing by whisking together the sour cream, mayonnaise, milk, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, white pepper and cayenne pepper.
  • Store in an air-tight container and refrigerate.
  • Prepare the salad in a large bowl by combining the lettuce, onion, oranges and mushrooms.
  • Add enough dressing to coat and toss.
  • Sprinkle with salt and pepper and add croutons if desired.

Thanksgiving Special Recipe – Mashed Turnips With Added Nutmeg

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Ingredients:

  • 6 pounds turnips, peeled, sliced into 1/2-inch rounds
  • 1/2 cup, 1 stick, butter, melted
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 325 F.
  • Toss turnips and butter in 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking dish.
  • Sprinkle turnips with salt and pepper.
  • Cover dish with foil.
  • Bake until tender, about 1 hour.
  • Remove from oven and mash coarsely.
  • Stir in nutmeg.
  • Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Thanksgiving Special Recipe – Mashed Sweet Potatoes

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Ingredients:

  • 4 medium sweet potatoes, peeled
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 3/8 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

  • Boil water.
  • Peel potatoes and cut into small cubes.
  • Put in boiling water.
  • Let cook until potatoes are soft.
  • Remove potatoes and place in bowl.
  • Mash potatoes with potato masher or mixer.
  • Add butter and milk. Stir.
  • Add brown sugar and cinnamon. Stir.
  • Dish onto bowl or plate.
  • Sprinkle cinnamon lightly over top.

Thanksgiving Special Recipe – Minnesota Wild Rice Dressing

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Ingredients:

  • 4 slices bacon cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 cup onion chopped
  • 1 cup celery chopped
  • 1/2 pound mushrooms sliced
  • 1 package, 4 ounces, wild rice cooked according to package directions
  • 2 cups bread crumbs
  • 1/2 pound breakfast sausage, cooked
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried sage
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 325F.
  • In medium-size skillet, over medium heat, saute bacon until almost crisp.
  • Add onion, celery and mushrooms. Continue cooking until vegetables are tender.
  • In large bowl combine bacon mixture, wild rice, bread crumbs, sausage, oregano and sage.
  • Season to taste with salt and pepper if desired.
  • Spoon dressing into lightly greased 2-quart casserole dish.
  • Bake, covered, at 325 degrees F, 35 to 40 minutes.

Thanksgiving Special Recipe – Roasted Turkey With Gravy

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Ingredients:

  • 2 cups apple cider
  • 1/3 cup real maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh marjoram
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons lemon zest
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • Salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 14 pounds whole turkey, neck and giblets reserved
  • 2 cups chopped onion
  • 1 cup chopped celery
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped carrots
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 tablespoons apple brandy, optional

Directions:

  • Boil apple cider and maple syrup in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 20 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and mix in 1/2 of the thyme and marjoram and all of the lemon zest.
  • Add the butter and whisk until melted. Add salt and ground pepper to taste.
  • Cover and refrigerate until cold. Syrup can be made up to 2 days ahead.
  • Preheat oven to 375F. Place oven rack in the lowest third of oven.
  • Wash and dry turkey and place in a large roasting pan.
  • Slide hand under skin of the breast to loosen.
  • Rub 1/2 cup of the maple butter mix under the breast skin.
  • Rub 1/4 cup of the maple butter mixture over the outside of the turkey.
  • With kitchen string, tie legs of turkey together loosely.
  • Arrange the chopped onion, chopped celery and chopped carrot around the turkey in the roasting pan.
  • If desired, the neck and giblets may be added to the vegetables.
  • Sprinkle the remaining thyme and marjoram over the vegetables and pour the chicken stock into the pan.
  • Roast turkey 30 minutes in the preheated oven.
  • Reduce oven temperature to 350F and cover turkey loosely with foil.
  • Continue to roast, about 3 to 4 hours unstuffed or 4 to 5 hours stuffed, until the internal temperature of the thigh reaches 180F and stuffing reaches 165F.
  • Transfer turkey to a platter and cover with foil. Reserve pan mixture for gravy.
  • Allow turkey to sit about 25 minutes before removing stuffing and carving.
  • To make gravy:
    • Strain pan juices into a measuring cup.
    • Spoon fat from juices.
    • Add enough chicken stock to make 3 cups.
    • Transfer liquid to a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil.
    • In a small bowl, mix reserved maple butter mixture with flour to form a paste and whisk into the broth.
    • Stir in thyme, bay leaf and apple brandy.
    • Boil until reduced and slightly thickened.
    • Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Thanksgiving Special Recipe – Lemon Garlic And Steamed Broccoli

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Ingredients:

  • 24 ounces broccoli flowerets
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • Salt to taste

Directions:

  • Steam broccoli till tender but firm, 4-6 minutes.
  • Heat the oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat.
  • Add the garlic and saute one minute.
  • Add the cooked broccoli, lemon juice and salt to taste, cooking briefly to combine.

Thanksgiving Special Recipe – Indian Pudding And Nutmeg Ice Cream

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Ingredients:

  • Ice cream:
    • 1 quart vanilla ice cream or frozen vanilla yogurt, slightly softened
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
  • Pudding:
    • 1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
    • 1/4 teaspoon salt
    • 3 cups whole milk
    • 2 tablespoons, 1/4 stick, unsalted butter
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup mild-flavored light molasses
  • 2 tablespoons packed golden brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/3 cup dark or golden raisins

Directions:

  • Ice cream:
    • Stir ice cream and nutmeg in medium bowl to blend.
    • Cover with foil and freeze.
    • Can be prepared 3 days ahead. Keep frozen.
  • Preheat oven to 300 F. Butter 8×8x2-inch glass baking dish.
  • Combine cornmeal and salt in heavy medium saucepan.
  • Gradually whisk in 21/2 cups milk.
  • Whisk over medium heat until mixture boils.
  • Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until mixture is thick and creamy, stirring often, about 10 minutes.
  • Whisk in butter. Remove from heat.
  • Whisk eggs, molasses, brown sugar, sugar, ground ginger and cinnamon in large bowl.
  • Gradually whisk in hot cornmeal mixture. Stir in raisins.
  • Pour pudding into prepared baking dish.
  • Pour remaining 1/2 cup milk over pudding. Do not mix into pudding.
  • Place pudding dish in large roasting pan.
  • Pour enough hot water into roasting pan to come halfway up sides of pudding dish.
  • Bake pudding until just set, about 1 hour 30 minutes.
  • Remove pudding from roasting pan. Cool until lukewarm, about 20 minutes.
  • Spoon warm pudding into shallow bowls. Top with scoop of ice cream.

Thanksgiving Special Recipe – Pumpkin Pie With Ice Cream

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Ingredients:

  • 1 package, 9 ounces, prepared graham cracker pie crust
  • 1 pint vanilla ice cream softened
  • 1 can, 16 ounces, pumpkin
  • 1 cup whipped cream
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions:

  • Fill pie crust with ice cream. Freeze until solid.
  • In medium bowl, combine pumpkin, whipped cream, sugar, pumpkin pie spice and salt.
  • Spoon mixture over frozen layer of ice cream in crust. Freeze until solid.
  • To serve, remove pie from freezer and place in refrigerator one hour before serving.
  • Slice and serve with additional whipped cream, if desired.

Thanksgiving Special Recipe – Homemade Turkey Soup

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Ingredients:

  • 5 cups turkey stock
  • 3 stalks celery cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 2 large potatoes peeled and quartered
  • 2 carrots cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 onions quartered
  • 1 cup uncooked noodles
  • 2 cups cooked turkey, cubed

Directions:

  • In 5-quart saucepan, combine first 5 ingredients.
  • Over high heat, bring to a boil.
  • Reduce heat. Cover and simmer for one hour.
  • Stir in noodles and turkey meat.
  • Simmer until noodles are done and meat is heated through.

Thanksgiving Special Recipe – Potato Turkey

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Ingredients:

  • 3 pounds potatoes, peeled and quartered
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 (3oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 1 (2oz) jar pimiento, drained
  • 1 small green pepper, finely chopped
  • 1 bunch green onions, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Directions:

  • Cook potatoes in boiling water to cover 15 minutes or until tender. Drain and mash.
  • Add butter and cream cheese. Beat at medium speed with and electric mixer until smooth.
  • Stir in 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese and next 6 ingredients.
  • Spoon into lightly buttered 11×7x1 1/2 inch baking dish.
  • Bake at 350F for 30 to 40 minutes or until thoughly heated.
  • Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake 5 minutes or until cheese melts.