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Thanksgiving Recipes

A collection of Thanksgiving recipes.
Classic American Pumpkin Pie Recipe
This is my version of a classic pumpkin pie recipe. Pumpkin pie is a traditional holiday dessert, and also one of the easiest pie recipes there is.
Cream of Pumpkin Soup
This rich and delicious classic pumpkin soup recipe is perfect for any holiday table.
Toasted Almond Green Beans Recipe
This toasted almond green bean recipe is a holiday classic. It's also very simple to prepare and can be made and reheated later.
Maple-Glazed Yams Recipe
Simple and delicious, these maple-glazed yams are perfect for the Thanksgiving holiday, or as an easy side dish for a weeknight meal. The maple really brings out the yam's natural sweetness and great flavor.
Turkey with Cornbread Stuffing
This easy Thanksgiving recipe comes from Sandra Lee's Semi-Homemade Fast-Fix Family Favorites. Cornbread stuffing is a delicious classic with turkey, and as usual Sandra has made it easier with a couple prepared ingredients.
Pecan and Apricot Dressing and Poultry Stuffing Recipe
This delicious savory dressing/stuffing recipe combines rich pecans, with sweet, tart dried apricots. You can use it for stuffing turkey, or other poultry, or serve it along side roast pork, or even a prime rib of beef.
Walnut Cranberry Stuffing Recipe
A sweet and nutty stuffing recipe that's homey enough for a weeknight chicken, and fancy enough for that special holiday turkey.
Basic Cornbread Dressing Recipe
Nothing fancy here, just a delicious, traditional cornbread dressing (also know as cornbread stuffing if used inside that holiday turkey). You can alter this basic cornbread dressing in many ways, such as adding sausage, peppers, or green onions.
Pear and Almond Dressing and Poultry Stuffing Recipe
This fall dressing-stuffing recipe is made special with sweet ripe pears and toasted almonds. You can cook this dressing recipe in a casserole dish, as directed, or use it as a delicious stuffing recipe for turkey, or other poultry.
Classic Fresh Herb Stuffing Recipe - Thanksgiving Dressing
This classic bread dressing recipe is given a modern twist with fresh tarragon, an herb that pair perfectly with poultry.
Pumpkin Pecan Pie Recipe
This creative pumpkin pie recipe from Kim Carlson of Culinate, is perfect for those of you that can't decide whether to have a slice of pecan, or pumpkin pie after the turkey. Now have both, in one delicious pie!
Thanksgiving Sausage Stuffing - A Savory Sausage Dressing Recipe
Italian sausage spices up this delicious thanksgiving dressing recipe. Even though this recipe can be used to stuff a turkey, it is best cooked separately.
Classic Turkey Gravy Recipe
This classic turkey gravy recipe is made right along side a roasting turkey. The neck is used to make a simple turkey stock, and the gravy recipe is finished with those delicious browned bits from the roasting pan.
Cranberry and Apple Stuffed Acorn Squash Recipe
This very simple cranberry and apple stuffed acorn squash recipe makes for a delicious, colorful side dish for any special holiday dinner. This was adapted from a stuffed acorn squash recipe from Elena at Elana's pantry.
Low-Fat Butter-Free Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes
The tangy, low-fat goodness of buttermilk makes a great mashed potato recipe, without any butter. Despite the name, buttermilk is very low in fat and calories, and allows room for a little sour cream in the recipe. The results are delicious, and healthy mashed potatoes.
Cabernet Cranberry Sauce
This quick and easy fresh cranberry sauce will make you forget you ever used that canned jellied stuff. This is the real deal; whole fresh cranberries cooked with a slash of red wine and orange juice, with just the right balance of sweetness and spice. This cranberry sauce is perfect with that holiday bird, or almost any other roast meat or game.
The "Perfect Turkey" Compound Butter
When it comes to roasting turkey, this technique is great for doing two very important things; flavoring the breast meat under the skin, and producing a beautifully browned breast. By pressing this flavorful butter in between the skin and flesh of the breast before roasting, you will produce a turkey that tastes great, and looks like one of those holiday magazine covers!
Apple Cider and Sage Dressing
What better dressing to serve with the all-American bird than one made with the all-American apple. This aromatic, slightly sweet, and savory dressing goes very well with turkey, but also pairs nicely with roast goose, duck, chicken and pork.
Spicy Roasted Yams with a Lime and Chipotle Glaze
This step-by-step recipe is low in fat, high in flavor, and very easy. It's a great side dish for so many things; from those barbecued ribs in summer, to your Thanksgiving turkey in the fall.
Holiday Mixed Greens Salad with Dried Cranberries and Fig Balsamic Dressing
This great holiday salad recipe features a dressing made with fig balsamic vinegar. Flavor vinegars are very common theses days, and are a great way to make simple and delicious salad dressings.

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