Thanksgiving is one of the best Holidays of the year isn’t it? Talk about the best food ever!! Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, rolls, green bean casserole….the list goes on and on. I am drooling even thinking about it!
The nice folks from Butterball are offering 10 lucky Picky Palate readers a free Thanksgiving Turkey (in the form of a $15 Coupon). How fun is that? See bottom of post to enter.
If there are a few things I’ve learned over the years it has been the following things:
1. Test out the recipes you are preparing for Thanksgiving in ADVANCE! No need for any added stress if a recipe doesn’t turn out how you expected 🙂
2. Have family help bring food to dinner. The host absolutely should not have to prepare the entire meal him/herself.
3. Prepare what you can the night before to save yourself some time in the kitchen. I try to do all of my desserts the night before 🙂
4. Have a clean up party with your guests! Don’t be left with a gigantic mess all by your lonesome 🙂
5. Most importantly enjoy every moment!
Here are some of my favorite Picky Palate Thanksgiving Recipes tried and true! Hope y’all enjoy!
The Best Stuffing Ever! Sourdough Cornbread and Sausage Stuffing
Cheesy Bacon Green Bean Casserole Pot Pie
Cinnamon Roll Pumpkin Vanilla Sheet Cake
Remember that the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line lady is also available to answer your Thanksgiving meal questions, share ways to save or to gobble up any turkey-day cooking myths. Their number is 1-800-BUTTERBALL.
Here’s How To Enter to win one of 10 Free Turkeys:
1. Tell us in a comment…..“Have you had any Thanksgiving Disasters that you’ve turned into something fun?” Let’s hear those Turkey Day stories!
2. For extra entries, Follow Picky Palate on Twitter, RSS Feed and Like us on Facebook. Leave 3 separate comments for this.
3. Contest ends Friday November 11, 8am PST, Winners chosen by Random.org and will be notified by email. Coupons provided by Butterball.
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Two years ago I was in the hospital and got out just a couple days before Thanksgiving. I was still pretty much on bed rest so there was not going to be the big traditional Thanksgiving. Our friends heard about our Thanksgiving and put together a wonderful dinner for us and dropped it off. I felt so blessed.
Thankfully, I haven’t had any real disasters.
Our family always whips up heavy whipping cream to top the thanksgiving pies, my mom happened to use pickling salt instead of sugar to sweeten the cream a couple years ago. (My grandma had simular tupperware containers for each.) Needless to say we all were a bit surprised when we dug into dessert! YUCK!
The Thanksgiving my daughter was born we had 20 people over to our tiny condo. The turkey weighed more than she did. I spent the entire time crying because my parents couldn’t be there. And it was the day I started drinking again after pregnancy/nursing. I’m an awesome hostess. And by awesome, I mean that I’ve been banned from hosting Thanksgiving again.
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I invited 25 people over for my first turkey dinner. I was hoping not everyone could make it… just incase it did not turn out. Everyone came, the house was full and it was the best turkey everyone had ever had! It was AWESOME!
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Almost set the house on fire while cooking the Turkey at 500 degrees, but after the first hour,(to crisp up the skin) then I turned it down and we were fine.
The best turkey ever, brined.
No real disasters, but one year we decided to buck the system and made our family’s favorite enchiladas! Talk about A. mer. i. can.!!!
I haven’t had any real disasters, but have heard plenty from my friends!
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I haven’t any real disasters yet! Thankfully!
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Last year was my first Thanksgiving ever! I’d always gone to family’s houses for the holiday. Last year my boyfriend and I decided to host our first holiday dinner and invite our friends who had no where to go. We had 7 people total and everyone brought a dish. The turkey was a little iffy at first. We checked it half way through and the temp said it was cooked but it didn’t LOOK cooked. That was almost a disaster. But we cooked it longer and everything was delicious!
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No disasters yet (knock on wood)! I’m hoping that it stays that way!
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No disasters since my mother in law makes all the food. 🙂
The first year I hosted Thanksgiving dinner with my new in laws, I put the pumpkin pie in the oven without the tin pie holder that comes with it. Needless to say, when I went to check on the pie a half hour later, it was a soupy mess on the cookie sheet I had place it on. My sweet mother in law scoop it back into the pie pan and we ate the pie in a heaping mess. Every year we continue to laugh whenever it’s time for me to put the pie in the oven.
I had the turkey on the counter to warm up a bit before cooking. When no one was around the dog took it! I found him and it in the family room. I washed it and cooked it and never told anybody. (We all lived)