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!
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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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At a big family gathering, the hostess was taking the nicely roasted turkey out of the oven and the old roasting pan she was using split in two and the large turkey sped across the kitchen floor leaving a trail of grease! With more than a dozen hungry family members waiting, the women in the kitchen carefully rinsed off the turkey, added a little more glaze and served the run-away gobbler!
The first year i was in charge of the turkey i forgot to take it out of the freezer and the next morning i was in tears seeing my mistake b/c the turkey wasnt going to be ready in time… Lesson learned:)
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Last year I tried to bake everything in less than 8 hours with only one oven. The dish the squash casserole was in even broke in the oven… In the end, it was all delicious, and we had a fun Thanksgiving 🙂
Disasters, yes… fun, nope I hate disasters. The first year I made a turkey, it wasn’t quite done and we had to microwave the pieces that were still a little raw! SAD!
I was making an apple galette when I was younger (around 12 years old), and the recipe called for buttermilk. I didn’t know what that was at the time, so I just added extra butter and some milk. Needless to say, the crust was quite tough…but my family ate through it anyways, telling me how good it tasted!
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One thing I have learned – a frozen turkey takes a LONG time to thaw – so I now allow for that!
One year when my mom was hosting Thanksgiving, I decided to help by making the pumpkin pies. I used frozen pie crusts and accidentally forgot to remove the sheet of paper liner that was in between the crusts! When we went to cut into the pie, there was a layer of paper below the pumpkin. Oops! Luckily, we were able to slide it out and reassemble the pie. It didn’t look pretty, but still tasted good!
Who hasn’t had a Turkey disaster? I didn’t thaw mine properly and had to go buy a fresh one the morning of Thanksgiving. We ended up having two Thanksgivings; one on Thanksgiving and one a week later, once that crazy frozen turkey finally thawed! We also found out our second refrigerator worked more like a freezer!
A couple of years ago my sisters and I were tasked with preparing Thanksgiving dinner because both of my parents had to work the day of Thanksgiving. I attempted a pecan pie for the first time…as a result of not knowing the art of tempering I ended up with scrambled eggs in the hot pie filling! It was embarrassing at the time but my second attempt turned out much better.
No real disasters yet – but this year I am doing it all myself – so there is still time!
The first Thanksgiving after my mother and father got married my mother hosted Thanksgiving at their house and she had NEVER cooked a turkey… So when dinner was ready she pulled the turkey out of the oven and started to cut it and she just started crying hysterically b/c she said there was no breast on the turkey… Then my grandma (her mother in law) turned the turkey over and showed her that there was meat on the turkey she just cooked the bird upside down:) But they did say it was a very moist turkey
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No disasters yet!!!!
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a few thanksgivings ago our dog pulled our finished turkey off the stove and drug it through the house. we had grilled cheese to go with our thanksgiving day sides.
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Oh, yes…the time we had dinner the DAY before Thanksgiving. Long story short: I took a nap while my parents drove up to visit. My husband and daughter got mixed up and thought they were coming then so we must be having dinner THAT day. They thought they would surprise me by starting dinner without me.. I woke up to the smell of turkey..had a few minutes of bliss until it hit me. WHAT? I jumped up and asked..uh, nicely? WTH was going on. With potatoes boiling, turkey almost done, mom almost here there was nothing else for me to do but run and buy a store bought pie…Sara Lee cheesecake I think..and we had leftovers on Thanksgiving. Makes for a funny story…NOW. 🙂
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No disasters yet..knock on wood!
The only disaster I can think of at the moment happened last year. While driving to my daughter’s for the day, I was supposed to be taking care of the pie made by my future daughter-in-law. Before we even got out of the city limits, the unthinkable happened. I’d put Ashleigh’s homemade pie on the seat beside me while I dug in my purse for who knows what. My son braked suddenly, and the pie slid into the floor. I felt terrible, but she was a good sport about it. Fortunately, there was a cover on the pie, and it was saved — albeit topsy turvy! What kind of pie? An adorable Chocolate Mud Pie, complete with gummy worms. The tumble made it more rustic, and of course the flavor was unaffected. I am still embarrassed that I let that happen, and really appreciate Ashleigh’s forgiving me right away. 🙂
No disasters for me yet, but I’ve never hosted, just made a few dishes as contribution to the feast. One year my mom mistakenly used salt instead of sugar in the pumpkin pie. Inedible!
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No real disasters. Had to make my first pumpkin pie after my mother in law who was hosting the dinner had to rush my young sister in law to the ER resulting in Emergency appendectomy. Turned out pretty good. Also I had to cook the turkey that year.
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I can’t recall any real disasters happening. Your recipes above look delicious. And thanks for the opportunity to win a turkey. 🙂
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no disasters yet but i have not cooked my own thanksgiving yet so who knows.