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Thanksgiving 2012

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Extending Thanksgiving: How to Use Your Leftovers

Eight recipes to make Turkey Day leftovers into something special

I love Thanksgiving and the reminder to stop and give thanks, the gathering of friends and family, the changing seasons and fall foliage, but mainly, the food. I love Thanksgiving so much that occasionally, come March or April, I have to bust out some of my favorite Turkey Day recipes, just to get my fix halfway through the year. While I don't intend to eat my Thanksgiving leftovers for days after, I do like to both find new ways to experience my favorite flavors, and use up all the leftovers I have from the big day. Here are some great recipes using Thanksgiving ingredients that will tantalize your taste buds, and make you a leftover genius! "The Bobbie" — I never thought that the old fashioned sub shop that I worked at as a teen in …

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Thanksgiving Recipes: How to Cook a Turkey

If you're looking to try something new this year, give one of these non-traditional twists a try.

There are many ways to cook everyone’s favorite holiday bird. Each family has their own special technique for cooking a turkey, whether it's using an old family recipe, adding a secret ingredient or shopping at a certain store in town that helps make the turkey taste all the better. Do you buy our turkey from your local grocery store or, a specialty butcher or farm? Is there anywhere in town you can buy a pre-made turkey?  If you're hosting Thanksgiving this year, you can try any of the recipes below to add a new kick to your feast. If you're attending someone else’s dinner, hopefully their turkey will taste as good as one of these! Just the name of this recipe makes my mouth water. An Allrecipes.com user contributes this Greek take on …

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