| It's that time of year again. Time to start looking for | | | | outcome of your dishes. I wouldn't consider making |
| some great Thanksgiving dinner recipes. In my family I | | | | Madeira Gravy without my homemade stock. |
| am in charge of this dinner and I want to satisfy | | | | If you've never cooked a turkey, or if you simply want |
| myself and my family. I do this by trying new recipes. | | | | a reminder it's also easy to find tips on cooking a |
| This way I'm challenged when time comes to cook, | | | | turkey online. Year after year I make notes about my |
| and my family gets their old tried and true Thanksgiving | | | | dinner. I may have cooked too much of one thing and |
| favorites and gets to try some new dishes, some of | | | | not enough of another. My family may not have liked a |
| which may become tried and true too! | | | | new dish or may have. Making notes after cooking my |
| It's easy to do an internet search for Thanksgiving | | | | Thanksgiving dinner is a way I remember from one |
| menu ideas. If you do this you'll end up with millions of | | | | year to the next. |
| search results, but how do you know you can trust a | | | | One of the tricks to successful Thanksgiving dinner is |
| recipe? There are hundreds of thousands of food | | | | not just the recipes, it's knowing how to time the |
| blogs out there and frankly, not all the recipes are | | | | dishes. Every year I make a time-line for cooking. This |
| good. The way you know you can trust a recipe is it's | | | | way I'm assured that all my stuffing, vegetables and |
| source. It doesn't necessarily have to come from a | | | | side-dishes come out perfectly cooked, and all at the |
| "food site" but, if it's referenced it should be from a | | | | same time. This way when we sit down to eat |
| cook book, or other trusted source, such as a well | | | | everything is hot and ready. Having a time-line also |
| known chef, and that source should be named. | | | | takes stress off of me. All I have to do is follow my list |
| So what are some tasty and easy Thanksgiving | | | | and I know that everything will be under control. |
| dinner ideas? How about a new twist on stuffing? Try | | | | Don't forget to ask family members to bring a dish to |
| a stuffing with Sausage, Apple and Sage, or maybe | | | | your dinner. Share your Thanksgiving recipes with |
| even a homemade Chestnut Stuffing. How about | | | | them. Maybe you can ask a sister-in-law to make a |
| adding a cranberry side dish such as Fresh Cranberry | | | | side-dish of Pearl Onions au Gratin and ask your |
| Orange Compote or making a tangy Cranberry Apple | | | | mother to make the Bourbon Cranberry Sauce and |
| Chutney? These Thanksgiving side dish recipes are | | | | have your sister make the Campbell's Green Bean |
| quick and easy. | | | | Casserole. Perhaps you can assign each of them a |
| Make sure that you use the turkey giblets to make a | | | | dessert item like a Strawberry Trifle or Red Velvet |
| homemade turkey broth. A homemade turkey broth is | | | | Cake. |
| the only way you can assure you're going to get the | | | | We love hosting our family, I enjoy trying new recipes |
| best flavor out of your stuffing. A well seasoned | | | | and they enjoy tasting new dishes. It's a win-win |
| turkey broth truly makes all the difference in the | | | | situation for us! |