| If you're like me you're always on the lookout for some | | | | stuffing. I used to make a very simple sage stuffing, in |
| new Thanksgiving recipes to try. I enjoy cooking and | | | | the bird. It was good, but I wanted to try something |
| started cooking the family dinner on Thanksgiving a | | | | different. Several years ago I made an Apple, Sage |
| few years ago. I also love experimenting with different | | | | and Sausage stuffing, and cooked it separately in the |
| flavors and ingredients. Some of my favorite foods | | | | oven. I used my homemade Turkey Stock. That year |
| are ethnic foods such as Moroccan, Indian and Persian. | | | | the family didn't touch the Sage Stuffing from the bird, |
| However, on Thanksgiving I know I have to stick with | | | | but they finished the Apple, Sage and Sausage |
| classic Thanksgiving recipes, but I try to prepare them | | | | Stuffing. |
| with a twist. I know that for years my family has eaten | | | | Another twist I've made to our Thanksgiving dinner |
| canned jellied cranberry sauce, but I'm tired of | | | | menu is the addition of ham. But not just any ham, and |
| cranberry sauce out of the can. The last few years I | | | | not a spiral ham. After I score the skin of a smoked |
| tried some new Thanksgiving recipes. I've made both | | | | bone-in ham I stud it with cloves. I then cover it with a |
| Bourbon Cranberry Sauce and Tangy Apple | | | | glaze of pineapple juice, brown sugar, Dijon mustard, |
| Cranberry Chutney, both were very simple to make, | | | | garlic and ginger. I then decorate the ham with |
| and the family enjoyed them. The best part is that we | | | | pineapple rings and maraschino cherries. I glaze the |
| no longer use canned jellied cranberry sauce. | | | | ham every 20 minutes during cooking. Another hit. This |
| My family used to eat plain vegetables like corn and | | | | Thanksgiving we'll be cooking a smaller turkey and |
| peas, carrots and creamed corn. Way too much in my | | | | enjoying ham too. |
| opinion. I stopped cooking the creamed corn and the | | | | It's been easy for me to bring a turn about in my |
| peas and added a Pear Onion au Gratin and a | | | | family's Thanksgiving menu. I've done it slowly and |
| Campbell's Green Bean Casserole. Since they all | | | | carefully. At each Thanksgiving I add one or two new |
| enjoyed the new vegetable side dishes they didn't | | | | things and note their reactions. The next year I prepare |
| miss the old ones they used to eat. | | | | the new recipes they like, and do away with the old |
| One of my favorite parts about Thanksgiving is the | | | | recipe it replaces. |