25 Days of Turkey and Thanks
Every day this month, you get one new way to buy, brine, roast, carve or reuse your turkey, plus one small thing to be thankful for. Bookmark this page. It gathers every recipe in one place, so you can plan your whole Thanksgiving week from here.
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A great turkey starts days before it ever sees the oven. Here you will learn how to dry brine for crisp skin, how to wet brine with French country spices for a juicy, seasoned bird, and how to make rich turkey broth ahead of time for your gravy and stuffing.
Dry Brine for Turkey and Poultry
Dry brining seasons poultry deeply by using salt to draw out moisture, dissolve, and reabsorb, pulling sugar and herbs into the meat through osmosis.
Turkey Brine with French Country Pate Spice
This easy-to-prepare turkey brine will make your holiday turkey moist and flavorful. You can use it to brine any poultry any time of year.
Turkey Broth in the Instant Pot - Homemade and Easy
Make your own turkey broth in the Instant Pot for soups and adding to dressing or making gravy. It's hearty and healthy!
These are the centerpieces your guests will talk about long after the pie is gone. Whether you wrap a turkey breast in puff pastry, smoke a deboned bird, or roast a whole turkey in the NESCO, each recipe walks you through every step so you can serve something spectacular without the stress.
Turkey Wellington
Turkey Wellington wraps a sous vide turkey breast in ham, mushroom duxelles, and lattice puff pastry for a budget-friendly holiday centerpiece.
Smoked Deboned Turkey
Smoked deboned turkey combines four chef-level techniques—deboning, stovetop smoking, sous vide, and air frying—for a moist, flavorful centerpiece that’s unforgettably good.
Sous Vide Turkey Breast Roulade
Sous Vide Turkey Breast Roulade is a culinary masterpiece that will impress your guests and elevate your holiday or special occasion meal.
Mozzarella Stuffed Turkey Breast
Mozzarella Stuffed Turkey Breast is a Caprese-style turkey breast rolled with prosciutto and pesto. Make a change this holiday season.
How to Roast a Perfect Turkey in a Nesco Electric Roaster
How to get your turkey's skin crisp but keep the meat moist in a Nesco roaster oven - with a timetable.
Once you learn to spatchcock or debone a bird, you will never look at a whole turkey the same way. These two methods cut your roasting time, cook the meat more evenly, and make carving almost effortless.
How to Spatchcock Chicken, Turkey, or any Poultry
Learn how easy it is to spatchcock chicken or any poultry. Why pay extra for something you can do for free?
Deboned Turkey - Moist and Easy to Carve
Deboned turkey leaves you with a moist and delicious bird that will not dry out and is a breeze to carve and a delight to eat.
Turkey is not just for Thanksgiving. These recipes bring big flavor to an ordinary Tuesday, from air fryer taquitos and Buffalo wings to a cozy stroganoff and a meatloaf ring with its own stuffing.
Asian Marinated Roasted Turkey
Asian marinated roasted turkey parts deliver bold, irresistible flavors in every bite. It's quick and easy.
Turkey Piccata: Elevate Your Thanksgiving Table
Turkey Piccata provides a refreshing twist on Thanksgiving, blending Italian flair with easy preparation for a flavorful holiday dish.
Turkey Taco Tot Hotdish - Spicy - Inspired by Tim Walz
Spicy Turkey Taco Tot Hotdish is a flavorful, comforting casserole inspired by Tim Walz's award-winning recipe.
Air Fryer Turkey Taquitos
Air fryer turkey taquitos are much healthier than those fried in oil. Leftover turkey can be spiced exactly how you like it.
Buffalo Turkey Wings in the Air Fryer
For wing lovers, if you like Buffalo wings made with chicken, you will love these because these Buffalo Turkey Wings have more wing!
Air Fryer Turkey Thighs with Smoked Oyster Stuffing
Turkey Thighs stuffed with smoked oyster cornbread dressing and roasted to perfection in an air fryer. Great for a small family Thanksgiving.
Turkey Stroganoff with Shallots
Turkey Stroganoff is full of flavor, and a quick and easy weeknight meal.
Stuffing Turkey Meatloaf Ring
Have a bit of Thanksgiving any day with this Stuffing Turkey Meatloaf Ring.
Ground turkey makes a lighter burger, and these four prove it can also be the juiciest one on the grill. You will find Mediterranean spices, sautéed mushrooms with Gruyère, and burgers with a surprise tucked inside.
Rosemarie Turkey Burger
The Rosemarie Turkey burger is built to solve every problem turkey burgers usually have. Mediterranean-spiced ground turkey, chopped cucumber and feta.
How to Make Stuffed Turkey Burgers
Stuffed turkey burgers are a healthier alternative to traditional beef burger and offer a balanced and mindful meal without sacrificing taste.
Turkey Burger with Sauteed Mushrooms and Gruyère
A turkey burger isn't boring when it has herbs, mushrooms sauteed with wine, and gruyère. Don't like turkey, beef works well here, too.
Greek Turkey Burgers - The Month of Burgers
Greek turkey burgers are a tasty, welcome change from ordinary burgers. Enjoy them with couscous and tabouleh.
The best part of Thanksgiving might be the day after. Turn the carcass into broth, bake a creamy tetrazzini, stuff ripe tomatoes with turkey salad, or build the sandwich that is best eaten over the sink.
Turkey Broth in the Instant Pot - Homemade and Easy
Make your own turkey broth in the Instant Pot for soups and adding to dressing or making gravy. It's hearty and healthy!
Turkey Tetrazzini
What to do with left over turkey. Turkey Tetrazzini is a classic comfort food you can have year round.
The Day After Thanksgiving Sandwich
The Day After Thanksgiving Sandwich is what I what I look forward to every year. Made from the best left over turkey, home made cranberry sauce, and stuffing on white bread slathered with good mayonnaise. Only once a year, folks!
Turkey Salad Stuffed Tomato
A lovely salad uses your leftover turkey stuffed in a fresh tomato. Enjoy!
25 Days of Turkey
Turkey Wellington
Turkey Wellington wraps a sous vide turkey breast in ham, mushroom duxelles, and lattice puff pastry for a budget-friendly holiday centerpiece.
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Turkey Brine with French Country Pate Spice
This easy-to-prepare turkey brine will make your holiday turkey moist and flavorful. You can use it to brine any poultry any time of year.
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How to Make a Perfect Turkey in a Nesco Roaster Oven
Turkey in a Nesco with Injection and Rub
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Spatchcock Chicken or any Poultry
Learn how easy it is to spatchcock, or butterfly, poultry. A chicken is used here, but this method will work for turkey, goose, duck, quail, etc. If it has feathers, this method works. Why pay extra for something you can do for free?
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Smoked Deboned Turkey
Smoked deboned turkey combines four chef-level techniques deboning, stovetop smoking, sous vide, and air frying for a moist, flavorful centerpiece that's easy on the chef and unforgettable for guests.
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Asian Marinated Roasted Turkey
Elevate your roasted turkey parts with an Asian-inspired marinade that delivers bold, irresistible flavors in every bite.
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Sous Vide Turkey Breast Roulade
Sous Vide Turkey Breast Roulade is a culinary masterpiece that will impress your guests and elevate your holiday or special occasion meal.
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Mozzarella Stuffed Turkey Breast
Mozzarella Stuffed Turkey Breast is a Caprese-style turkey breast rolled with prosciutto and pesto. Panko bread crumbs give the skin extra crunch.
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Turkey Piccata
Turkey Piccata provides a refreshing twist on Thanksgiving, blending Italian flair with easy preparation for a flavorful holiday dish.
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Air Fryer Turkey Thighs with Smoked Oyster Cornbread Stuffing
Turkey Thighs stuffed with smoked oyster cornbread dressing and roasted to perfection in an air fryer. Great for a small family Thanksgiving.
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Buffalo Turkey Wings in the Air Fryer
Yes, you can! Crispy and spicy turkey wings without all the fat. For wing lovers, if you like Buffalo Wings, you'll love these because there is more wing!
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Air Fryer Turkey Taquitos
Air fryer turkey taquitos are much healthier than those fried in oil. Leftover turkey can be spiced exactly how you like it.
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Turkey Taco Tot Hotdish - Spicy from Tim Walz
Tim Walz won first place in a 2016 "Hotdish Off" contest hosted by former U.S. Sen. Al Franken, for his
Turkey Taco Tot Hotdish. His recipe beat out nine other congressional dishes after a taste test by the judges.
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Stuffing Turkey Meatloaf Ring
Have a bit of Thanksgiving any day with this Stuffing Turkey Meatloaf Ring.
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Rosemarie Turkey Burger With Cucumber
A Mediterranean-spiced ground turkey burger with yogurt toum, chopped cucumber with mint, and crumbled feta built to solve every problem turkey burgers usually have.
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The Month of Burgers - Greek Turkey Burgers
These burgers are tasty and good for you. Enjoy!
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Turkey Burger with Sauteed Mushrooms and Gruyere
A turkey burger isn't boring when it has herbs, mushrooms sauteed with wine, and gruyere. Don't like turkey, beef works well here, too.
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Stuffed Turkey Burgers
Whether you're watching your waistline or simply aiming to incorporate more lean protein into your diet, stuffed turkey burgers make for a delicious and guilt-free option.
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Turkey Broth in an Instant Pot
Make your own turkey broth in the Instant Pot for soups and adding to dressing or making gravy. It's hearty and healthy!
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25 Days of Thanks
- Thankful the Pilgrims set sail and the Duke of Wellington stayed home.
- Thankful for patience, and for the good things that only come with time.
- Thankful for the small touches that make an ordinary day special.
- Thankful for the helpers, in the kitchen and in life, that free us up for what matters.
- Thankful for the shortcuts that don't cut corners.
- Thankful for the people who do the hard work quietly so everyone else can enjoy the day.
- Thankful for the moments worth waiting for.
- Thankful for the flavors and friends that came from somewhere new.
- Thankful for small tables, because a few good people are plenty.
- Thankful for happy surprises tucked inside ordinary days.
- Thankful for bright spots, even on gray days.
- Thankful for the overlooked things that turn out to be the best part.
- Thankful for friends who show up hungry and stay for the laughs.
- Thankful for a fast, good dinner on a busy night.
- Thankful for comfort food and the people who bring it when we need it.
- Thankful for fresh starts with familiar things.
- Thankful for a warm kitchen on a cold night.
- Thankful for fresh herbs, a sunny window, and things that grow.
- Thankful that food lets us travel without leaving home.
- Thankful for simple pleasures done well.
- Thankful for second chances and the courage to try again.
- Thankful for using what we have and wasting nothing.
- Thankful for leftovers, because good things deserve a second round.
- Thankful for the recipes and the stories handed down to us.
- Thankful for everyone who cooked along with us this month.