I will probably post a few more Thanksgiving recipes in the next few days, but here is a start – some of our time-honored favorites that are not hard to do, but really celebrate the season. If you want to keep it simple and bountiful, take a look at these suggestions as you make your shopping list and measure how much time and energy you will really have to devote to pyrotechnics.
We are all about being thankful this year, since we’ve beat back cancer and are making it through the economic slowdown and all…so quietly and leisurely is how we are taking it!
Butternut Squash Bisque and bonus pumpkin seed pepitas
Butternut Squash Bisque
Green Beans– bring the sweetness to the fore
Brine that Bird! (especially if you are getting a farm-fresh, free-range turkey)
bathed in the glow of a Home Depot bucket
Puerto Rican-Style Roast Turkey (pavochón)
And…a beautiful pavochón!
Turkey Gravy (and a story of salvation)
GRAVY TRAIN
Leftovers — Festive Turkey Salad with Cranberries and Walnuts
Bright and fun and full of textures
Hot, Cheap & Easy 
Great roundup. Hope you enjoyed your holiday.
I really did! I hope you have enjoyed yours as well!
Here it comes! Thanks for the inspirations. 😀
Great ideas for Thanksgiving. We go to friends and I’m just waiting for a call for what she wants me to bring this year…your soup sounds especially good.
Thanks Karen! We especially like the soup. We are having a small Thanksgiving this year and I considered not doing it, but my parents were adamant that I make it (and a bit horrified that I would suggest otherwise)
Love your Thanksgiving recipes!
Thank you! We may do something new this year, but I kind of doubt it! Relaxed and familiar…
I can’t help thinking that the turkey in a bucket looks like it’s in a womb. It reminds me of Oscar in the Tin Drum. Very cool – Happy Thanksgiving 🙂
Oh that’s interesting! I don’t think I’ve ever seen the film,,,but I’ve read the book…..
The film is very good but the book is amazing!