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No brines, no oven bags, and no basting while cooking. This oven roasted turkey recipe relies on the fact that turkey is wonderfully self-basting while cooking. Here you'll find simple techniques to produce a delicious bird on the table every time. It took me years of trying various approaches before I realized that - short... Continue Reading →
This post contains all of the Thanksgiving recipes found on Home Is a Kitchen. Now you don't have too look through the whole site to find what you're looking for! As new recipes get added to the site, this page will get updated as well. Of course there are many other recipes to try, but... Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays for the obvious reasons such as family, food, and compressing all of the year's gratitude into one waist-expanding day. I especially enjoy all of the wonderful, traditional foods that accompany the meal such as turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing, but I've never really been a huge fan of... Continue Reading →
Traditional oven roasted whole turkey is the fail safe for most American homes when it comes to Thanksgiving, but a dry brined smoked whole turkey is a great change of pace. The reason that oven roasting is so popular is that it's mostly a safe as well as relatively easy way to cook a turkey.... Continue Reading →
When Thanksgiving starts to roll around I start imagining all of the delicious dinner staples that accompany that time of year. For many, the required trifecta for any Thanksgiving setting is turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing. Yes, there are of course many other dishes, but I would suggest that no three are more commonly beloved... Continue Reading →
Pie is a quintessential dessert during the holiday season. When I was a kid, I didn't understand how to make one because my family only purchased them from bakeries. One Thanksgiving, my aunt made a pecan pie from scratch and in response to my utter amazement, she brushed off my praise by telling me it... Continue Reading →
This year some friends and I had an early Thanksgiving in Connecticut because my friends weren't able to make it home this year. Our hostess called it, "Friendsgiving," in an appropriate attempt at distinguishing the event from its usual late-month predecessor. While trying to come up with what dish to bring, my friend, Flex (of... Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving is one of those great American holidays that no matter what religion or non-religion you are, we can all celebrate it. It's a time to give thanks for all we have and for those we have in our lives to share it with. Every year since I was about 6 years old, my immediate... Continue Reading →
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