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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving recipes and the memories shared make it the most important holiday of the year. There are no presents or even special decorations, just families interacting and having a good time.

What to cook for Thanksgiving
All of these recipes have been served in our home over many years. Some are traditional and some fun twists on original favorites.

Thanksgiving Main Course Ideas
Herb Roasted Turkey
Grilled Southwest Turkey
Dry Brined Spatchcock Turkey

Thanksgiving Side Dish Ideas
Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes – when you run out of burners
Bacon Pecan Stuffing
Chorizo Cornbread Stuffing
Candied Sweet Potatoes Stacks
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Squash with Dried Cranberries
Fluffy Dinner Rolls
Perfect Turkey Gravy

Fabulous Thanksgiving Dessert Ideas
Pumpkin Pie
Chocolate Cream Pie
Bourbon-Pear Pie
Lattice Top Apple Pie
Pumpkintini Cocktail Cake

A mini pumpkin pie with whipped cream and pie crust leaf shaped cutouts.
Dessert | Dinner for Two | Holidays | Thanksgiving

Mini Pumpkin Pies

Two stuffed sweet potatoes topped with melted marshmallows and chopped pecans on a serving platter.
Holidays | Side Dish | Thanksgiving

Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

Stuffed turkey breast in seven slices on a serving platter.
Dinner for Two | Holidays | Main Course | Thanksgiving

Stuffed Turkey Breast

A Thanksgiving turkey on a platter with herbs and orange slices.
Cooking 101 | Holidays | Thanksgiving

Essential Kitchen Thanksgiving Tools

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Christmas | Main Course | Thanksgiving | Whole 30

Dry Brined Spatchcock Turkey

Six stuffing muffins recipe on a white serving platter.
Side Dish | Thanksgiving

Stuffing Muffins

Wild Rice Stuffed Acorn Squash with apples, turkey, and cranberries on a plate.
Holidays | Main Course | Thanksgiving

Wild Rice Stuffed Acorn Squash

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Appetizer | Christmas | Game Day | Pork | Thanksgiving

Puff Pastry Sausage Bites

Quick Yeast Dinner Rolls piled high in a blue and white towel lined basket.
Bread | Christmas | Cooking 101 | Holidays | Thanksgiving

Quick Dinner Rolls

Amaretto Cranberry Sauce recipe.
Holidays | Side Dish | Thanksgiving

Orange Amaretto Cranberry Sauce

Puff Pastry Cranberry Brie Bites topped with fresh rosemary and chopped pistachios.
Appetizer | Christmas | Holidays | Thanksgiving

Cranberry Brie Bites

Baby carrots in a honey glaze and topped with chopped parsley on a white platter.
Holidays | Side Dish | Thanksgiving

Honey Glazed Carrots

A Mini Dutch Apple Pie topped with ice cream surrounded by three other mini pies. cookingwithcurls.com
Dessert | Holidays | Thanksgiving

Mini Dutch Apple Pies

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Holidays | Side Dish | Thanksgiving

Sausage Apple and Cranberry Stuffing

a white bowl with yam cubes and pecans sitting on a napkin with fall leaves.
Side Dish | Thanksgiving

Sweet Yam Casserole

Fresh Green Beans with Caramelized Shallots and Almonds in a white au gratin dish.
Christmas | Easter | Holidays | Keto | Paleo | Side Dish | Thanksgiving | Whole 30

Green Beans with Caramelized Shallots and Almonds

Two salt rimmed glasses with cranberry orange margarita, orange wedge, and fresh cranberries.
Christmas | Cocktail | Holidays | Tequila Drinks | Thanksgiving

Cranberry Orange Margarita

A white bowl filled with Cranberry Sauce with Pineapple and topped with orange zest and chopped walnuts
Christmas | Holidays | Side Dish | Thanksgiving

Cranberry Sauce with Pineapple

Roasted Acorn Squash slices on a parchment lined baking sheet
Holidays | Side Dish | Thanksgiving

Roasted Acorn Squash

Melted cheese surrounded by puff pastry topped with blackberries and walnuts.
Appetizer | Christmas | Holidays | Thanksgiving

Blackberry Walnut Baked Brie

Holiday cheer starts right here with a pitcher of Pomegranate Orange Holiday Punch! COPYRIGHT © 2017 COOKING WITH CURLS
Christmas | Cocktail | Holidays | Thanksgiving | Vodka Drinks

Pomegranate Orange Holiday Punch

Get festive and celebrate fall with these Autumn Sparkler Cocktails at your next party! COPYRIGHT © 2017 COOKING WITH CURLS
Cocktail | Thanksgiving

Autumn Sparkler Cocktail

This Bourbon-Pear Pie is sure to impress your friends and family with it's glistening leaf cut-out crust | COPYRIGHT © 2017 COOKING WITH CURLS
Dessert | Holidays | Thanksgiving

Bourbon-Pear Pie

Grilled Southwest Turkey with all the fixings | COPYRIGHT © 2017 COOKING WITH CURLS
Barbecue | Christmas | Holidays | Main Course | Paleo | Thanksgiving | Whole 30

Grilled Southwest Turkey

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