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Thanksgiving Recipes

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

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

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

Mini Dutch Apple Pies

a closeup image of a white bowl filled with sausage, apple and cranberry stuffing sitting on a red plaid napkin.

Sausage Apple and Cranberry Stuffing

a white bowl with yam cubes and pecans sitting on a napkin with fall leaves.

Sweet Yam Casserole

Fresh Green Beans with Caramelized Shallots and Almonds in a white au gratin dish.

Green Beans with Caramelized Shallots and Almonds

Side view of two glasses filled with Cranberry Orange Margarita and garnished with orange wedge and fresh cranberries

Cranberry Orange Margarita

A white bowl filled with Cranberry Sauce with Pineapple and topped with orange zest and chopped walnuts

Cranberry Sauce with Pineapple

Roasted Acorn Squash slices on a parchment lined baking sheet

Roasted Acorn Squash

Holiday cheer starts right here with a pitcher of Pomegranate Orange Holiday Punch! COPYRIGHT © 2017 COOKING WITH CURLS

Pomegranate Orange Holiday Punch

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

Bourbon-Pear Pie

Grilled Southwest Turkey with all the fixings | COPYRIGHT © 2017 COOKING WITH CURLS

Grilled Southwest Turkey

Celebrate the flavors of fall with a delicious Apple Cider Mule, complete with cinnamon sticks and apple slices | Copyright ® 2017 Cooking with Curls

Apple Cider Mule

Fluffy and creamy Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes are ready in minutes | cookingwithcurls.com

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

A white bowl of Easy Sauteed Zucchini and Carrots.

Sauteed Zucchini and Carrots

These Candied Sweet Potato Stacks are guaranteed to impress your guest with their delicious flavor and unique twist on a holiday favorite | cookingwithcurls.com

Candied Sweet Potato Stacks

Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Squash and Cranberries on a white serving platter

Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Squash with dried Cranberries

two small, clear glasses with orange on the bottom and peach colored on the top filled with ice cubes and garnished with cranberries on a bamboo stick

Holiday Relaxer Cocktail

Cranberry Pecan Goat Cheese Log served with crackers makes the perfect holiday appetizer! cookingwithcurls.com

Cranberry Pecan Goat Cheese Log

a dinner roll sitting on a small, white plate with two pats of butter

Dinner Rolls

Turkey Gravy

Bacon Pecan Stuffing in a green casserole dish with pumpkins in the background

Bacon Pecan Stuffing

lattice top apple pie on a wood table with a white towel and silver pie server on the side

Lattice Top Apple Pie

Pumpkintini | cookingwithcurls.com

Pumpkintini

How to Make Mashed Potatoes

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