Quick and Easy Recipes from Reader's Digest has a whole section on Thanksgiving Appetizers They've divided the recipes into two groups: 15 minutes or less and 30 minutes or less. That way you can just check the time you want to spend on them and treat your hungry mob.
All Recipes also has a delicious collection of Thanksgiving appetizers that you can plan for your Thanksgiving meal.
Razzle Dazzle Recipes' Thanksgiving starter section has great Thanksgiving soup recipes with squash, pumpkin, sweet potato, and acorn. Sounds yummy and so homely that I wish thanksgiving was here already! Razzle Dazzle Recipes also have a collection of Thanksgiving appetizers so you can razzle and dazzle your guests! (Ok, I like just saying razzle dazzle.)
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Hey folks your thanksgiving dinner has to start with something. And to keep the hungry crowd at bay and wait for those late relatives or guests, appetizers are the best. And anyone would love Deep Fried Mozzarella as started for the big meal. They're not so heavy and they're not that difficult to make. So just watch this video and you can have it on your thanksgiving dinner menu!
VideoJug: How To Make Deep Fried Mozzarella
Have you seen and read the how to make turkey stock? Once you have the turkey stock you'd be ready to make the turkey gravy. Check out this video to learn how.
VideoJug: How To Make Perfect Turkey Gravy
And if you're not sure how to plan your thanksgiving dinner, read my post on Countdown to Thanksgiving 2007 - I've outline the dates and what you need by when so you're not stressed out right before the big family dinner.
One thing I love about Thanksgiving is that everything is homemade. There's nothing like the taste of mother's cooking. The best things are the little things that count. Like I can't imagine myself having a thanksgiving dinner without cranberry sauce. And no, not the shouting and yelling of 'cranberry sauce' in a Tenacious D concert. I'm talking about the best condiment that goes with thanksgiving turkey.
Sure you can get it by opening up a can but where's the fun in that? For those of you who still opt for the can I recommend you watch this video.
I found it on Cooking.com - it's a more fruity version but I think it'll be totally delicious, especially with all those zest and fruits in it!
You need to make Turkey Stock for the gravy. If you don't have the recipe for Turkey Stock you should read the recipe on Epicurious - Turkey Stock Recipe.
This is a chicken stock variation from VideoJug. You can use the same to make turkey stock too.
VideoJug: How To Make Chicken Stock
I know it's only the middle of August and school hasn't even started. But before you know it it'll be the holiday season and we'd all be panicking for our Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners and parties. If you've decided to stay at home and have your Thanksgiving dinner there's a couple of things you can do weeks (and even a month!) in advanced. This way when the big day comes you don't have to do everything all at once and you're less stressed out.
Here's the countdown to Thanksgiving Dinner 2007:
(Thanksgiving falls on Monday 8th of October for our Canadian neighbors so I've included a plan for them as well.)
One Month to Turkey Day:
September 8th (Canadians)/October 22nd (one week before Halloween in the US) : Make your turkey stock and freeze it. You're going to need this for the turkey gravy.
One Week to Turkey Day:
October1st for Canadians and November 15th for Americans: Make Cranberry Sauce and Refrigerate it. Ideally you should have your turkey or have booked by now.
Three Days to Turkey Day:
October 5th for Canadians and November 19th for Americans: Defrost the turkey by putting it out of the freezer into the refrigerator.
Two Days to Turkey Day:
October 6th or November 20th: Make pastry dough for pumpkin pie. Dips and/or other appetizers that you can make ahead of time.
One Day to Turkey Day:
October 7th or November 21st: Bake bread for the stuffing. Chop the vegetables. Make dinner rolls, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie.
Turkey Day:
Make stuffing and mashed potatoes. Cook the turkey 5-7 hours before serving it (cooking time depends on the size of the bird and the size of the bird depends on how many people are coming. The general rule of thumb is one pound of bird per person and the cooking time should be 20 minutes per pound.)
Serve the appetizers when the guests arrive.
After cooking the turkey pour the dripping nto a bowl to make gravy. Make gravy, bake any stuffing that didn't get into the turkey. Reheat the mashed and sweet potatoes and the dinner rolls.
Did I leave out anything? I'll be posting the recipes and how to go about cooking all this stuff so stay tuned!
