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Best Turkey Leftover Recipes

Lynn Welch — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:10:34 +0000

Some think leftovers are the best part of a traditional Turkey Dinner. Others have a different opinion (don’t ask about the year we won a very big Turkey from Wegman’s while living many miles away from family to help eat it.)

gThankYou! to Closet Cooking for Turkey Cranberry Quesadillas

Truth is, the vast array of ways to use up your leftover Turkey illustrates the versatility and economy of a big roast Turkey. If you’re still searching for ideas, consider some tried-and-true favorites from these great Turkey leftover resources:

The Best Turkey Leftover Recipes on Planet Earth featuring Chiles Rellenos with Turkey.
Wegman’s Turkey Leftovers section highlights Cauliflower Spinach & Chicken Gratin (just substitute your turkey for the rotisserie chicken).
Turkey Tortilla Soup with a gThankYou! to JoAnn Thomas at Right Cuisine Food and Travel.
Savory Turkey Soup with a gThankYou! to Peggy Lampman and AnnArbor.com
Food bloggers at Simply Recipes have also compiled fantastic Turkey Leftovers offerings with classic Turkey Tetrazzini as one featured dish.

You’re certain to enjoy the results whichever way you choose to use up your Turkey leftovers

Lynn Welch is a contributor to gThankYou, LLC, based in Madison, WI. gThankYou® Certificates of Gratitude™ are one way savvy companies recognize employees’ great work at Holiday Time. The company is best known for its Turkey Gift Certificates, Ham Gift Certificates, and Grocery Gift Cards.

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Turkey 911: Top Tips for Thanksgiving

Lynn Welch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:03:08 +0000

A family member (who shall remain nameless) argues annually that Thanksgiving Dinner is the easiest meal of the year to prepare. Anyone can cook a Turkey, she asserts. Just pop the bird in the oven and use a meat thermometer to make sure it’s done. While I admire this sort of culinary chutzpa, it’s a view many don’t share.

This point is clear as I read many print and online food sections this week offering information on dining out for the big celebration next week. C’mon! There’s no need to throw in the towel, folks. We’re fortunate to have a wealth of advice at our fingertips to help create a wonderful and memorable Turkey Dinner with minimal stress. To offer you the best tips, gThankYou has poured over pages to pluck the top tips:

Roast a Turkey just like Mom’s with a gThankYou! to eHow.com.
gThankYou! to Cooks Illustrated, often called the Consumer Reports of cooking magazines, which offers its Thanksgiving Survival Guide.
The National Turkey Federation’s Ultimate Thanksgiving Guide offers a really fabulous Thanksgiving Prep Timeline (gThankYou!) as well as safety tips and a great video on proper roasting times.
Finally, a big gThankYou! to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry Hotline which posts great information on planning a safe and easy Thanksgiving Dinner.

Thawing is widely considered the number one issue in preparing a Turkey. So, if you plan to serve a frozen Turkey, The National Turkey Federation advises you thaw it 24 hours for every five pounds of bird weight in the refrigerator. This comes out to 3-4 days thaw time when you do the math for a 16-20 pound Turkey. You can eat out or rely on pre-made meals from your freezer before Thanksgiving while looking forward to cooking Thanksgiving Dinner.

Posted in Preparing Whole Turkey, Turkey Recipes

Stuffing and Sides (or, How to Have the Best Dressed Turkey)

Lynn Welch — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:48:14 +0000

There’s an ongoing debate in my family over stuffing, or dressing if you like. It goes like this: Grandma filled her holiday Turkey with traditional giblet stuffing, cooking the resulting glutinous goo inside the cavity of the roasting bird. That’s the way it’s done. I’ve opted in recent years for a lighter, hybrid recipe that I’ve adapted using cornbread and toasted regular bread cooked aside the bird. I find it better tasting and less fat-laden. And I can change it up depending on my mood and menu each Thanksgiving.

gThankYou! to Norman Rockwell and his iconic Thanksgiving work.

The upshot: there are many, many ways to dress your Turkey with stuffing and sides. You can go with dishes that honor your family’s traditions, fix regional favorites or go with something completely nouveau. The sky’s the limit this season for experienced cooks as well as adventurous newcomers to the table making their very first Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner.

With Thanksgiving 10 days away, we’ve sifted through the plentiful suggestions on how to best Dress your Turkey to help you nail down your menu this year.

Show-off Sides to Rival the Pull of a Drumstick with a gThankYou! to the New York Times.
Two Way Chanterelle and Pear Bread Stuffing with a gThankYou! to the New York Times.
Thanksgiving Dinner interactive menu planner with a gThankYou! to Fine Cooking.
Brussels Sprouts with Toasted Hazelnut Butter with a gThankYou! to Fine Cooking.
5,691 Thanksgiving Recipes with a gThankYou! to RecipeZaar.
The Best Cranberry Salad with a gThankYou! to the vast collection at RecipeZaar.
And, because there’s always room for pie, gThankYou! to Gourmet Magazine’s Twelve Thanksgiving Pies, a slideshow.

The Best advice of all: Have fun planning your menu, envisioning success and a fantastic Thanksgiving Celebration.

Posted in Turkey Recipes

Choosing a Turkey

Lynn Welch — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:25:10 +0000

The question came from a younger family member this weekend: “Have we picked our Thanksgiving Turkey yet?” Clearly, Thanksgiving is in the air as the big day approaches in just more than two weeks. It’s not too early to think about what kind of Turkey you’ll serve.

Choices abound. Fresh or frozen? Locally raised or produced nationally? Organic, natural or conventional? Heritage breed or Broad Breasted White? Pre-brined or unbrined bird? And how big does the Turkey need to be to stuff (er, feed) everyone and leave enough leftovers? (Confused yet?)

Luckily, there’s plenty of advice on how to choose the best Turkey to fit your needs. So, along with a sampling of turkey recipes, gThankYou this week offers a cornucopia of advice on choosing your bird.

Choosing the Perfect Turkey with a gThankYou! to Slashfood.com.
Let’s Talk Turkey with a gThankYou! to the money-saving gurus at The Dollar Stretcher.
Guide to Choosing the Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey with a gThankYou! to Sabah Karimi at Associated Content.
Miracle Cure or Just Salt Water? with a gThankYou to Harold McGee, the New York Times’ Curious Cook.
Roast Salted Turkey with a gThankYou! to the LA Times Test Kitchen.
Turkey Confit with a gThankYou! to Mark Bittman.
And, for good measure, Best Way Brined Turkey with a gThankYou! to the SanFrancisco Chronicle.

Inform yourself about what will work best for your celebration and have fun picking your Thanksgiving Turkey!

Posted in Turkey Recipes, Uncategorized

Experts Text Turkey Help

Lynn Welch — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:00:32 +0000

A nip is in the air and leaves are all over the ground. And with three weeks until Thanksgiving, excitement is building for the big feast. Good thing experts have already planned menus and gathered tips and good advice for choosing and preparing your holiday Turkey, with plenty of info on putting together the rest of the meal, too.

Turkey help is on its way.

This year, there are more ways to talk turkey. Get Turkey tips throughout the season from Buterball’s Turkey Talk-Line. In addition to phone, Web and email help, you can now text the word “TURKEY” to 36888 and connect with 50 professional turkey experts.

In my mind, you can (almost) never have too many resources to help Thanksgiving go smoothly. So, to help you plan ahead, gThankYou has compiled a few favorite and new Turkey Help resources.

Mark Bittman’s Mininmalist Thanksgiving Menu with a gThankYou! to the Splendid Table.

Turkey tutorials and more with a gThankYou! to Foodnetwork.com. Here, you’ll find plenty of video plus tools like the Turkey Calculator to help get the cooking time right and buy the right size Turkey, and a plan for putting on a Thanksgiving Potluck.
gThankYou! to user-generated recipe site Recipezaar posted its Thanksgiving Headquarters offering the top-rated advice and recipes from the popular site.
Turkey Confidential with a gThankYou! to Lynne Rossetto Kasper and the Splendid Table for posting audio of her Thanksgiving triage radio show. This episode includes Lynne’s how-to put on Thanksgiving on a shoestring.
Finally, Better Homes & Gardens’ new Recipe.com is worth a look. gThankYou! for lots of proven recipes here from appetizers to Turkey through dessert. Get updates by following them on Twitter at @Recipedotcom.

Aid your planning with menus, recipes and a host of other practical how-to advice in these pages as you approach Thanksgiving.

Posted in Preparing Whole Turkey, Turkey Recipes

Poultry Penicillin Featuring Turkey

Lynn Welch — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:45:36 +0000

Cold and flu season has hit all across the U.S. If – like many – you can’t yet get vaccinated, why not start making soup? Chicken soup is bound to get old this year. Turkey makes a fantastic soup base with all the benefits of home remedies for seasonal ailments.

Healing and Healthy Turkey Soup.

In the interest of public health, gThankYou offers these Turkey Soup recipes. Don’t worry if you don’t have a turkey carcass — you don’t have to wait until after Thanksgiving to make these soups. Simply use turkey legs or wings available at most grocers as the base for a hearty turkey stock.

Mom’s Turkey Soup with a gThankYou! to Simply Recipes.

Turkey Chowder with a gThankYou! to CDKitchen.

Mexican Turkey Soup with Chipotles with a gThankYou! to Food & Wine.

Rustic Bean, Kale and Turkey Soup with a gThankYou! to What We’re Eating.

Turkey Barley Soup with a gThankYou! to Kalyn’s Kitchen.

To your health, and happy soup making!

Posted in Turkey Recipes

Talkin’ Turkey with Gourmet Magazine

Lynn Welch — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:25:23 +0000

This is the time of year when the thickest culinary volumes hit mailboxes, stuffed – turkey style – with all sorts of morsels to get you thinking about and planning for the busy cooking season ahead. With shock cooks learned this month that Gourmet Magazine will soon cease publication. But we’re fortunate to have one last issue, the crucial November Thanksgiving tome, as consolation.

Gourmet Talks Turkey one last time.

So, it is with pleasure that I share with you these turkey recipes and menus from the grand Gourmet with a gThankYou! to Gourmet.com.

Grilled Turkey with Cranberry Gravy

Simplest Roast Turkey

Miso-rubbed Turkey with Turkey Gravy

Turkey Roulade with Cider Sauce

Gourmet’s All American Thanksgiving Menus

Make some now and save others for Thanksgiving. After all, turkey really is a fine dish almost any time of year and I’ve never gone wrong with a Gourmet recipe.

Posted in Turkey Recipes

Happy Thanksgiving Canada!

Lynn Welch — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:56:19 +0000

gThankYou wishes our Canadian neighbors a very happy Thanksgiving today! This celebration observing the end of the harvest season is held in Canada each second Monday of October. It’s marked by fall leisure pursuits and, of course, special holiday fare.

Celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving

Turkey sits in the center of the table with all the fixings. For a primer on a full Canadian Thanksgiving celebration and meal, check in with Canadian Living Magazine online.

Whether you’re marking Thanksgiving today or next month, it’s time to brush up on just how to prepare that turkey. Here are a few favorite suggestions:

Roast Turkey with Pan Gravy with a gThankYou! to CanadianLiving.com.

Maple Orange-Glazed Turkey Roast with a gThankYou! to RecipeZaar.

Brined Roast Turkey and Gravy with a gThankYou! to FoodNetwork Canada.

Slow Cooker Turkey Breast with a gThankYou! to Kitchen Parade.e

And, with a gThankYou! to our friends at Butterball, Deep Fried Turkey.

Check back frequently as we fill the blog with new turkey recipes. After all, it’s turkey season!

Posted in Uncategorized

Delicious Turkey Main Meal Entrees, gThankYou!

Rick Kiley — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:23:54 +0000

gThankYou! It’s a holiday turkey frenzy out there.

The gThankYou Team has been busy lately filling orders for our famous gThankYou® Turkey Gift Certificates. There are lots of lucky folks out there with an employer planning to give you one of our Gift Certificates.

To put you in the mood, we chose three delicious looking recipes that use larger cuts of turkey you can buy in the supermarket without purchasing a whole bird.

Enjoy!

Turkey Cutlets with Cool Pepper Sauce with a gThankYou! to Taste of Home.

Turkey Tenderloin with Apricot Sauce with a gThankYou! to Put a Lyd on It!

Turkey Cutlets with Basil Cream with a gThankYou! to About.com: Southern Food.

gThankYou, LLC, in Madison, Wisconsin, sells Gift Gertificates to savvy employers and is best known for gThankYou® Turkey Gift Certificates, Turkey Gift Cards and Ham Gift Certificates. And, they’ll have lots of cool new Gift Certificate ideas in the coming months.

Posted in All Recipes, Turkey Recipes

5 Fantastic Turkey Burger and Sandwich Recipes

Rick Kiley — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:18:58 +0000

It’s grilling season! Here in the Upper Midwest, the floods are finally receding and the grills are coming out. Every evening I smell neighbors cooking outdoors…and it makes my mouth water.

At gThankYou, we are turkey fanatics — and we sell a lot of Turkey Gift Certificates. So, we’re always excited when we can introduce great new recipes to our customers.

We’ve found five recipes for turkey burgers and turkey sandwiches we think you’ll love. In a week or so, we’ll post them to our website Recipe Section where you’ll find another dozen or so turkey burgers, too.

Enjoy!

And be sure to post your comments along with your favorite turkey burger and sandwich recipes right here.

• Grilled Turkey Burgers With Barbecued Onions, with a gThankYou! to Carol Mighton Haddix, the Chicago Tribune.

• Turkey Burgers with Caramelized Onions, with a gThankYou! to Taste of Home.

• Another Riff on Turkey Burgers, with a gThankYou! to Picky Fingers.

• Apple Swiss Turkey Sandwiches, with a gThankYou! to Taste of Home.

• Turkey on Bagel with Sprouts, with a gThankYou! to Big Oven.

Rick Kiley is President of gThankYou, LLC, a Madison, WI based seller of employee gifts best known for gThankYou™ Turkey Gift Certificates.

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