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Thanks everyone!

Kalyn Denny — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:14:39 -0600

This post is now ten days old so I'm going to stop editing to add new recipes, but I'd still love to have people to leave recipes in the comments. Thanks everybody; it was fun!

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

A local stuffing that's healthy and delicious

cooklocal — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:19:01 -0600

Cooking Local is my main focus but so many stuffing recipes call for the bagged and seasoned stuffing mix you get in the grocery store. I made my own local stuffing from scratch. It was possibly the best stuffing I've ever had, easy, and almost completely local to my region.

http://www.cooklocal.com/2008/11/countdown-to-thanksgiving-loca.html

Patricia

www.cooklocal.com

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Squash Stuffed Pasta (Tortelli con Zucca)

DebIFF — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:23:46 -0600

This is a great fall dish that would make a great starter to any special Thanksgiving menu!

http://tinyurl.com/56ypb3

Deborah

http://www.italianfoodforever.com

Chi Mangia Bene Mangia Italiano (Those Who Eat Well, Eat Italian)

Wine and Berry Cranberry Sauce

benjamindaymon — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:45:14 -0600

Hi Kalyn,

When you click on that link, you'll see that the first two recipes (one for traditional cranberry sauce and another for orange-cranberry) are on that page.

Towards the bottom of the page, you'll notice a series of small boxes with numbers in them like 1...2...3. Those numbers represent the other pages of the article.

If you click on one of those numbers, or on the "NEXT" button, it will take you to the other pages and the remainder of the recipes.

Thanks,

Ben

Sounds great!

Kalyn Denny — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:30:20 -0600

Thanks for sharing.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Wine and Berry?

Kalyn Denny — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:26:32 -0600

It sounds good, but I don't see the recipe for the wine and berry cranberry sauce?

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

spicy pumpkin cake with sugared ginger

shesinthekitchen.blogspot.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:16:34 -0600

I just made this pumpkin cake and fell in love with it! Juicy chunks of crystallized ginger in a spicy pumpkin cake - with whipped cream or hard sauce. I love the apple pies that show up on Thanksgiving , but this is a really nice autumnal dessert that goes with them beautifully. I included directions for making it dairy free.

http://shesinthekitchen.blogspot.com/2008/11/spicy-pumpkin-cake-with-sugared-ginger.html

Traditional, Orange-Cranberry and Wine n' Berry Cranberry Sauce

benjamindaymon — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:07:11 -0600

Hi everyone,

This is my first post here. I'm a chef and food & travel writer.

I'm providing a link to my recipes for traditional, orange cranberry and Wine n' Berry Cranberry Sauces. I came up with the Wine n' Berry Sauce about 8 years ago after alot of experimentation. It's been a family favorite ever since. (I'm a blackberry, blueberry and huckleberry addict lol)

For the record, I use frozen, wild blueblerries available from Trader Joes, but any blueberry should suffice.

While my recipe calls for Cabernet Sauvignon wine-- last year for Thanksgiving, I substituted Blackberry Wine from a vineyard in North Carolina and everyone loved it. Because blackberry wine may be difficult to find, I'm continuing to list cab sav in the recipe.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1194282/cranberry_sauce_recipes_traditional.html

Happy Thanksgiving!

Both those sound good

Kalyn Denny — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:26:17 -0600

I like the sound of the Cranberry Plum Sauce, and Lima Bean Corn Pie sounds intriguing too. Thanks for participating!

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Lima Bean-Corn Pie

YourVirtualWizard — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:48:50 -0600

Lima beans are a funny food to me. Kidney-shaped, oddly colored-greened little buggers with a starchy taste that often need a little help in the flavor department. I always ate my lima beans as a youngster but my siblings used to push them off to the side of the plate. However, now, they do not play with their lima beans anymore at Thanksgiving Dinner...

In my quest to find nutrient-dense foods for holiday meals, which would allow me to feel satiated rather than ill, (having rolled-off the dining room chair one too many times feeling unsatisfied), I revisited lima beans.

A good source of B vitamins, fibers (particularly soluble fibers in the form of pectin), iron, potassium and magnesium, lima beans have very little fat. Further, studies suggest that lima beans can help lower LDL cholesterol levels and may have anticancer benefits.

I hit upon a Lima Bean-Corn Pie which is now a family-favorite. Here's the calorie'd-version. I'll list the lower calorie version on my website here

1 pkg. (10 oz) frozen kernel corn, thawed

1 pkg. (10 oz) frozen lima beans, thawed

(If you have access to fresh…wonderful!)

1 cup grated cheddar cheese
3 green onions, chopped

3 eggs

1 ½ cups half-and-half
1 tsp salad herbs

½ tsp salt

1 ready-made 9-inch pie shell

In a bowl combine the corn, lima beans, cheese and onions, mixing well.

In a separate bowl, beat together the eggs, half - and half - salad herbs and salt until well-combined.

Pour mixture over lima bean mixture, blending well. Spread evenly into prepared pie shell.

Bake 350 degrees for 30-35 min or until pie is firm and lightly browned.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Janine

Vegetarian Thanksgiving!

mansibshah — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:11:03 -0600

Spiced Cranberry Plum Sauce

http://www.funandfoodcafe.com/2008/11/jelly-plum-recipe-plum-sauce.html

This versatile sauce made with frresh plums, cranberries, spices and some Rose Water can be made sweet as a dessert sauce, or spicy as a chutney or relish! A classic twist to the Craberry Sauce tradition:)

Mansi

http://www.funandfoodcafe.com

http://funnfud.blogspot.com

Wild Rice is Favorite Holiday Side or Main Dish

VegQueen — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:14:57 -0600

Fruited Wild Rice is my favorite dish for Thanksgiving. It's in my book The Veggie Queen: Vegetables Get the Royal Treatment. When I first started making it I was the only one who ate it. Now it's a family favorite, and many in this family really only like white foods such as whilte rolls, mashed potatoes, pearl onions, etc. You get it, don't you?

It has a long list of ingredients but it's easy to make. And if you want to serve it as a main course, get a beautiful squash and prebake it and then stuff it in and heat it. Wild rice is gluten-free also so it's good for everyone.

http://theveggiequeen.blogspot.com/2008/11/wild-rice-makes-great-vegan.html

Jill Nussinow, MS, RD The Veggie Queen -- Planting Produce on Your Plate

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Wild Rice is Favorite Holiday Side or Main Dish

VegQueen — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:14:56 -0600

http://theveggiequeen.blogspot.com/2008/11/wild-rice-makes-great-vegan.html

Jill Nussinow, MS, RD The Veggie Queen -- Planting Produce on Your Plate

Read my blogs at www.theveggiequeen.blogspot.com and http://www.pressurecooking.blogspot.com

Check out my websites at http://www.theveggiequeen.com and http://www.pressurecookingonline.com

Very fun . . .

Kalyn Denny — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:31:20 -0600

finding new blogs when they leave a recipe link!

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Vegan "turkey"

KathyF — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:53:43 -0600

This tofu turkey is elegant enough to serve the Queen!

http://whatdoiknow.typepad.com/what_do_i_know/2005/12/breast_of_tofu_.html

BlogHer Cooks: Let us Know What's On Your Thanksgiving Menu and We'll Feature Your Best Recipe Here

Kalyn Denny — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:44:53 -0600

Thanksgiving is three weeks away, and cooks all over the U.S. are looking for something special for the menu. This is a meal where people like to plan ahead, even though turkey is usually a given and many families have traditional dishes they make every year. Of course, some good cooks have special holiday recipes they've become known for, and those are the ones we want to know about. Tell us about your Thanksgiving specialty and how to make it, and we'll include your recipe link as part of this post.

There are actually a couple of ways this can work, so whether or not you're a food blogger, you can share in the fun.

First, if you're a food blogger who's already written about your favorite Thanksgiving recipe, just grab the link and leave it in a comment here, along with the name of the dish. I'll come back periodically between now and Thanksgiving to get those links and add them to the body of the post. (I'm going to limit it to one per person and reserve the right to stop adding them to the post if I can't keep up! Too many good recipes would be what my mother used to call "a good problem to have.")

Second, If you'd like to share a great recipe but don't have it posted on your blog, how about posting the recipe on Blogher.com, where any member can blog? Here are instructions for how to start blogging on BlogHer if you've never done it. Once you've posted the recipe on BlogHer, grab the link and post it in a comment here as described above. I'll add those links to the main post as well.

Finally, for people who don't feel like posting a link in one of the two ways above, you're welcome to leave the entire recipe as a comment.

Ultimately, there could end up being a lot of categories for Thanksgiving recipes, but here are a few recipes from some of my blogging friends to get you started.

How to Cook a Thanksgiving Turkey
--For the last few years I've used Elise's Mom's Roast Turkey Recipe from Simply Recipes, and personally I think it can't be beat.
--Queen of the Click shares her Grandma's tips for Juicy Thanksgiving Turkey.

Cranberry Recipes
--I think the Homemade Cranberry Sauce at Average Jane sounds way above average!
--BlogHer Contributing Editor Maria Niles recommends Joanne Weirs Spice Cranberry and Zinfandel Sauce (link is to a pdf of the recipe which she says is what her family requests for the holiday meal.
Fun and Food Cafe has a recipe for Spiced Cranberry Plum Sauce that really sounds good.
Benjamin Daymon shares a link for Two Versions of Cranberry Sauce.

Thanksgiving Vegetables
--World's Best Green Bean Casserole from Alanna at A Veggie Venture has a lot of fans.
--The two talented bloggers at Show Me the Curry recommend Spicy Tandoori Cauliflower which I think sounds like a fabulous Thanksgiving dish.

Starchy Side Dishes for Thanksgiving
--I think these Olive Oil, Carmelized Onion, and Sage Mashed Sweet Potatoes from Food Blogga look amazing. (pictured above)
--Love the sound of Hominy Tomatillo Stuffed Pumpkin from My Kitchen in Half Cups.
--Andrea of Andrea's Recipes says her husband never liked sweet potatoes until she tried this recipe for Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Green Chiles.
Patricia at Cook Local has a recipe for Local Stuffing that features farro, one of my favorite ingredients!

Vegetarian or Vegan Main Dishes for Thanksgiving
--Blogher Co-Founder Elisa has a delicious-sounding recipe for Tofu Pot Pie that she says introduced her to cooking with nutritional yeast.
--Ginger Lemon Girl shares another great-sounding vegetarian recipe for Thanksgiving Pumpkin Lasagna.
What do I Know says Breast of Tofu with Herbed Cornbread Stuffing is perfect for Thanksgiving.
Fruited Wild Rice from The Veggie Queen would make a fantastic side dish, but I also love her idea of stuffing it inside a squash for a lovely vegan main dish.
Deborah from Italian Food Forever shares a very tasty sounding recipe for Squash Stuffed Pasta.

Thanksgiving Desserts
--At Karina's Kitchen, Karina says no one will ever guess that her pumpkin pie recipe is for Vegan Pumpkin Pie.
--Lydia of The Perfect Pantry calls her version Not Just for Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie.
--Vanilla Sweet Potato Pie with Brown Sugar Crust sounds delish at The Expatriate's Kitchen.
--Bozette at Red Nose says her Pumpkin Chiffon Pie is The Best Pumpkin Pie in The Whole Entire World!
--Pumpkin Cheesecake with Caramel Sauce sounds good from It's All Delicious.
--Karen at Art of the Heart says she gets a lot of requests for her Cinnamon Rolls.
She's in the Kitchen recommends Spicy Pumpkin Cake with Sugared Ginger.

Check the Comments!
Since I'm only adding one recipe per blogger, plus some people are typing their recipe as a comment, don't forget to check the comments for more tasty-sounding recipes!

Kalyn Denny writes about food and at BlogHer.com and shares her passion for cooking at Kalyn's Kitchen. For the third year in a row she's featuring South Beach Diet Friendly Thanksgiving Recipes during November, including her favorite Reduced Sugar Pumpkin Cheesecake.