Holiday Menu Ideas

Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner Menu

The warm, inviting aromas of a roast turkey and pumpkin pie spice are irresistible as your guests are drawn to the table for a Thanksgiving feast. This year, try something new with these recipes. Each one adds simple, creative touches to the traditional favorites.

Bread
Quick Cloverleaf Herb Rolls
Ingredients: butter, chopped fresh parsley, fresh rosemary or dried rosemary leaves, fresh thyme leaves or dried thyme leaves, and loaf (1-pound) frozen bread dough.
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Relish
Cranberry Orange Relish
Ingredients: orange, fresh or frozen cranberries, sugar, chopped pecans, and chopped crystallized ginger.
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Fruit Salad
Pear & Walnut Salad With Blue Cheese
Ingredients: olive or vegetable oil, red wine vinegar, Dijon-style mustard, coarsely ground pepper, pears, crumbled blue cheese, chopped fresh parsley, and coarsely chopped walnuts.
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Main Dish - Chicken & Turkey
Turkey Breast With Sausage-Apricot Stuffing
Ingredients: pork sausage, dried bread cubes, pecan halves, chopped dried apricots, butter, chicken broth, ribs celery, medium onion, salt, dried sage leaves, ground pepper, and bone-in turkey breast.
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Side Dishes - Beans
Garlic Green Beans
Ingredients: water, salt, fresh green beans, butter, finely chopped fresh garlic, and coarsely ground pepper.
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Side Dishes - Potatoes
Toasted Onion Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients: medium potatoes, water, salt, butter, coarsely chopped onions, cold butter, warm milk, and sour cream.
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Pies
Maple Pecan Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients: Crust Ingredients: all-purpose flour, salt, cold butter, and cold water. Filling Ingredients: sugar, can pumpkin, eggs, heavy whipping cream, pure maple syrup or maple-flavored syrup, and pumpkin pie spice. Topping Ingredients: pecan halves, pure maple syrup or maple-flavored syrup, and heavy whipping cream.
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Punch
Raspberry Party Punch
Ingredients: crushed ice, fresh or frozen raspberries, orange slices (1/4-inch), bottles (48-ounce) cran-raspberry juice cocktail, and bottles (25-ounce) nonalcoholic sparkling white grape juice.
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