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Thanksgiving Turkey and Stuffing

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This year Thanksgiving wasn’t normal, however though we didn’t have any family over, we still did our full spread. Every year Josh gets a free turkey from work. Last year, he got a 20 pound turkey, and this year we got a 21 pound turkey. This year, I also made doubled the stuffing I made last year, because I love stuffing and it goes very fast, so the recipe below is how to make double stuffing, and how to cook the turkey once you are done. I always start with the stuffing to season my roasting pan, then I work on the bird. This was also my first year of not stuffing my turkey, and I have no regrets about that! Stuffing in the bird gets way too moist and almost a weird flavor from all the turkey drippings. Some people also use a roasting rack for their turkey. I don’t find that necessary or helpful. Without the rack, my dark meat always gets done, and with basting, my white meat always stays juicy, and by the time I was done, the wings had already begun to fall apart they were so tender.

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What You Will Need

  • 1 1/2 loaf of 3 day old white bread, cubed
  • 3 Onions Diced
  • 8 Celery Stalks, Diced
  • 1 1/2 cup Salted Butter, 3 sticks
  • 2 Tbsp Ground Sage
  • 3 Tbsp Ground Thyme
  • Dutch Oven
  • Thawed Turkey
  • 4 Tbsp Butter
  • Roasting Pan
  • Aluminum Foil
  • Turkey Baster

Directions

1. Place dutch oven over medium heat. Add butter, celery, and onion, and cook until onion is translucent.

2. Add cubed bread to roasting pan. Sprinkle sage and thyme over the top of the bread. Pour butter mixture over bread. Stir together until everything is moistened and coated in seasoning. Transfer stuffing to casserole dishes. Cover and place in the fridge, or enjoy a bowl.

3. Heat oven to 350 F. Clean out your turkey, removing giblets, neck, and make sure you can go straight through the turkey. Rinse gently under cool water, then transfer to roasting pan. Stuff with 1 cup stuffing, or with 1/2 an onion, cut celery stalks, and a sprinkle of sage and thyme. Top turkey with 4 Tbsp butter. Cover with foil then add to oven.

4. Cook Turkey for the first hour without basting. Baste, then cook for remaining time, but basting every 45 minutes. Cook your turkey about 10 minutes per pound of turkey. Make sure internal temperature of the thigh and several other places is over 165 F.

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Ham Hock Baked Beans

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I made these baked beans with a smoked ham hock. Though this recipe seems easy, the flavor is absolutely fantastic. After about 5 hours cooking on high, you can remove the meat from the ham hock. This meat is tender and full of flavor. It comes apart like pulled pork, and after cooking for so long, the fats of the meat make a delicious baked beans. Ham hocks also have some skin on them, and after cooking for so long, the skin and fat melt away in your mouth. I made these beans as the recipe below is written. I will say, I had a very big ham hock, but my beans were almost more pulled pork than baked beans. Finally, the sauce was delicious, with a good balance between sweet and savory. It’s a really good barbecue recipe, that’s for sure! This recipe made 8 large side servings.

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What You Will Need

  • 12 Oz Northern Beans
  • 1/2 cup Brown sugar
  • 2 Tbsp Maple Syrup
  • 1/2 cup Ketchup
  • 2 Cups Water
  • 1 Tbsp Ground Mustard
  • 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 Tbsp Black pepper
  • 1 ham hock
  • Medium seal-able Container
  • Slow Cooker

Directions

1. Place your beans in your seal-able container, and cover with an inch of water. Let sit out at room temperature for 12-24 hours. Strain and rinse your soaked beans. To your slow cooker, add your beans and the rest of your ingredients and stir together.

2. Let it cook on high for 6 hours stirring about every hour. If too much liquid boils off, add water 1/2 cup at a time. After 6 hours on high, reduce your heat to low. Cook for another hour on low before serving.

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Thanksgiving 2020

For 2020, we’ll be trying to have as normal of a Thanksgiving as possible. This year will be my second year cooking dinner, and I have many new foods planned for this meal. Last year, was the standard three: turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing, then we also had some crescents and 2 different veggies. This year, I am planning a sweet potato casserole, glazed and roasted beets, crescents again, and frozen green beans from this summer’s garden. This year I also made a pumpkin pie that we’ll be having with our dinner. Once the day is over, Friday, I’ll also be boiling the bones to make stock again this year. This year’s stock will be frozen like before, however this stock will likely be used almost strictly entirely for gravy.

To see recipes for what I’ll be making, you can click a link below!

Click here to see my recipe for Stuffing and Turkey!

Click here to see my recipe for Mashed Potatoes and Gravy!

Click here to see my recipe for Pumpkin Pie!

Click here to see my recipe for Sweet Potato Casserole and Honey Roasted Beets!

Click here to see my recipe for Turkey Stock!

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Pumpkin Seed Butter

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Almost any seed or nut can be turned into this peanut butter state. Most nuts and seeds have oils that come out once they are crushed and with just a bit of additional oil, you can get a nice and smooth peanut butter alternative. For this recipe, I used the roasted pumpkin seeds I made a week ago. These pumpkin seeds were crisper than store bought seeds and had more of a roasted flavor. The quality and flavor of your seeds will greatly affect you butter. This recipe was made with 1 cup of seeds, made 1/2 cup of butter, and is enough for 2 sandwiches.

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What You Will Need

  • 1 Cup Roasted Salted Pumpkin Seeds
  • 2 Tbsp Oil
  • 1 Tbsp Sugar
  • Blender
  • Storage Container

Directions

1. Add Seeds to Blender. Add sugar, then blend for 3 minutes on high. Slowly add oil 1/2 Tbsp at a time, and blending 1 minute between additions. Blend until desired texture is reached. Transfer to a small storage container and store in the fridge.

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Roasting Pumpkin

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Pumpkin is very abundant this time of year, and there is lots you can do with it. Especially now that Halloween is over, pumpkins are on sale so it’s a great time to try cooking with it! Pumpkin can be used for lots of different meals. You can roast it, which is the recipe below, then use it in many different recipes. Pumpkin can be an ingredient in breads and cakes, it can be added to smoothies, you can eat once roasted, or you can stuff your pumpkin when roast it and have stuffed pumpkin as a meal. Roasting a pumpkin is easy. If you plan to eat it once roasted, you should add the glaze during the last 15 minutes of baking. If you are vegetarian, you could also use brown sugar and fruit juice or corn syrup for your glaze to make this dish fit your diet. If you plan to use the pumpkin for another dish, you can roast it just plain. I plan to use this pumpkin to make 2 pies, so I roasted these plain.

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What You Will Need

  • Pumpkin
  • Knife and Spoon
  • Large Baking Sheet
  • (Opt) Brown Sugar and Honey Glaze

Directions

1. Heat your oven to 400 F. Cut your pumpkin in half, scoop out the insides, and rinse.

2. Place your pumpkin skin side down on a baking sheet. Bake for 1 hour. Remove from oven. Then, either glaze and serve, or use the pumpkin for another recipe.

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