Want to serve a Thanksgiving Dinner that will dazzle your guests? Try our

Talk of the Town TSG Thanksgiving Dinner

Appetizer – TSG Spinach Smoked Salmon Appetizer

First Course – TSG Martini Ceasars, or Cream Sherry Mushroom Soup

Main Course – Your favorite Turkey and dressing recipe, TSG Oven Roasted Vegetables, Garlic Roasted Potatoes,  your favorite cranberry sauce

Dessert – Perfect Pumpkin Trifle with Caramel Whipped Cream (see below)

Want to serve a more traditional Thanksgiving Meal? Try our

Let’s Be Thankful TSG Thanksgiving Dinner

Appetizer – Italian Herb, Pepper & Olive Cheese Ball (serve with assorted crackers or flatbreads), or Italian Herb Stuffed Veggies

First Course – Spinach with Blue Cheese, or your favorite fall salad

Main Course – Your favorite Turkey and dressing recipe, Cheddar Mashed Potatoes, Lemony-Dill Greens Beans, Maple Dijon Julienne Carrots, your favorite cranberry sauce

Dessert – Your favorite pumpkin pie or Pumpkin Ginger Three-Layer Loaf Cake

Product Tips

• Want a great rub for your Turkey? Try mixing butter or margarine with TSG Lemony Fresh Dill to taste and coat turkey before roasting.
• Enhanced your favorite dressing recipe with TSG Outrageously Garlic or Tearless Onion and Chives Seasoning Blend
• And while you’re getting ready for Thanksgiving – if you have a question or a crisis, don’t forget the Turkey Helpline from Butterball 1-800 –Butterball (1-800-288-8372) or check out their frequently asked questions.

Perfect Pumpkin Trifle with Caramel Whipped Cream

Prepare Perfect Pumpkin Gingerbread Mix according to instructions – cool and cut into 1” pieces. Chill the bowl, beaters, and cream thoroughly before whipping heavy cream. Using an electric mixer, whip 2 cups heavy cream and beat until soft peaks form – add 2 Tbls Incredible Creamy Caramel Sauce and continue to beat until stiff but still creamy – In a serving or trifle bowl, layer pumpkin pieces, whipped cream and sweetened dried cranberries alternately in single layers until all ingredients are used, ending with the caramel whipped cream. Drizzle top with additional caramel sauce. Cover and chill for two hours to allow flavors to meld.

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Thanksgiving dinner is the one time no one in the family will ask me “What’s for dinner?”  Like families all over the country, we have a ritual dinner.  Every year I am tantalized by all the great and interesting recipes in the food magazines that find their way into my mailbox, but I am NEVER allowed to indulge in them. The only time I get to vary the menu is when we open our doors and include traveling waifs who can’t go “home” for Thanksgiving.  We want everyone at our table to have something that reminds them of home, so I get to expand.

Thanksgiving may be officially the fourth Thursday of November, but in our house, and I believe many houses, it’s really at least a four day affair.  This year, we will be having Thanksgiving at the beach, which sometimes means that all the Edwards gather and we have a large and noisy bunch. That’s when I get to try different things, we have multiples of everything, turkeys, stuffing , potatoes, pies – you name it.

Origins of Thanksgiving Dishes and Wishes

This year will be a smaller, quieter retreat.  The older the family gets, the more connections we have to other families, and the more we share the people, the customs and the time.  Traditionally, most Thanksgiving foods are those native to American soil.  Turkey is ubiquitous – over 91% eat turkey on Thanksgiving. They say if you look at your Thanksgiving table you can tell where your family originates within the U.S.

Click on the foods for some great ideas:

Sweet Potatoes – from the South

Corn Bread Stuffing – The South and New England

Creamed Corn – Pennsylvania

Dungeness Crab or Shrimp – The West Coast

Mole and Roasted Corn,  - Hispanic Americans of  Mexican heritage

Lefse and Green Beans – Midwesterners of Scandinavian  heritage (lefse is Norwegian  potato flatbread)

On our Table for Thanksgiving – In addition to the Cornucopia!

1. Shrimp Cocktail and Fresh Hot Rolls
2. Black Olives – lots!
3. Fresh whole Cranberry Sauce (is your family whole berry or strained?)
4. Turkey (don’t forget the Butterball Hotline!) link to other post.
5. Aunt Ida’s Sage and Sausage Stuffing (not sure who Aunt Ida was)
6. Giblet Gravy ( we had to wait till they were a little older for the giblets)
7. Mashed Potatoes
8. Pumpkin and Minced Pie

My Thanksgiving Wishes

What I love about Thanksgiving is that it is the most American of all holidays – everyone within our shores is invited to the table to celebrate.  It’s a day of peace and promise as we gather to be thankful for the blessings we have. It’s a little island of calm before the holiday rush. Food is one of the most fundamental ways of connecting.  I know at our table we will be thankful for family and friends (including those we don’t know yet).  We wish the same for you at this time and hope you will share the season…

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