Newest Holiday & Party Recipes

Thanksgiving Pumpkin Cranberry Bread Recipe   (2009-11-22)
Serves/Makes: 12    Prep/Cook Time: 2-5 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: canned solid-pack pumpkin, sugar, water, eggs, vegetable oil...view recipe

Green Beans With Caramelized Onions And Porcini Mushrooms Recipe   (2009-11-21)
Serves/Makes: 8    Prep/Cook Time: 1-2 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: fresh green beans, trimmed, Vidalia or other sweet onion, butter, garlic, minced, porcini mushrooms...view recipe

Canadian Thanksgiving Stuffing Crockpot Recipe   (2009-11-21)
Serves/Makes: 6    Prep/Cook Time: > 5 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: butter or margarine, chopped onion, chopped celery, parsley sprigs, chopped mushrooms...view recipe

Green Beans With Bacon, Shallots And Cider Vinegar Recipe   (2009-11-20)
Serves/Makes: 8    Prep/Cook Time: 30-60 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: hickory smoked bacon, chopped, shallots, chopped, chicken broth, water, salt...view recipe

Pumpkin Pie Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe   (2009-11-20)
Serves/Makes: 24    Prep/Cook Time: 1-2 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: (15-ounce size) cooked pumpkin puree, (12-ounce size) evaporated milk (not condensed milk), white granulated sugar, eggs, at room temperature, butter, melted and cooled to room temperature...view recipe

Green Beans With Caramelized Pearl Onions Recipe   (2009-11-20)
Serves/Makes: 8    Prep/Cook Time: < 30 minutes   Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: Fresh Green Beans, Pearl Onions (fresh, not canned), Unsalted Margarine, Brown Sugar...view recipe

Thanksgiving Pumpkin Trifle Recipe   (2009-11-20)
Serves/Makes: 12    Prep/Cook Time: 1-2 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: ***Crumb Crust***, quick oats (not instant), graham cracker crumbs, chopped pecans, firmly packed brown sugar...view recipe

Broth Injected Turkey Recipe   (2009-11-20)
Serves/Makes: 24    Prep/Cook Time: 2-5 hrs   Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: Turkey (12 lb. size), Low Sodium Chicken Or Turkey Broth...view recipe

Classic Herb Stuffing Recipe   (2009-11-19)
Serves/Makes: 18    Prep/Cook Time: 30-60 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: butter, chopped celery, chopped onion, thyme leaves, poultry seasoning...view recipe

Thanksgiving Pumpkin Sheet Cake Recipe   (2009-11-19)
Serves/Makes: 18    Prep/Cook Time: 30-60 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: ***Cake***, (18.25 oz. size) spice cake mix, eggs, water, pumpkin pie spice...view recipe

Pistacho Sprinkled Green Beans Recipe   (2009-11-19)
Serves/Makes:     Prep/Cook Time: < 30 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: fresh green beans or Brussels sprouts, trimmed, OR, (10-ounce size) frozen green beans or Brussels sprouts, butter, pepper...view recipe

Layered Turkey Salad Recipe   (2009-11-19)
Serves/Makes: 8    Prep/Cook Time: > 5 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: torn iceberg lettuce, (10 oz size) frozen peas, thawed and drained, slivered almonds or cashew pieces, sliced celery, onion, sliced...view recipe

Thanksgiving Pumpkin Mousse Recipe   (2009-11-19)
Serves/Makes: 6    Prep/Cook Time: 2-5 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: (15 oz. size) pumpkin*, ground cloves, ground ginger, cinnamon, salt...view recipe

Bourbon Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe   (2009-11-18)
Serves/Makes: 14    Prep/Cook Time: > 5 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: ***Crust***, graham cracker crumbs, pecans, finely chopped, packed light brown sugar, granulated sugar...view recipe

Chile-Roasted Turkey with Chorizo-Corn Bread Stuffing Recipe   (2009-11-18)
Serves/Makes: 12    Prep/Cook Time: 2-5 hrs   Difficulty: 5/5
Ingredients: unsalted butter, salt and freshly ground pepper, ancho chiles, seeded, garlic, smashed, ***TURKEY***...view recipe

Thanksgiving Frozen Cranberry Salad Recipe   (2009-11-18)
Serves/Makes: 16    Prep/Cook Time: 2-5 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: (12 ounce size) fresh or frozen cranberries, thawed, sugar, (20 ounce size) crushed pineapple, (16 ounce size) miniature marshmallows, whipping cream...view recipe

Baked Turkey Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe   (2009-11-18)
Serves/Makes: 6    Prep/Cook Time: 30-60 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: tomatoes, salt, skim milk, all-purpose flour, chopped, cooked lean turkey...view recipe

Holiday Float Recipe   (2009-11-17)
Serves/Makes: 15    Prep/Cook Time: 2-5 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: brandy or extract, whiskey or extract, vanilla extract, flour, plain, sugar, divided...view recipe

Best Ever Green Bean Casserole Recipe   (2009-11-17)
Serves/Makes: 8    Prep/Cook Time: 30-60 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: ***Topping***, onions, thinly sliced, all-purpose flour, panko bread crumbs, kosher salt...view recipe

Favorite Bread Stuffing Recipe   (2009-11-17)
Serves/Makes: 8    Prep/Cook Time: 30-60 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: water, onion, chopped, sliced mushrooms, celery stalks, thinly sliced, cubed bread...view recipe

Christmas No-Fat White Sangria Punch Recipe   (2009-11-17)
Serves/Makes: 12    Prep/Cook Time: < 30 minutes   Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: bottle (750 ml. size) club soda, chilled, lime juice, pink grapefruit juice, white grape juice, pink grapefruit slices...view recipe

Green Beans With Caramelized Shallots Recipe   (2009-11-16)
Serves/Makes: 10    Prep/Cook Time: 30-60 minutes   Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: butter, medium shallots, haricots verts or slender green beans, trimmed, olive oil, dried thyme...view recipe

Not Your Ordinary Green Bean Casserole Recipe   (2009-11-16)
Serves/Makes: 8    Prep/Cook Time: 30-60 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: vegetable cooking spray, finely chopped onion, all-purpose flour, milk, shredded Swiss cheese...view recipe

Brined Whole Turkey Recipe   (2009-11-15)
Serves/Makes: 12    Prep/Cook Time: > 5 hrs   Difficulty: 4/5
Ingredients: cold water, kosher salt, OR, table salt, turkey (12 to 14 pound size; not prebasted) -- thawed if frozen...view recipe

Turkey Vegetable Soup With Angel Hair Pasta Recipe   (2009-11-15)
Serves/Makes: 6    Prep/Cook Time: 30-60 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: canned or homemade chicken or turkey broth, shallots, peeled and thinly sliced, carrots, peeled and minced, ribs celery, thinly sliced, re-hydrated dried mushroom pieces...view recipe

Reindeer Belly Buttons Recipe   (2009-11-15)
Serves/Makes: 50    Prep/Cook Time: < 30 minutes   Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: pretzel rings, (8 oz size) chocolate kisses, red and green candy-covered chocolate...view recipe

Sourdough Stuffing With Sage, Thyme And Marjoram Recipe   (2009-11-15)
Serves/Makes: 10    Prep/Cook Time: 1-2 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: butter or nondairy alternative, onions, finely diced, garlic, minced, red bell peppers, finely diced, minced fresh sage...view recipe

Glazed Turkey Supper With Cranberry Chutney Recipe   (2009-11-15)
Serves/Makes: 6    Prep/Cook Time: 1-2 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: vegetable oil spray, boneless turkey breast, skin and all visible fat discarded, fines herbes or herbes de Provence, paprika, salt...view recipe

Brined Turkey With Pan Gravy Recipe   (2009-11-15)
Serves/Makes: 8    Prep/Cook Time: > 5 hrs   Difficulty: 4/5
Ingredients: fresh or thawed turkey, about 12-14 pound size, kosher salt, for brining, brown sugar, for brining, freshly ground black pepper, PLUS, freshly ground black pepper, divided...view recipe

Fiesta Turkey Soup With Green Chile Biscuits Recipe   (2009-11-14)
Serves/Makes: 8    Prep/Cook Time: 30-60 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: ***Turkey Soup***, onion, diced, vegetable oil, garlic, minced, chopped cooked turkey or chicken...view recipe

Oyster-Corn Bread Dressing Recipe   (2009-11-14)
Serves/Makes: 10    Prep/Cook Time: 1-2 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: ***CORN BREAD***, all-purpose flour, yellow cornmeal, sugar, salt...view recipe

Turkey, Bacon And Rosemary Hash With Poached Eggs And Chives Recipe   (2009-11-14)
Serves/Makes: 6    Prep/Cook Time: 30-60 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: pulled cooked turkey meat, small red potatoes, smoked bacon, finely sliced, finely chopped fresh rosemary leaves, salt and pepper...view recipe

Central Texas Turkey Giblet Gravy Recipe   (2009-11-14)
Serves/Makes: 5 cups    Prep/Cook Time: 1-2 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: turkey giblets and neck from turkey, water -- divided, pan drippings -- from baked turkey, flour, salt and pepper -- to taste...view recipe

Stuffed Cranberry Sauce Recipe   (2009-11-14)
Serves/Makes: 8    Prep/Cook Time: < 30 minutes   Difficulty: 1/5
Ingredients: (8-ounce size) cream cheese, softened, good-quality mayonnaise, chopped pecans, (16-ounce size) jellied cranberry sauce, chilled...view recipe

Sage, Sausage And Apple Dressing Recipe   (2009-11-14)
Serves/Makes: 12    Prep/Cook Time: 1-2 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: bag (16-ounce size) stuffing cubes, unsalted butter, plus more for greasing the pan and topping, fresh sage sausage, casing removed, onion, chopped, cooking apples, such as Gravenstein, Rome, or Golden Delicious, peeled, cored, and chopped...view recipe

Green Beans With Cranberries, Blue Cheese And Walnuts Recipe   (2009-11-14)
Serves/Makes: 4    Prep/Cook Time: < 30 minutes   Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: chicken broth, salt, freshly ground pepper, (16 oz. size) frozen whole green beans, blue cheese, crumbled...view recipe

Honey And Spice Glazed Turkey Recipe   (2009-11-14)
Serves/Makes: 12    Prep/Cook Time: 2-5 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: chili powder, garlic powder, ground allspice, ground cumin, salt...view recipe

Glazed Five-Spice Turkey With Stuffed Gravy Recipe   (2009-11-14)
Serves/Makes: 10    Prep/Cook Time: > 5 hrs   Difficulty: 5/5
Ingredients: free-range turkey (12- to 14-pound size), low-sodium chicken stock, ***Brine***, kosher salt, brown sugar...view recipe

Granny's Sweet Potatoes With Praline Topping Recipe   (2009-11-13)
Serves/Makes: 8    Prep/Cook Time: 30-60 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: mashed cooked sweet potatoes, sugar, milk, melted butter or margarine, vanilla...view recipe

Thanksgiving Brined Turkey Recipe   (2009-11-13)
Serves/Makes: 8    Prep/Cook Time: > 5 hrs   Difficulty: 4/5
Ingredients: turkey, about 12 pound size, ***Brine***, sugar, kosher salt, cold water...view recipe

Mexican-Style Turkey Soup With Black And White Beans Recipe   (2009-11-12)
Serves/Makes: 2    Prep/Cook Time: 30-60 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: olive oil, chopped onion, bottled minced garlic, ground cumin, Mrs Dash extra spicy -- or low salt taco seasoning...view recipe

Vietnamese Turkey Fried Rice Recipe   (2009-11-12)
Serves/Makes: 3    Prep/Cook Time: 30-60 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: oil, diced onion, chopped garlic, egg, cooked turkey, cut in bite-size pieces...view recipe

Turkey Enchiladas With Sour Cream Recipe   (2009-11-11)
Serves/Makes: 6    Prep/Cook Time: 30-60 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: shredded skinned cooked turkey, sour cream, shredded sharp cheddar cheese, salt, vegetable oil...view recipe

Gingersnap Pumpkin Mousse Torte Recipe   (2009-11-09)
Serves/Makes: 8    Prep/Cook Time: > 5 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: gingersnaps, finely crushed, toasted pecans, finely chopped, margarine or butter, melted, sugar, envelope unflavored gelatin...view recipe

Elegant Holiday Oyster Stuffing Recipe   (2009-11-08)
Serves/Makes: 12    Prep/Cook Time: 1-2 hrs   Difficulty: 4/5
Ingredients: oysters, shucked, plus their liquor, coarsely crumbled cornbread, recipe follows, bacon, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch strips, unsalted butter, PLUS, unsalted butter...view recipe

Louisiana Oyster Stuffing Recipe   (2009-11-06)
Serves/Makes: 1    Prep/Cook Time: < 30 minutes   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: celery, chopped, onion, chopped, bay leaf, butter, dry bread crumbs...view recipe

Sage Roast Turkey Recipe   (2009-11-05)
Serves/Makes: 12    Prep/Cook Time: > 5 hrs   Difficulty: 4/5
Ingredients: apple cider or unsweetened apple juice, apple jelly, margarine or butter, seedless orange, fresh or frozen turkey (12- to 14-pound size), thawed if frozen...view recipe

Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Dessert With Cranberries Recipe   (2009-11-04)
Serves/Makes: 12    Prep/Cook Time: 1-2 hrs   Difficulty: 3/5
Ingredients: ***Crust***, pecan sandy cookies, crushed, butter softened, ***Filling***, whole berry cranberries...view recipe

Barbecued Turkey Pockets Recipe   (2009-11-03)
Serves/Makes: 6    Prep/Cook Time: < 30 minutes   Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: (10 3/4 ounce size) condensed tomato soup, water, packed brown sugar, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce...view recipe

Turkey Salad With Cranberry Dressing Recipe   (2009-11-03)
Serves/Makes: 4    Prep/Cook Time: < 30 minutes   Difficulty: 2/5
Ingredients: ***TURKEY SALAD***, salad greens, potato, cooked, peeled & cut into chunks, mandarin orange sections, radish slices...view recipe

CDK Today with Valerie Whitmore