"thanksgiving leftovers" news and stories

• Interested in learning more about free-range turkeys? Check out this video that details the ways in which they're raised at the Harmony J.A.C.K. Farms in Oregon.
• Instead of worrying about the perfect pie crust, make a free form galette. Try one of these recipes: Sweet Galette Dough, Pumpkin Cheesecake Galette With Streusel Topping, Pear and Cranberry Galette With Pear Brandy Whipped Cream and Mixed Nut and Frangipane Galette With Butterscoth Sauce.
  
• Holiday recipes for the gluten-free: Indian Pudding, Almond Cake and Roasted Pear Compote.
  
• The all-important Turkey Roasting Chart!
• This year, mix up your leftovers and make something beyond a basic sandwich or the same soup you make every holiday season. Here are some tips to lighten up those leftovers.
  
• The trials and tribulations of being a sommelier in today's economy.
• Check out Sunburst tangerines as an alternative to the Satsuma.
• Make a Strata out of turkey and stuffing for a dinnertime dish that helps tackle the leftovers.

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We're big wine drinkers during the holidays. I'll go with a Cabernet Sauvignon before a cocktail or beer. We'll finish off a bottle no problem and then open another one, but there's often a lot left from this second bottle. Sure, we could put the cork back on and/or put it in the fridge, but how about using the leftover wine in a cookie recipe?

This is a recipe for Wine Cookies, or Biscotti al Vino. Basically it sounds like sugar cookies only with a cup of wine of your choice added in. Cheers!

My roommate makes yams with marshmallows on top every Thanksgiving, and every Thanksgiving there are always a bag of them left over (really, two bags is too much for one bowl of sweet potatoes). So what can you do with them, besides eating them as a snack, putting them in hot chocolate, or toasting them on a campfire?

You can make Marshmallow Icing for cakes and other desserts. I usually go the canned Duncan Hines route for my frostings and icings, but this one actually seems rather easy.

I'm ashamed to admit this, but I don't own a crockpot. It's just one of those kitchen items I haven't bought for myself yet, but I'm going to remedy that this winter. I'm starting to realize that many of the recipes that have intrigued me lately start with the phrase, "Put the ingredients in a crockpot..."

This comes from the Cooking For 2 blog, and it's a recipe for Crockpot Thanksgiving Turkey. You've had it roasted from the oven, you've had it in sandwich form, and you may have even had it deep-fried, so try it crockpotted (?).The ingredients include turkey gravy, sage, Worcester sauce, garlic, pepper, and bacon. Mmmm...bacon.

This is the dish that actress Rebecca Mornay serves to her family the day after Thanksgiving every year. OK, that's not true at all. I really have no idea where the name comes from. But if you're looking to do something with the leftover Turkey you're going to have this Thursday, besides the usual sandwich or soup (nothing wrong with those,of course), take a look at this recipe after the jump.