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Turkey Tenderloins Recipe - A simple yet festive main dish. If you're not up to the task of roasting a turkey this dish is for you. Serve with Cranberry Chutney. Originally submitted to ThanksgivingRecipe.com.

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Turkey Tenderloins

A simple yet festive main dish. If you're not up to the task of roasting a turkey this dish is for you. Serve with Cranberry Chutney. Originally submitted to ThanksgivingRecipe.com.

By Christine L.

Turkey Pot Pie I Recipe and Video - Nothing beats a homemade turkey pot pie filled with leftover turkey, vegetables, and spices!

Turkey Pot Pie I

Nothing beats a homemade turkey pot pie filled with leftover turkey, vegetables, and spices!

By Linda

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Delicious Turkey Burgers Recipe - These turkey burgers are given extra flavor through the addition of jalapeno pepper, onion, garlic, and bacon!

Delicious Turkey Burgers

These turkey burgers are given extra flavor through the addition of jalapeno pepper, onion, garlic, and bacon!

By Patrick

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Roasted Turkey Legs Recipe - This is a great way to have a small scale turkey dinner anytime of the year. Serve with rice, noodles, or dressing. This recipe can also be increased very easily.

Roasted Turkey Legs

This is a great way to have a small scale turkey dinner anytime of the year. Serve with rice, noodles, or dressing. This recipe can also be increased very easily.

By KERYNE

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Herb-Glazed Roasted Turkey Recipe - A whole turkey is brushed and basted with a honey-butter glaze flavored with thyme, sage, and basil. It's the star of a holiday table.

Herb-Glazed Roasted Turkey

A whole turkey is brushed and basted with a honey-butter glaze flavored with thyme, sage, and basil. It's the star of a holiday table.

By lovestocook

Chef John's Turkey Sloppy Joes Recipe and Video - This lighter version of the home-style classic Sloppy Joe is juicy and packed with flavor!

Chef John's Turkey Sloppy Joes

This lighter version of the home-style classic Sloppy Joe is juicy and packed with flavor!

By Chef John

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The Greatest Grilled Turkey Recipe - Grilled turkey is a tender, juicy holiday treat!

The Greatest Grilled Turkey

Grilled turkey is a tender, juicy holiday treat!

By Christine

Marinated Turkey Breast Recipe - Tasty turkey breasts are rubbed with spices, bathed in a tangy marinade, and tossed on the grill!

Marinated Turkey Breast

Tasty turkey breasts are rubbed with spices, bathed in a tangy marinade, and tossed on the grill!

By Danielle

Tender Breaded Turkey Cutlets Recipe - I came up with this thinking of a different way to serve the turkey breast. The sour cream seals in the moisture and no one would ever guess that it's in there. A great new way to try turkey. This is my husband's new favorite turkey dish.

Tender Breaded Turkey Cutlets

I came up with this thinking of a different way to serve the turkey breast. The sour cream seals in the moisture and no one would ever guess that it's in there. A great new way to try turkey. This is my husband's new favorite turkey dish.

By Tanya Belt

Homestyle Turkey, the Michigander Way Recipe and Video - Here's a simple recipe for preparing the holiday bird. It will be tasty and perfectly browned every time!

Homestyle Turkey, the Michigander Way

Here's a simple recipe for preparing the holiday bird. It will be tasty and perfectly browned every time!

By Robin C.

Turkey and Quinoa Meatloaf Recipe and Video - The secret ingredient in this flavorful turkey meatloaf is quinoa. Quinoa is nuttier than breadcrumbs and improves the texture of the meatloaf.

Turkey and Quinoa Meatloaf

The secret ingredient in this flavorful turkey meatloaf is quinoa. Quinoa is nuttier than breadcrumbs and improves the texture of the meatloaf.

By Andrew Benoit

Perfect Turkey Recipe and Video - A brine makes this roasted turkey extra moist and flavorful. Stuffed with vegetables, this bird is perfect for Thanksgiving and other holidays.

Perfect Turkey

A brine makes this roasted turkey extra moist and flavorful. Stuffed with vegetables, this bird is perfect for Thanksgiving and other holidays.

By Shelly White

Slow Cooker Turkey Breast Recipe and Video - Quick and easy way to cook turkey in the slow cooker. With only two ingredients, the only hard part is waiting.

Slow Cooker Turkey Breast

Quick and easy way to cook turkey in the slow cooker. With only two ingredients, the only hard part is waiting.

By ms_sally

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Rosemary Roasted Turkey Recipe and Video - In this method, which can be used with all types of poultry, olive oil infused with garlic and rosemary is rubbed between the skin and meat of the bird before roasting.

Rosemary Roasted Turkey

In this method, which can be used with all types of poultry, olive oil infused with garlic and rosemary is rubbed between the skin and meat of the bird before roasting.

By Star Pooley

Juicy Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe and Video - My grandmother and mother passed this recipe on to me. It changes just a little every year, because we've never written it down before. But it is always incredibly juicy and succulent!

Juicy Thanksgiving Turkey

My grandmother and mother passed this recipe on to me. It changes just a little every year, because we've never written it down before. But it is always incredibly juicy and succulent!

By Kirsten

Easy Herb Roasted Turkey Recipe - This is an easy and delicious recipe for a turkey that is perfectly browned on the outside while being both tender and juicy on the inside!

Easy Herb Roasted Turkey

This is an easy and delicious recipe for a turkey that is perfectly browned on the outside while being both tender and juicy on the inside!

By LISAKHAMM

Stuffed Peppers with Turkey and Vegetables Recipe - Turkey and a variety of vegetables make a great filling for stuffed green bell peppers.

Stuffed Peppers with Turkey and Vegetables

Turkey and a variety of vegetables make a great filling for stuffed green bell peppers.

By LSMITHNY21

A Simply Perfect Roast Turkey Recipe and Video - Make your turkey taste just like grandma's with this simply seasoned roasted turkey recipe using salt, pepper, and turkey stock.

A Simply Perfect Roast Turkey

Make your turkey taste just like grandma's with this simply seasoned roasted turkey recipe using salt, pepper, and turkey stock.

By Syd

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The World's Best Turkey Recipe and Video - A bottle of champagne is the secret to this moist turkey stuffed with apples and baked in an oven bag.

The World's Best Turkey

A bottle of champagne is the secret to this moist turkey stuffed with apples and baked in an oven bag.

By Sarah

Chicken and Sausage with Bowties Recipe and Video - An easy meal made with boneless skinless chicken breasts, with spicy turkey sausage, tomatoes, and herbs over pasta. This recipe is just the start--don't hesitate to add more vegetables, or substitute rice for the noodles.

Chicken and Sausage with Bowties

An easy meal made with boneless skinless chicken breasts, with spicy turkey sausage, tomatoes, and herbs over pasta. This recipe is just the start--don't hesitate to add more vegetables, or substitute rice for the noodles.

By Patricia Rogers

Slow Cooker Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe - Throw this together before work in your slow cooker, and come home to the smells of Thanksgiving! This could not be any easier. Just whip up a few side dishes and you're set!

Slow Cooker Thanksgiving Turkey

Throw this together before work in your slow cooker, and come home to the smells of Thanksgiving! This could not be any easier. Just whip up a few side dishes and you're set!

By Eating Indy

Maple Roast Turkey and Gravy Recipe - This is a New England-style turkey roasted with a maple syrup-butter rub. Try stuffing it with Cranberry, Sausage and Apple Stuffing.

Maple Roast Turkey and Gravy

This is a New England-style turkey roasted with a maple syrup-butter rub. Try stuffing it with Cranberry, Sausage and Apple Stuffing.

By Ibby

Chef John's Roast Turkey and Gravy Recipe and Video - The biggest myth in all of American cookery is the belief that a juicy, perfectly cooked turkey is difficult for the novice cook to achieve. One of the secrets to a moist, delicious, and beautiful turkey is spreading butter under the skin. You can season the butter any way you want; the possibilities are endless.

Chef John's Roast Turkey and Gravy

The biggest myth in all of American cookery is the belief that a juicy, perfectly cooked turkey is difficult for the novice cook to achieve. One of the secrets to a moist, delicious, and beautiful turkey is spreading butter under the skin. You can season the butter any way you want; the possibilities are endless.

By Chef John

Turkey in a Bag Recipe and Video - This is a very easy way to make a Thanksgiving turkey using an oven bag. The bird will be perfectly moist when done, and you can make gravy out of the juice that forms in the bottom of the bag. Plus, cleanup is a snap! The cooking time will vary for different sized turkeys.

Turkey in a Bag

This is a very easy way to make a Thanksgiving turkey using an oven bag. The bird will be perfectly moist when done, and you can make gravy out of the juice that forms in the bottom of the bag. Plus, cleanup is a snap! The cooking time will vary for different sized turkeys.

By DYCLARK

Turkey a la King Recipe - Turkey, peas and mushrooms in a creamy sauce to serve over puff-pastry boats, biscuits, toast or rice.

Turkey a la King

Turkey, peas and mushrooms in a creamy sauce to serve over puff-pastry boats, biscuits, toast or rice.

By KARIN

Turkey in a Smoker Recipe - The turkey is stuffed with quartered apples and onions, salt, coarse ground pepper, butter, and carbonated cola. Fresh garlic is rubbed all over the outside of the bird, and it's given a good sprinkle of seasoned salt. Ten hours in the smoker, and it's fabulously flavored with a heavenly hickory essence!

Turkey in a Smoker

The turkey is stuffed with quartered apples and onions, salt, coarse ground pepper, butter, and carbonated cola. Fresh garlic is rubbed all over the outside of the bird, and it's given a good sprinkle of seasoned salt. Ten hours in the smoker, and it's fabulously flavored with a heavenly hickory essence!

By Doug Kacsir

Spicy Spaghetti Squash Recipe - In this recipe from the American Diabetes Association, spaghetti squash is used in place of pasta with a puttanesca-like sauce made with ground turkey, capers, tomatoes, aromatics and seasonings.

Spicy Spaghetti Squash

In this recipe from the American Diabetes Association, spaghetti squash is used in place of pasta with a puttanesca-like sauce made with ground turkey, capers, tomatoes, aromatics and seasonings.

By Robyn Webb