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Complete Thanksgiving Menu Planner

With Thanksgiving only a week away, we are all in menu planning mode. As one of the biggest, if not the absolute biggest food holiday, we thought we would make it easier for you by compiling a round-up of some of our favorites, old and new. Last year we published a   Thanksgiving e-cookbook   with some Thanksgiving ideas, but this year we have gone a step further and expanded the list to include 40+ recipes with some morning noshes, turkey tips, condiments, side dishes and desserts. Many of them are healthy and some are a bit more indulgent. We even added a few ideas for what to do with those turkey leftovers. Morning Treats: Cranberry Financiers Pumpkin Chestnut Scones Mug Muffins Pumpkin Cranberry Bread Baked French Toast Turkey Preparation:      •  Brining      •  Stuffing      •  Trussing      •  Barding      •  Butter-crisped Roasting Sauces: Two Cranberry Sauces Pear Cranberry Chutney Cranberry Zinfandel Conserve Chardonnay Rosemary Jelly Starters: Pumpkin Hum

Moscato D'Asti: Versatile Wine from a Noble Grape

No Fancy Potatoes at the Kids' Table

Creating the Perfect Cheese Board

Old School Baked Custard

Cheesy Cauliflower, Leek & Mushroom Strata

The Great Grissini

...Or Perhaps a Financier with Cranberries

Pumpkin Cranberry Bread

Colonial Cream of Peanut Soup

Spicy Foraged Pear Chutney

Days of the Dead Bread

A Healthier Southern Sweet Potato Pie

Kentucky Beer Cheese Revelation

Roasted Carrots with Sorghum Syrup and Caraway