Thanksgiving. Finally.

I'm tired of having to hunt down recipes, so I'm going to copy/link as many of the recipes as possible into one central location, making it easy to keep track of things.

Until we inevitably change things, and this is all useless again.

Turkey.

• turkey
• butter
• fresh sage
• usually at least
• a lemon
• an apple
• an onion

Cranberry sauce.

• 2 small apples, peeled, diced
• 12 oz fresh cranberries
• 1+ c granulated sugar
• 1 c water
• 1/2 c apple cider vinegar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves

Green bean casserole.

• 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
• 1 pound fresh green beans, rinsed, trimmed and halved
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 12 ounces mushrooms, trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 cup half-and-half
• the canned fried onions, because lazy.

Stuffing.

• 1 large onion
• 3 stalks celery
• 1 large carrot
• loaf of stale bread
• pound of breakfast sausage
• sage
• chicken stock

Butternut squash soup.

• 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 t ginger, minced
• 1/4 t cinnamon
• 1/4 t ground cloves
• 1/2 t nutmeg
• 1 t smoked sweet paprika
• 6 c stock (chicken or vegetable work well)
• 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 2-3 chipotles in adobo, diced
• 2 1/3 T brown sugar
• juice of 1/2 lime
• evoo, salt

Chipotle sweet potato soup.

• 2 lbs butternut squash
• 1 large carrot, diced
• 1 large celery, diced
• 1/2 medium yellow onion, diced
• 1/4 c pine nuts 
• 1 lb apples, peeled and diced (I used a SweeTango, but any sweet apple would do well)
• 32 oz stock (I used chicken stock, but vegetable stock also works)
• 1 t ground ginger or 1/2 t nutmeg
• 1 T brown sugar
• 1/2 t soy sauce
• salt+pepper
• extra virgin olive oil