I’m a huge believer in brining your Thanksgiving turkey. This year I’m cheating a bit by using a brining salt and seasoning mix that someone gave me as a present last year. However, if I didn’t have something like that on hand, I’d make this Vanilla Brined Thanksgiving Turkey recipe that was sent to me [...]
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I’ve been brining and smoking Thanksgiving turkeys since 2007 when I saw Alton Brown make his Honey Brined Smoked Turkey recipe. I’ve also made a Citrus-Stuffed Herbed Turkey with a honey and citrus brine and a Savory Turkey Brine using Kikkoman Soy Sauce. This year I found a maple and herb based brine from Robin [...]
Brining a Thanksgiving turkey is a lot less intimidating than most people think. Usually I use Alton Brown’s Honey Brined Smoked Turkey recipe, since we like to smoke our turkey – the best way to cook it as far as I’m concerned. Yet when the folks at Kikkoman proposed that I try their way [...]
Why not create a healthy polymeal feast this Thanksgiving? Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S, is a nationally known expert on weight loss, nutrition, and health. His new book Healthiest Meals on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What Meals to Eat and Why shows how to combine ingredients – what he refers to as “polymeals” – [...]
Now that we’ve moved my mother-in-law out to Colorado, Thanksgiving is going to be challenging. No, not because she’s mean ol’ lady, but because she has celiac sprue and can’t eat gluten. Combine that with my daughter’s food allergies – no eggs and no nuts – and the holiday feast becomes quite challenging. Hooray for [...]








