How To Plan Your Thanksgiving Dinner

Thanksgiving Day is all about enjoying the food. The main attraction of the show is of course the Thanksgiving dinner. And when it comes to Thanksgiving dinner, you don't have to stick with the traditional just the traditional mashed potatoes, corn and pumpkin pie. You can actually have lobsters, fish and even vegetarian dishes!

It is probably unthinkable to have a traditional Thanksgiving meal without potatoes or pumpkin pie. But historians say that the original Thanksgiving dinner might not have those on their table. Instead the pilgrims had lobster. The reason being is that they ran out of flour. The pilgrims had to use corn flour for bread and by the time they were to have the Thanksgiving meal, flour had ran out. So they made do with boiling pumpkins for their Thanksgiving dinner. Having lobster is a great thanksgiving food idea because it'll be something to eat beside the heavy turkey. It also makes a great appetizer. Here's a quick Thanksgiving recipe -- you'll need the following:

Lobster meat - 1 lbs.
Dry white wine - 1/3 cup
Fresh lime juice - 1/4 cup
Olive oil - 1 tablespoon
Lime zest - 1 teaspoon
Butter - about 6 leaves
Boston lettuce - 1 head

Cut the lobster meat into bite size pieces. In a wok cook wine, lime juice, oil, and zest for 2 minutes over medium heat. Increase the heat to medium-high and add lobster. Stir fry for 2 more minutes you'll know it'll be ready when the lobster meat is opaque. Then chill for an hour. Place the lettuce leaves in small bowls and top with lobster mixture. And serve while you're doing your preparations for the main course.

Kick off your Thanksgiving meal with this simple and delicious “Turkey Ball” appetizer.

Ingredients:

• Ground Turkey – 1 lb.
• Worcestershire sauce – 1 tablespoons
• Minced onion(dried) 1 tablespoons
• Beaten egg – 1
• Seasoned dried bread crumbs ½ cup
• Salt – 1 teaspoon

Direction:

Step 1: Mix all the ingredients together.
Step 2: Make 18 meat balls of medium size with the mixture.
Step 3: Arrange all the meat balls in a circle in a 10 inch glass pie plate and cover it with wax paper properly.
Step 4: Microwave the balls on high for 10 minutes.
Step 5: Make sure you rotate the plate and turn the meatballs over at least twice while cooking.

Main Meal: After such a great starter, you can just create a blast with this mouthwatering Herb Roasted Turkey.

Ingredients:
• 14 pound turkey – 1
• Fresh Rosemary sprigs ½ cup
• Fresh sage leaves -- ½ cup
• Apple (quartered) – 1
• ½ of Stalk celery
• ½ Onion
• Butter (melted) -- ½ cup

Direction:

Step 1: Dress the turkey properly, remove the unwanted parts like neck and giblets and rinse it well.
Step 2: From the breast, loosen the skin and put the rosemary sprigs and sage leaves under the skin.
Step 3: Smooth the skin over herbs and keep it back into place.
Step 4: Put the apple, onion and celery in to the neck cavity
Step 5: Brush a shallow roasting pan with melted butter
Step 6: Place it in the upside down position on pan.
Step 7: Cover it well with an aluminum foil and bake it at 325 degree until the thickest part of the thigh are baked well.
Step 8: Remove the turkey and let it cool down to room temperature.
Step 9: Serve with gravy.

Thanksgiving Dessert: How if your thanksgiving meal closes with a yummy dessert? You can surprise your guests with this thanksgiving dessert. Here's how to make it.
Ingredients:
• Orange juice –1 cup
• Medium sized oranges(peeled and sectioned) – 3
• Pineapple chunks (undrained) – 8 ounces
• Coconut (shredded) -- ½ cup
• Seedless red grapes (cut into halves) -- ½ cup
• Pecan (chopped) -- ½ cup

Direction:

Step 1: Mix the Juice, orange sections, pineapple chunks and grapes in a glass bowl.
Step 2: Stir the mixture gently for few minutes so that the things get blended well.
Step 3: Refrigerate the mixture until the serving time.
Step 4: Sprinkle the shredded coconut before serving it.

Fold in coconut and pecans just before serving.
This Ambrosia Recipe serves 6.

Cover turkey loosely with a piece of aluminum foil.
Bake at 325° until meat thermometer in the thickest part of the thigh registers about 180° F. The turkey will take about 3 to 4 1/2 hours, depending on size and oven. Remove turkey and let stand 15 minutes before carving. Serve with gravy.