The USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline answers its most common Thanksgiving questions: roast at 325 degrees F and use a thermometer to confirm 165 degrees F in the innermost thigh and wing and the thickest part of the breast, with stuffing reaching 165 degrees F too.
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Cheesy Turkey Casserole
A school foodservice contest recipe scaled for steam table pans: rotini and cubed cooked turkey in a cheddar and milk sauce seasoned with parsley, white pepper and dry mustard, topped with buttered bread crumbs and baked at 350F. A 2 oz serving has 197 calories and 19 g protein.
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Turkey Brine Recipe
A turkey brine recipe built on a gallon of vegetable broth, a cup of sea salt, rosemary, sage, thyme and savory, plus a gallon of ice water and optional honey, with the bird refrigerated in the brine overnight. Brined turkeys cook 20 to 30 minutes faster.
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Butterball turkey Recipe: Roast Turkey with Cranberry Orange Glaze
A Butterball roast turkey recipe whose glaze simmers orange marmalade, cranberry juice concentrate, maple syrup, balsamic vinegar and sea salt down to about a cup. A 14-pound bird roasts breast-up at 325F for roughly 3.5 hours, oiled first to hold in juices; timing depends on size.
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Healthy Recipe: Braised Mushrooms with Herbs
Crimini or baby bella mushrooms braise with shallots, garlic, thyme, parsley, herbes de Provence, optional red wine and beef broth until the liquid reduces. Four servings at 110 calories each, offered as a Thanksgiving side.
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Roast Turkey Recipe from TV Chef Ina Garten
Ina Garten's roast turkey with herb and apple stuffing, featured in a Google doodle: a 12-pound bird stuffed with thyme, lemon, onion and garlic, roasted at 350F for an hour before carrots, potatoes and fennel join the pan for another half hour.
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Healthy Recipes: Turkey Stuffed Cabbage
Parboiled cabbage leaves wrap a filling of half lean ground beef and half ground turkey with onion, bread crumbs and tomato, simmered about an hour in a lemon and brown sugar tomato sauce. Makes 5 servings of two rolls, each 257 calories and 266 mg sodium.
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Turkey Basics: Safe Cooking
Roast a whole turkey at no lower than 325 degrees and use a food thermometer to confirm 165 degrees internally. Timing shifts with a partially frozen or stuffed bird, pan color and depth, foil tents, oven bags, lids and rack position. Cooking stuffing separately is safest.
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Healthy Recipes: Green Bean and Mushroom Casserole
Dana Jacobi recounts how manufacturer-sponsored recipes made Green Bean Bake a 1955 classic, notes a modern version can still carry nearly 1,900 mg of sodium and 19.5 g of saturated fat, and offers a from-scratch replacement thickened with rice flour for gluten-free cooks.
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Healthy Recipes: Sunshine Rice
Celery and onion sauteed in oil, then simmered with water, orange and lemon juice and a dash of hot sauce until the rice absorbs the liquid, finished with slivered almonds. No added salt; four servings at 182 calories and 21 mg sodium.
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Healthy Recipes: Spinach Stuffed Sole
Sole fillets roll around sauteed mushrooms, spinach, oregano and garlic, then bake with sherry and part-skim mozzarella for 15 to 20 minutes. Four servings at 262 calories and 8 g fat each.
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Healthy Recipes: Quick and Easy Chicken Cacciatore
Skinless chicken breasts and thighs are seared in cooking spray, then simmered with tomatoes, green pepper, mushrooms, onion and broth and served over whole-wheat pasta. Chicken supplies several B vitamins plus iron, zinc and selenium.
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Healthy Recipes: A Bowl of Chicken Soup Becomes a Meal
Dana Jacobi turns commercial chicken broth into one-bowl meals with frozen vegetables, whole grains and beans: carrots, peas and green beans with brown rice and dill, or corn, peppers and black beans with cilantro. She suggests broths under 500 mg sodium per serving.
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Healthy Recipes: Honey-Roasted Parsnips, Sweet Potatoes and Apples
Parsnips, sweet potato and apple chunks tossed with canola oil, honey, soy sauce and ground ginger, then covered and baked about an hour. Six servings at 112 calories each. Parsnips supply folate and potassium, the piece notes.
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Healthy Recipes:Flaxseed and Blueberry Pancakes
Buckwheat and whole-wheat flours, ground flaxseed, buttermilk and blueberries make these pancakes, which the recipe describes as high in fiber, protein and B vitamins, with flax supplying omega-3 fats.
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Healthy Recipes: Gluten Free Pumpkin Muffins with Buckwheat
A recipe from the American Institute for Cancer Research pairs buckwheat flour, brown-rice flour and ground flaxseed with pumpkin for a naturally gluten-free muffin that is low in fat, high in fiber and packed with vitamin A. Whole-wheat pastry flour can replace the rice flour.
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Healthy Recipes: Scallion Rice
A five-serving side dish: mix 4 1/2 cups of rice cooked in unsalted water with chopped scallions and unsalted bouillon granules. A one-cup portion has 185 calories, 1 g fat, no cholesterol and 3 mg sodium.
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Healthy Recipes: Red Hot Fusilli
Garlic, parsley, chopped ripe tomatoes, basil, oregano and cayenne cooked down into a sauce for fusilli, with diced cooked chicken optional. Four servings at 304 calories and under 1 g saturated fat per cup, and it keeps for next day's lunch served cold.
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