Last Minute Thanksgiving Ideas

Turkey cupcakes

Turkey stuffed with rissoto and raisins

For Thanksgiving, my husband and I go to my family for lunch and his family and relatives (aunts and uncles and cousins) for dinner. So we usually bring a side dish or dessert, which leaves us nothing to eat at home but leftovers from the party the night before. This year, I feel more energetic so I thought I'd cook my own at home and bring dessert at my in-laws.

here's two interesting thanksgiving ideas that i used for this year's thanksgiving...

This is my sister's recipe, and I thought I'd give it a try and turned out pretty good. First is the turkey stuffed with rice instead of bread stuffing. This is delicious actually. Get any of those rice box mixes like Uncle Ben's. For my personal recipe I used Whole Foods brand 365 in Shitake Mushroom Risotto flavor. Cook in saucepan according to package directions, and adding 1 small box raisins the last 5 minutes (do not overcook). For the turkey, I simply rubbed sea salt 8 hours prior, and right before cooking...I rubbed raw butter and poultry seasoning (Lysanders). Don't forget to pull out the giblets inside prior to stuffing it with the precooked rice with raisins.

Bake covered at 400F at least 1 hour 30 min (depending on size of the bird) and the last 30 min uncovered at 425F.

The juices will make the rice tasty.

Second idea for thanksgiving is these wonderful turkey cupcakes!! My son requested some cupcakes and he has at least 4 small cousins , so this one's for the kids.

Use nutter butter cookies for the head. Oreo (one side with frosting) with fruit roll ups for the tail, white icing and mini chocolotate chip for the eyes and red icing for the nose. Use a toothpick to wedge the head and tail to frosted cupcakes.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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