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My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. 
This day is about being together as a family, thankful of blessings received and plenty of great food. 
I am a traditionalist when he comes to Thanksgiving, the star of the table has to be a beautiful moist Roasted Turkey.
I don’t need to mention leftover Turkey, thats a given.  I have been known to roast a turkey just for the leftovers.  I do roast my turkey upside down to insure the breast meat is juicy and filled with flavor. 
Roast Turkey

Ingredients
  • 1- 15lb Turkey
  • 1 stick of Butter
  • 1 onion, quartered
  • 2 stalks of celery, cut into thirds
  • sprigs of rosemary
  • sage
  • salt and pepper
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Remove the neck and giblets (gizzard, liver and heart) from the cavity of the bird.
3. Rinse your thawed turkey and pat dry with paper towels.
4. Melt the butter on medium power in microwave.
5. Place onions, celery and rosemary in the cavity.
6. Pull the legs of the turkey together and tie with kitchen twine.
7. Brush the entire turkey with the melted butter, season with the dried sage, salt and fresh ground pepper.
8. Flip the turkey over and tie the wings to the body
9. Place in a roasting pan “breast side down”. Placing the turkey breast side down will make the turkey more moist by allowing the juices to settle in the breast during cooking.
10. Use a roasting rack in your pan to keep the breast from sticking to the bottom of the pan. (I do not stuff my turkey, I prefer to make the stuffing separately in another pan. This decreases the cooking time and it’s easier to serve).
11. Place the turkey in the preheated oven and roast according to the wrapping directions as to time.
12. Flip the turkey over about halfway through the cooking time to brown the breast.
13. Use a instant read thermometer to check the temperature of your turkey about 30 minutes prior to being done. Continue to cook until the thickest part of the thigh is 180 degrees and the breast is 165 degrees.
14. Remove from oven and let it rest at least 20 minutes to redistribute the juices prior to carving.
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Other Dishes on our table at Thanksgiving

Turkey Gravy
Cornbread Stuffing
Homemade Cranberry Sauce

Great Dinner Rolls


Happy Thanksgiving!

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  1. My husband and I will be doing Thanksgiving on our own this year, and this post was definitely well timed! You make it look so easy, so hopefully I cannot mess it up too badly 🙂

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  2. We will be at a friend's home for Thanksgiving, so I won't be roasting a turkey this year. But I do love doing it, and that turkey looks so good I can almost smell it. I want to snitch a bit of that crispy skin and meat!

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  4. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday too – and I LOVE turkey. 🙂 I also love the stuffing/dressing/whateveryoucallitinyourneckofthewoods. And the cranberry sauce. And… well, you get the picture. 😉

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  13. We are breaking with tradition this year, and celebrating ThanksChristmas instead. That means no turkey for us, at least not this week 😉 I love your tip about baking it upside down, I will definitely give that a try!! Maybe I will do a full on Thanksgiving spread in the dead of winter, so I can be prepared to blog about it next October, lol Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Evelyn – Lisa xx

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