With her entire family home for Thanksgiving, country music superstar Martina McBride shares some of her favorite recipes inspired by her Kansas roots. Her holiday menu includes Sausage, Cherry and Cornbread Stuffing, Roasted Cinnamon "Harrisburgs," Romaine Salad accented with Pear, Smoked Blue Cheese and Candied Pecans. The main event of this memorable meal is her unforgettable Roast Turkey with Gravy and the McBride family favorite Fluff Salad.
Ree Drummond is tackling a fun, Thanksgiving-themed Q and A, where the answers include an awesome Thanksgiving Breakfast Casserole and Pumpkin Tiramisu, her favorite holiday dessert. She also serves up Nan's Cranberry Sauce, classic finger foods like Celery Logs with Pimento Cheese and Apple Pie Martinis to toast the big day. It's all about turkey tips and festive cooking on the ranch.
There's nothing like turkey day -- unless you're Jeff Mauro! Jeff's all about the day after Thanksgiving, and the wonderland of leftovers just begging to be made into sandwiches. After a raucous Thanksgiving meal with the whole Mauro clan, Jeff grabs a bunch of leftovers and heads home for seconds ... and thirds! He does the classic Thanksgiving on a Roll one better by using stuffing as the bread! Then he makes a spicy barbecued turkey hero, paired with tangy cranberry barbecue sauce. To finish up, Jeff tries to replicate his mom's amazing mashed potatoes -- with a few of his own special tweaks, of course.
Guy Fieri rolls out to some joints doing comfort food their way: In Arizona, where a Paris-trained chef is doing ham steak with red eye gravy; in San Francisco, where a trained pastry chef has folks lining up for chili cheddar cornbread and pumpkin oatmeal pancakes; and in Milwaukee, where another trained chef is wrapping bacon around meatloaf, and deep frying a ball of turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes.
Giada De Laurentiis celebrates the flavors of fall with elegant Thanksgiving side dishes. Some are family favorites, while others are a fun spin on the traditional. Baked Mashed Potatoes With Peas, Parmesan Cheese and Bread Crumbs; Sweet and Savory Root Vegetable Stuffing With Apples and Dried Cranberries; Persimmon-Pumpkin Pie With Mascarpone Shortbread Crust are all perfect with the big turkey or as a great finish to a holiday meal.
The Kitchen is getting ready for Thanksgiving with dishes like Katie Lee's Maple Sage Roasted Turkey and Geoffrey Zakarian's Hawaiian Sweet Roll Stuffing. Katie then shares her Sweet Potato Hummus on Endive appetizer that pairs perfectly with Sunny Anderson's Maple Sage Roasted Bourbon Punch. Finally, the team gives their best tips for mastering mashed potatoes and creating fool-proof gravy and Chef Jerome Grant joins in to make a Pecan Pie.
Ree Drummond is shortcutting a selection of fast Thanksgiving favorites for the big day feast. The star of the show is a Spatchcock Turkey that shaves hours off the cooking time. On the sides, she's shaking up tradition with Stuffing Muffins, and store-bought rolls star in incredible Brown Butter & Sage Pull Apart Bread. Finally for dessert, her cute shortcut Fruity Cream Cheese Puff Pastries really hit the sweet spot.
Kardea Brown makes a meal with her aunt TC to treat TC's fellow church volunteers to a low-country feast. First, Kardea cooks up her delicious BBQ Smoked Turkey Wings. Then, Kardea whips up her Skillet Lima Beans, pan fried with bacon and tomatoes, and a Creamed Corn Casserole. For dessert, Kardea bakes a Lemon Pudding Pound Cake that'll have everyone singing her praises!
Ree Drummond is in the kitchen to prepare a frontier-style Thanksgiving with some of her favorite recipes, starting with Pumpkin Gingersnap Cheesecake with Salted Caramel Sauce. Her holiday spread includes four stunning side dishes -- Broccoli Wild Rice Casserole, No-Knead Clover Leaf Rolls, Green Beans and Tomatoes, and Soul Sweet Taters. She makes the most of leftovers in Pumpkin Smoothies for the kids and a toasty Leftover Thanksgiving Panini. Festive Goat Cheese and Pomegranate Champagne Cocktails put the fizz in Ree's Friendsgiving celebration, and she wraps up her holiday preparations with her Favorite Turkey Brine, Turkey Gravy and flavorful Orange Rosemary Butter.