Change up your traditional Thanksgiving recipes with a little help from Patch!

This is not the Patch's first Thanksgiving. Throughout the years, there have been numerous articles, blogs and tips posted about holiday recipes and cocktails. In order to help get your table ready, here is a short list of some of the best. Click on the links below and it will transport you to the recipes. 

But this list is far from complete! So if you have a Thanksgiving recipe you hold dear to your heart, share it with your neighbors and friends by:

• Posting the recipes/tips in the comment section below; or 
• Sending them mike.donofrio@patch.com. 

Turkey Recipes

• Looking for a new way to cook your bird? Then check out these recipes (stuffed, unstuffed, braised, grilled, smoked, and deep fried), in addition to cook times, and a few general tips and tricks.  

• Herb roasted turkey breast.

• Sage butter-roasted turkey with cider gravey. 

• Three recipes from Jaindl's Turkey Farm: The ultimate brine for turkey, smoked turkey, and turkey BBQ. 

Side Dishes

• Cheesy potato casserole and cranberry sauce.

• Chipotle sweet potato soup with smoked paprika cranberry compote, and smoked paprika and cranberry compote. 

• Dolan's twice-baked potatoes, creamed white onions, fruited wilde rice salad, and fruit and nuts biscuits.

• Mom's amazing barely casserole.

• Roasted green beans with toasted almonds, Dorothy Fromm's sweet potato casserole and more.

• Traditional cranberry sauce, savory cranberry sauce, and ginger-orange cranberry sauce.

Bottoms Up!

• Want to pair your wine with the delicious dishes on your table but don't know a thing about wine? Then check out this informational guide about Thanksgiving foods and wine, which includes a list of recommended sparkling, chardonnay, riesling, pinot noir, syrah, zinfandel and Italian wines. 

• Spice up your cocktails with decoration tips, or go straight for the shaker with these Thanksgiving recipes: Pomegranate Cosmopolitan, and Naughty but Nice Cocktail.   

• Autumn Delight (scroll to the bottom). 

Dessert

• Go beyond pies with this list of recipes: Gingersnap pumpkin pie, rustic caramel apple tart, and pumpkin bread pudding. 

• Pumpkin cheesecake with bourbon sour cream topping.

• Pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese and orange frosting, chocolate raspberry cheesecake, and holiday ginger cookies.

• Sweet potato cake with toasted coconut and pecans, and toasted coconut and pecan icing.