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What do Atlantans cook for Thanksgiving? Get recipes for turkey, cranberries, mac and cheese, green bean casserole, and holiday desserts such as Nellie Mae Cosby's Sweet Potato Pie or Kevin Rathbun's Candied Pecan and Sweet Potato Tamales.

Recipes for Thanksgiving leftovers: Turn the feast into dinner for tonight. Get recipes for Curried Turkey Salad, Turkey Tetrazzini or 7 more easy recipes.

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Kevin Rathbun's Thanksgiving recipes

• Turkey-Butternut Squash Stew And Roasted Pearl Onions Over Cilantro Steamed Dumplings
• Shortcakes With Cranberry-Orange Compote And Pumpkin Spiced Whipped Cream
• Candied Pecan And Sweet Potato Tamales
• Shaved Brussels Sprouts And Mustard Greens With Jalapeno Butter
• Dinner Dare: Photos, video advice, tips about Thanksgiving from Kevin Rathbun

Food you can use

• How to carve a turkey (Step-by-step photos)
• Delicious Thanksgiving tips from Atlanta chefs
• Desserts you can fix early and freeze for Thanksgiving, from Jeanne Besser
• John Kessler's guide to homemade pie crust
• Scott Peacock's easy biscuits from scratch, with photos and recipes
• What can i bring? Rich's Cheese Straws and more portable recipes to share at a Thanksgiving potluck
• Southern recipes: Southern Thanksgiving recipes, including Rich's Coconut Cake, Sweet Potato Cobbler and Aunt Dolly's Sweet Potato Pie.

Turkey recipes

Traditional Turkey
• Talk turkey : If you have a burning question about holiday cooking, here are some holiday hot lines and Web sites where you can reach out for help.
• Roasted Boneless Turkey Breast with Apricot Sauce -- An easier alternative to cooking a whole turkey
• Roasted Turkey with Herbs 
• Deep-Fried Whole Turkey
• Slow Cooker Turkey Breast
• Turkey Breast with Cranberry Relish
• Roasted Turkey With Beer and Herb Baste
• Passover Rolled Turkey Breast with Mushroom-Spinach Stuffing
• Turkey Gravy 
• Roast Turkey 
• Glazed Turkey With Dried Fruit and Tomato Chutney 
• Turkey With Dried Cranberries and Whole-Wheat Penne 
• Anne Willan's Moroccan Roast Turkey With Honey and Almond Glaze 
• Roasted Turkey With Beer and Herb Baste 

More recipes with Turkey
• Spicy Basil Turkey with Sweet Chile Sauce
• Rich Turkey Stock 
• Turkey-Sausage Paella 
• Turkey Tarts 
• Turkey Nacho Casserole

Dishes to share

What to bring to a holiday potluck
• Sallie Fannie Rowland Smith's Ambrosia Dessert is a simple and quick dessert that's sure to please (10 minutes)
• Corn Muffins using a recipe from The Colonnade restaurant (30 minutes)
• S&S Cafeteria Sweet Potato Balls (3 hours, 20 minutes) 
• Veggie Casserole (50 minutes) 
• More "What Can I Bring?" recipes for the holiday

Side dishes

• new! Sauteed Garlic Green Beans, from Morton's Steakhouse
• new! Candied Pecan And Sweet Potato Tamales from Kevin Rathbun | Video
• Yellow Squash Casserole from Blue Ridge Grill 
• Acorn Squash Souffle from The Dillard House
• Sweet Potato Souffle from Our Way Cafe
• Curried Turkey Salad
• Fresh Cranberry Salsa
• Ambrosia
• Roasted Carrots and Parsnips With Herbs 
• Cider-glazed Sweet Potatoes With Cranberries 
• Spiced Pumpkin Souffle 
• Virginia's Puree of Chestnut and Celeriac Soup 
• Corn Pudding
• Cranberry-Apple-Orange Relish 
• Arugula Salad
• Truett Family Gravy 
• Herbed Pilaf 
• Green Bean Casserole 
• Triple Cheese Macaroni, from OK Cafe 
• Mac and Cheese 
• More Side Dishes 

Helpful links
• Christmas holiday recipes
• Hanukkah recipes
• More holiday recipes
• Atlanta Holiday Guide
• Printable shopping organizer list

Dressing and stuffing

• Dressing vs. Stuffing: What's the difference?
• Basic Bread Stuffing
• Grandma Olga's Chestnut Stuffing
• Good Turkey or Chicken Dressing
• Sourdough Bread Stuffing with Artichokes and Sun-dried Tomatoes
• My Momma's Shrimp and Oyster Stuffing
• Sourdough Stuffing With Pears and Sausage 
• Relleno de Pavo (Cuban Meat Stuffing) 
• Sourdough Stuffing With Sage, Thyme and Marjoram 
• Inside and Outside the Bird Stuffing 
• Jem's Stuffing 
• Cornbread-Pecan Dressing
• Cracker Barrel's Country Corn Bread Dressing
• Etta's Buttermilk Corn-bread Dressing
• Morrow Station Dressing 
• Truett Family Corn Bread Dressing 
  

Desserts

Fix ahead and freeze desserts

• Spiced Pumpkin Pecan Cake
• Apricot, Cranberry and Walnut Pie
• Maple Apple Walnut Crunch Pie
• Pumpkin Cheesecake
• Apple Ginger Bundt Cake

Holiday pies
• Pumpkin Pie
• new! Aunt Dolly's Sweet Potato Pie
• Nellie Mae Cosby's Sweet Potato Pie
• Elaine Bolton's We Can't Have Thanksgiving Without This Pecan Pie
• Georgia Pie
• Sweet Potato Pecan Pie from Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen
• More Pecan Pies
• Rich's Brownie Bottom Bourbon Pie
• Pumpkin Cream Cheese Pie 
• Cherry Pie 
• More pie recipes

More desserts
• new! Japanese Sweet Potato and Apple Tart
• new! Sweet Potato Cobbler 
• Rich's Bakeshop Coconut Cake 
• Coconut Cake from OK Cafe 
• S&S Cafeteria Sweet Potato Balls 
• Cranberry Nut Muffins
• Pumpkin-White Chocolate Chunk Cookies 
• Pumpkin Pie Cake 
• Green Jell-O Salad 
• More Thanksgiving Desserts 

Recipes for Thanksgiving leftovers

Save these for Friday

• Thanksgiving Leftover Vegetarian Sandwich 
• Old-Fashioned Turkey Hash
• Curried Turkey Salad
• Friday Turkey Soup Base
• Turkey Cobb Salad
• Turkey Escarole Soup
• Turkey Tetrazzini


• More Thanksgiving recipes 

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