Gobble, Gobble

Here’s what’ll be on my table this Thanksgiving holiday!  I usually just do the traditional turkey stuffed with onions, carrots, and herbs, but it’s time to switch things up a bit.  I knew I wanted to incorporate honey into the recipe, so I chose this one from Back to the Cutting Board.  Irresistibly juicy turkey coated with a honey Dijon glaze! Mmmm...

            Stay tuned for the rest of my Thanksgiving dinner menu and Thanksgiving leftover ideas! 

Honey Roasted Turkey

Makes 8-10 servings.

Prep time: 10 min | Cook time: 4 hour 30 min | Total time: 4 hour 50 min

Ingredients:

    ·         1 whole turkey (10-12 lbs.)

    ·         1 cup butter, melted

    ·         1 cup honey

    ·         1/2 cup dijon mustard

    ·         2 tsp. salt

Directions:

    1.       Preheat oven to 325 degrees (F).

    2.       Rinse turkey, discard the giblets and then place in a roasting pan.

    3.       Mix together butter, honey, mustard and salt.

    4.       Pour over turkey.

    5.       Bake turkey for 1 hour, basting every  15 minutes with butter-honey mixture. Cover with foil and bake for 2 1/2 – 3 1/2 hours, continuing to baste regularly, or until meat thermometer inserted in the thigh reads 180-185 degrees (F). Let sit at least 10 minutes before carving.

Bacon-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin

This juicy pork tenderloin is sprinkled with steak seasoning and wrapped in bacon.  Usually, my mom shares her wonderful recipes with me.  Well, this was one that I HAD to share with her.  Found this on MyRecipes.  I'm a garlic freak, so I added some fresh garlic to season with in addition to the steak seasoning.  Yum!

Photo by Beth Dreiling Hontzas

Ingredients:

• 1 (1-lb.) pork tenderloin
• 1 teaspoon steak seasoning
• 3 bacon slices, cut in half crosswise

Directions:

• 1. Preheat oven to 425°. Remove silver skin from pork tenderloin, leaving a thin layer of fat covering the pork. Sprinkle seasoning over pork. Wrap pork with bacon slices, and secure with wooden picks. Place pork on a lightly greased wire rack in an aluminum foil-lined roasting pan.
• 2. Bake at 425° for 25 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 155°. Increase oven temperature to broil. Broil 5 inches from heat 3 to 5 minutes or until bacon is crisp. Remove from oven; cover pork with foil, and let stand 10 minutes or until thermometer registers 160°.
• 3.  Enjoy!

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Bacon-Wrapped Chicken

This take on bacon-wrapped chicken is so juicy!  It's simple to prepare and it's kid approved by my daughter, Ellie! Recipe courtesy of my mom. 

Photo from KitchenScrapbook.com

Ingredients:

6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves

1 carton (8 oz) whipped cream cheese with onions & chives

1 tablespoon butter or margarine, cubed

salt to taste

6 bacon strips

Directions:

Flatten the chicken to 1/2 inch thickness.  Spread 3 tablespoons cream cheese over each.  Dot with the butter & sprinkle with salt; roll up.  Wrap each with a bacon strip.  Place, seam-side down, in a greased 13 in. x 9in. x 2in. baking pan.  Bake uncovered at 400 degrees F for 35-40 minutes or until juices run clear.  Broil 6 inches from heat for 5 minutes or until bacon is crisp.