Thanksgiving Recipes: How to Cook a Turkey

If you need a new recipe for your Thanksgiving turkey, give one of these non-traditional twists a try.

Thanksgiving Recipes: How to Cook a Turkey

If you need a new recipe for your Thanksgiving turkey, give one of these non-traditional twists a try.

There are many ways to cook everyone’s favorite holiday bird. Each family has its own special technique for cooking a turkey, whether it's using an old family recipe, adding a secret ingredient or shopping at a certain store in town that helps make the turkey taste all the better. Carrollwood-Northdale Patch Facebook readers chimed in when we asked how they'd be preparing the big bird. P.J. Rosen said she'd be making her turkey roast in a crockpot. Gina Barboza Miller said she'd be buying a whole fresh turkey at Whole Foods, then continuing her tradition of cooking it in a foil pan on the grill outside. If you're hosting Thanksgiving this year, you can try any of the recipes below to add a new kick to your feast. If you're attending …

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