Turkey, turkey, turkey!!

Gobble, gobble!  Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone has an amazing day filled with God's great blessings!  

A few of the things I am thankful for are God's love and goodness, my healthy family, and all my amazing friends and readers of this slightly chaotic blog!  Thank you for taking the time to read all my rambling a and trying some recipes!  You make writing so much more fun and meaningful!  

So, here's today's main ingredient...turkey!

Here's how we make ours...and it always comes out juicy and delicious!!!

Thanksgiving Turkey:

1 turkey, thawed with all the giblets removed

1 stick of butter, 1/2 cup

13 (a small garlic head) cloves of garlic, peeled and left whole

Wine, we had sherry on hand but any white or pink wine will work (red probably would too but might change the color of the turkey)

Get your ingredients together.

Take a knife and jab some holes in the turkey.  Insert a clove of garlic in each hole.  Make sure the holes are all over the turkey.

Cut the butter into small pieces and place under the skin of the turkey, all over the bird, on both sides.

Pour wine inside the skin of the turkey also.  Use about 1 cup.  The wine will run through the turkey but that's fine.  Sprinkle the turkey with some pepper and place it breast up in the oven at 350F for about 2 hrs (for a 13-14lb turkey...adjust longer for a larger turkey).  Flip the turkey over, breast side down, for  about 45 min or until turkey is finished.  Take out of oven and flip back over, breast up, to rest until ready to serve!  Delicious!!!

Enjoy!!  Have a happy Thanksgiving!

Happily homemade

Sandra