Thanksgiving PREP & COOK with Me || The BEST Turkey!! Tasty sides!! Cook with Me 2024

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  • @lauram4124
    @lauram4124 Місяць тому +7

    Great job, Meghan! So, relaxing, for me anyway! Never done the brine, usually butter all over the outside and inside and apples and oranges inside the turkey with onions and garlic! Hope your sister had a wonderful dinner with her fam!
    God bless, ❤

  • @kenmajikina1
    @kenmajikina1 Місяць тому +2

    This was the very first Megan Birch video that I watched. I love your Costco and Sam's Club videos a lot!!! I absolutely loved this video!!!! I remember when I was much younger, helping my dear Mom make Thanksgiving dinner. Watching this video brought a little tear to my eyes. But it was a happy tear because it reminded me of a time when Mom and I could enjoy the holiday together. I miss my Mom so much, but I'm so thankful for her love and teaching me some things in the kitchen 😅. Your kitchen is really beautiful!!! Your appliances are top notch!! My kitchen is terrible, lol. It's a little smaller than a college dorm kitchen. The widest part of the counter, is 7 inches. So for the last 4 years, I've been buying the ready made Thanksgiving Dinner with all the sides. It was good, but nothing like your delicious looking fresh meal!!! I'm so very glad I found your channels, Megan!!! You make my life a lot happier, it's hard sometimes being alone. Especially around the holidays. Wishing you and your family, the best Christmas and Happy New Year!!
    Aloha, Kenny

    • @MeghanBirch
      @MeghanBirch  Місяць тому +1

      The first one! Wow that's great, thank you. Happy tears are always wonderful.

  • @KathleenMansfield-f7r
    @KathleenMansfield-f7r Місяць тому +9

    Forgot to mention that I add one jar of orange marmalade to the cranberries and only 1/2 cup of sugar. Easy and yummy!!!

  • @janiebea100
    @janiebea100 Місяць тому +2

    Can’t believe how calm and easy going you are! I’d be running around like a mad woman!

  • @EleanorAspirasElle
    @EleanorAspirasElle Місяць тому +7

    Mmmm! I could just taste it! Great video Meghan! As always!

  • @joannecarlyle3823
    @joannecarlyle3823 Місяць тому +3

    Oh my stars! So glad I’m on with your vlog channel now.. glad I was sitting down when, not only did you laminate your recipes… But you have a prepping schedule?! Megan, you are my hero!

    • @MeghanBirch
      @MeghanBirch  27 днів тому

      Yay! Glad you are here JoAnn.

  • @bridgettewiggins9221
    @bridgettewiggins9221 Місяць тому +5

    The food looks delicious. Thank you for sharing this detailed information.

  • @danielbabor4274
    @danielbabor4274 Місяць тому +4

    I was the blessed benefactor of all this goodness! Thank you daughter of mine.

  • @lauram4124
    @lauram4124 Місяць тому +4

    Glad your feeling better❤

  • @Jewel9919
    @Jewel9919 Місяць тому +5

    Hey I love a Christmas Story it’s a classic! I’m surprised you’ve never seen it before!🤯

  • @jaminavazquez7802
    @jaminavazquez7802 4 дні тому

    🥰🥰your children are adorable and they love to help mommy 😊 such a blessing ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @TaylorWilson-y3r
    @TaylorWilson-y3r Місяць тому +2

    I've been trying to find a channel to watch while eating my dinner and honestly....you've been amazing to watch to!! I really love how funny you are!

    • @MeghanBirch
      @MeghanBirch  Місяць тому +1

      Glad you’re here!! Hope you enjoyed your dinner! 😊😊

  • @jilldeutsch4779
    @jilldeutsch4779 Місяць тому +2

    Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday too! ❤🧡🤎🦃

  • @melissawright4040
    @melissawright4040 Місяць тому +1

    In my stuffing I like breakfast sausage. It is so good. And in my pumpkin pies I put pumpkin pie spice

  • @anastasiia1991n
    @anastasiia1991n Місяць тому +5

    We don’t have Thanksgiving day in Ukraine, but my family likes turkey 🦃

    • @susanmolnar9606
      @susanmolnar9606 Місяць тому +1

      I pray everyday for the Ukrainian people and to give them peace and strength. 🙏🏻 My mother in law emigrated to the USA during WW11 from Ukraine as well as my father in law and my mother and my grandparents from Germany and my father and his parents from Hungary all during the 1930’s. Peace be with you.

  • @jaminavazquez7802
    @jaminavazquez7802 4 дні тому

    After all that work you look absolutely beautiful and refreshed ❤ I'm jealous 😂❤

  • @susanmolnar9606
    @susanmolnar9606 Місяць тому +1

    Very nice dinner. I like to put softened butter under the skin to keep that delicate meat moist. Also when you were cutting your mirepoix you didn’t say if you saved the peels and put in a bag and freeze them for later to make your own veggie broth. I do this all the time and also with chicken bones. They are so healthy! And it’s a step towards not wasting! ❣️ And my neighbors love when I bring them a container. Also didn’t see you make giblets gravy. That was my job as a little girl. Xoxo

  • @KathleenMansfield-f7r
    @KathleenMansfield-f7r Місяць тому +3

    Love the Pioneer Woman turkey brine! Love everything about Thanksgiving especially my stuffing…. Never inside the turkey! Have a great day Meghan.

    • @MeghanBirch
      @MeghanBirch  Місяць тому

      Agreed! Never inside the turkey.

  • @fredflinstone5555
    @fredflinstone5555 Місяць тому +1

    That was fun. 😊

  • @largefamilymama2725
    @largefamilymama2725 Місяць тому +1

    Love a brine, but my hubby loves to smoke our turkey and that's what I prefer, now. :) This year we smoked a ham and turkey and they were sooo good!

  • @naomihartman6623
    @naomihartman6623 Місяць тому +1

    U did a great job Megan i love how u talk to the food so funny

  • @annahoover5296
    @annahoover5296 Місяць тому +2

    Happy thanksgiving to you all.

    • @MeghanBirch
      @MeghanBirch  Місяць тому

      Happy Thanksgiving to you! 😊❤️

  • @deborahchaves8180
    @deborahchaves8180 Місяць тому +1

    Meghan love the whole preparation video got a bunch of little clues. Got to see you always nice and the fam. Sending you blessings, prayers, much love, and a great big hug.❤🙏

    • @MeghanBirch
      @MeghanBirch  Місяць тому

      Thanks so much! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. 🥰

  • @maryfreese280
    @maryfreese280 Місяць тому

    I have never ate a brined turkey 😊 but I would love to try it. I like turkey but not often 🦃🦃🦃

  • @nanettesilas6062
    @nanettesilas6062 Місяць тому

    Great video , I enjoyed the music

  • @Miriam-w8j
    @Miriam-w8j Місяць тому +1

    Cranberry relish looks delicious.

  • @marymasden6616
    @marymasden6616 Місяць тому +1

    Meghan I just love you so much. Glad I came acrossed you. Have a wonderful day.😊❤❤

    • @MeghanBirch
      @MeghanBirch  Місяць тому

      That’s so sweet! I hope you have a wonderful day too! 😊

  • @TammyBlanchard-he2wb
    @TammyBlanchard-he2wb Місяць тому +1

    Hi I love watching the pioneer woman I enjoy her cooking. I use summer savoury breadcrumbs onions and chicken stock I’m my stuffing sometimes I add cranberries to give it that extra deliciousness. Wow your brine looks yummy and all your dinner absolutely delicious looking congrats on a great job. Happy Thanksgiving from Toronto Canada

  • @lindaedison4070
    @lindaedison4070 Місяць тому +3

    It's not just a leg, it's an AWARD! 😁

  • @jillcarlson2076
    @jillcarlson2076 Місяць тому +1

    Hey Meghan! 👋💗 I have never brined my turkey but I make a turkey now and then throughout the year! Sooo my next one yes! 👍🏻👍🏻🙏

  • @rosalynnecole23
    @rosalynnecole23 Місяць тому +1

    Your family is hilarious. I bet your turkey is heavenly. And sweet potato pie is my jam. I like my dressing more moist than dry.😊

    • @MeghanBirch
      @MeghanBirch  Місяць тому +1

      Sweet potato pie is one thing I haven’t tried. I should do that sometime.

    • @rosalynnecole23
      @rosalynnecole23 Місяць тому

      @ It's just as easy as pumpkin. Actually, you can use the same spices. 😘🤭

  • @eileenthomas6342
    @eileenthomas6342 Місяць тому

    I did a butter, and garlic herb all over the turkey and it sat in my fridge for a day it was delish. Making a turkey soup tomorrow your family is beautiful I laughed out loud when you said all about that bass about that bass I cooked all the sides the night before an cooked the turkey around 12pm it all went very smooth this year to .Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving your amazing Meg.

    • @MeghanBirch
      @MeghanBirch  Місяць тому

      I'm so glad everything went smoothly for you! That is the best way to do it!

  • @michaelmcclure7758
    @michaelmcclure7758 Місяць тому +1

    You and your family warm my heart. What a great lady you are.

  • @jennifermartin1775
    @jennifermartin1775 Місяць тому

    Lovely! Happy Thanksgiving! 😊

  • @susanwilliams1881
    @susanwilliams1881 Місяць тому

    Yes like turkey

  • @rosalynnecole23
    @rosalynnecole23 Місяць тому +1

    Everything looks great!!!

  • @raefryou7264
    @raefryou7264 Місяць тому

    Meghan, no one has ever told you about putting a wooden spoon across the top of your pot to stop overflows. It works i do it all the time!

    • @MeghanBirch
      @MeghanBirch  Місяць тому +1

      I definitely know that trick. 😊 a few times I left the heat on too high when I was making cranberry sauce. It was a user mistake that no spoon would’ve stopped. 😂😊

  • @nannybug1118
    @nannybug1118 Місяць тому +1

    Happy Thanksgiving! Loved watching your video.

  • @wandaramos8157
    @wandaramos8157 Місяць тому

    You are absolutely right.I've been brining my turkey for the past twenty years..Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours🦃

  • @cindylewis2390
    @cindylewis2390 16 днів тому

    Love your videos, always watch your Aldi one's too especially! I seen that white spoon you're using to make the cranberry stuff and that is the kind of spoon I've been looking for, short handle and flat spoon edge! Can you tell me where I can get one like that??? Wish you and your family a great Christmas and New Year.

  • @christineschafer8214
    @christineschafer8214 Місяць тому +2

    Please tell me what kind of dog is Georgie? Adorable❤

    • @MeghanBirch
      @MeghanBirch  Місяць тому

      George is a Mini Aussiedoodle

  • @debbyferguson5638
    @debbyferguson5638 Місяць тому

    Your meal looks absolutely amazing. Hope it was as good as it looked. Happy Holidays!❤❤❤❤

  • @KellyGriffiths-p9m
    @KellyGriffiths-p9m Місяць тому

    I cooked 4 turkeys each one had a little diff taste and they were awesome

  • @marciakinsey5221
    @marciakinsey5221 Місяць тому +1

    My mom only used cinnamon in her pumpkin pie. She thought the other spices were overpowering; needless to say it’s the way I make pumpkin pie, too

    • @MeghanBirch
      @MeghanBirch  Місяць тому

      We’re all thinking alike! Less is more!

  • @timhesby9404
    @timhesby9404 Місяць тому

    We put ours in a cooler overnight. . Than put it outside.not a pail 🪣

  • @marymasden6616
    @marymasden6616 Місяць тому +1

    Do you put apples in your cranberry sauce delicious.❤😊

    • @MeghanBirch
      @MeghanBirch  Місяць тому

      I don’t. I bet it would be good!

  • @sherrypulliam381
    @sherrypulliam381 Місяць тому +1

    Hey Meghan I’m new to this channel I enjoyed the video

  • @lindaedison4070
    @lindaedison4070 Місяць тому +1

    I've had brined turkey, fried turkey, smoked turkey (did not care for smoked), roasted turkey, and finally, Traeger turkey (which is NOT the same as smoked, it's very similar to roasted). Traeger and roasted are my favorite. The brine didn't really make a difference, IMO. My favorite is my Granny's dressing, and southern fried corn, and fried okra.

    • @MeghanBirch
      @MeghanBirch  Місяць тому

      So many turkey styles I haven’t tried yet

  • @annahoover5296
    @annahoover5296 Місяць тому +1

    Hi Meghan

  • @maryjoeckenrode7307
    @maryjoeckenrode7307 Місяць тому

    We watched White Christmas and Polar Express

  • @Miriam-w8j
    @Miriam-w8j Місяць тому +1

    What did you do with the livers,neck and gizzard? I missed that part. My opinion,but I think you should tie the legs . My thing .

  • @JillDecker-j9w
    @JillDecker-j9w Місяць тому +1

    You need coffee meghan yeh 😊

    • @MeghanBirch
      @MeghanBirch  Місяць тому

      😂 Amazingly enough I only drink decaf! It’s for the flavor!

  • @KellyGriffiths-p9m
    @KellyGriffiths-p9m Місяць тому

    Home

  • @michaelmcclure7758
    @michaelmcclure7758 Місяць тому

    awwwww, george! ❤