Before you know it, your home will be full of vacationing kids and Thanksgiving guests. So why not do some baking and freezing now? It will be great having a variety of baked goods to serve when you've got a full house. And the kids at home now will enjoy baking with you, especially if it involves some sample tasting.

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The biggest challenge to creating a kosher Thanksgiving meal is making the traditional Thanksgiving side dishes in non-dairy form (parve) so they can be eaten with the turkey. This cornbread recipe uses soy milk. These parve Cornbread Muffins are moist and sweet.

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I'd say stuffing wins second place after the turkey when it comes to my family's favorite Thanksgiving dish. And there is never enough room in the turkey to make all the stuffing we want. So I like to make more stuffing, and I like to make it in my Crockpot. This recipe for Crockpot Thanksgiving Stuffing is easy, delicious and it even frees up valuable space in my oven on Thanksgiving day.

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If Susie Fishbein writes "I love this turkey recipe", then I've got to make it! I can't hide my enthusiasm for what Fishbein has done for kosher cooking. At the same time she has raised the quality and made it more accessible to novice cooks. Since every Fishbein recipe I've tried has been a huge success, I'm going to use her kosher Roast Turkey with Caramelized Onion-Balsamic Gravy recipe this Thanksgiving.

This kosher Roast Stuffed Turkey is the quintessential Thanksgiving entree, but it is also the perfect dish to serve when entertaining a large group of people. These carefully written instructions take the novice turkey-roaster from thawing to carving.

Serve the turkey with this Easy Turkey Gravy

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I shocked my cholent-hating family with this one. A friend told me the Pareve Bean Cholent in the Lubavitch Women's Cookbook Spice and Spirit was fantastic. I tried it, but I changed some of the ingredients and cooked the stew in a crock pot. Everyone asked for seconds and thirds! This Vegetarian Cholent is hearty and delicious, but much lighter than meat cholent recipes.

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This Shabbat in a Pot recipe cooks the chicken and the rice together in the same pot. The rice is delicious as it absorbs the juices from the chicken. Make sure that the chicken is sealed tightly when cooking so that the steam stays in the pot and keeps the chicken moist.

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This easy vegetable rice pilaf recipe is perfect for when you need a quick, but festive side dish. When I have invited guests for Shabbat and am in a hurry, I serve chicken soup, roast chicken, roast vegetables and this rice pilaf. If there are lots of kids at the table, I use white rice instead of brown rice.

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Learn how to prepare kosher dishes by watching online videos of experts preparing noodle kugel, knishes, matzo balls, bagels, challah, rugelach, mandel bread and more!

This Israeli Cooked Olive Salad is often set out on the table as a first course appetizer next to the humus, matboucha, eggplant salad, tomato-cucumber salad and breads at parties in Israel. This delicious olive-tomato dish is easy to prepare. Just boil the olives, saute the garlic, add tomato paste and spices, and cook on the stove top. This flexible dish can be served warm, cold or at room temperature.

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