$50 Thanksgiving Challenge

Walmart invited Becentsable to participate in a $50 Thanksgiving challenge and sent me a $50 gift card. The challenge was to make a Thanksgiving dinner for $50 or less. I thought it would be fun to give one of my readers the $50 gift card and share their shopping trip. Kelly (a local Becentsable reader) was nice enough to go shopping with me and share her recipes so you can see what she is going to do with all this yummy food.

Here is what Kelly got for just under $50:

Turkey:

12 lb Turkey

Lemons

Oranges

Onions

Kosher salt

Stuffing:

2 Loaves of French Bread

Celery

Dinner Rolls:

2 packs of rolls

Sweet potatoes:

Sweet potatoes

Marshmallows

Brown Sugar

Corn casserole:

15.25oz whole kernel corn

14.75 oz cream corn

8 oz box Jiffy corn muffin mix

Sour Cream

Cranberries:

2 medium navel oranges

2 medium tart apple

2 cup fresh cranberries

Gravy:

5 cans of Chicken Broth

Beverages:

2 bottles of Sparkling Welch’s juice

Pumpkin Pie:

Pie Crust

Pumpkin

Evaporated milk

Recipes:

Turkey

Brine:

1 cup Kosher salt

1 lemon, cut into wedges

1 orange, cut into wedges

1 medium onion, cut into wedges

3 cloves garlic

4 bay leaves

1 tablespoon dried thyme

1 tablespoon ground black pepper

1 1/2 gallons cold water

Directions

Rub salt onto your turkey, and place remaining salt, lemons, oranges, onion, garlic, bay leaves, thyme and pepper into a large pot. Place the turkey in the pot, and fill with water. Refrigerate overnight. Discard brine after removing turkey.

Bake next day 350 degrees 3-3.5 hours or until bird is 180 degrees

Cranberry Relish (serves 5)

1 medium navel orange, peeled and sectioned

1 medium tart apple, cored and sliced

1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries

1 cup sugar

Seeds of pomegranate (opt)

Directions

In a food processor, combine all ingredients (not pomegranate); cover and process until fruit is chopped. Transfer to a bowl, add seeds and stir

Corn Casserole: (6-8 servings)

15.25oz whole kernel corn

14.75 oz cream corn

8 oz box Jiffy corn muffin mix

1 C Sour Cream

1 stick Butter

1-1 ½ C shredded Cheddar cheese

Stir together all but cheese and pour into greased 9×13 casserole.  Bake 350 degrees 45 min or until golden brown.  Remove and top with cheese.  Return to oven 5-10 minutes or cheese is all melted.  Let stand 5 min and serve warm.

A big thank you to Kelly for going shopping with me and sharing her recipes!