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Holiday Giveaway: FIVE Butterball turkeys!

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Published: 2012-11-13 14:32:36
Updated: 2012-11-13 14:32:36

Posted: November 13, 2012

Tags: Freebies, Grocery freebies, Seasonal & Holidays

 

I am kicking off a month of holiday giveaways today with a fantastic freebie from Butterball: Five FREE Butterball turkeys!

As a way of saying thank you to all of you for reading the blog, telling your friends about it, posting deals, comments and questions and being a part of our Smart Shopper "family", I will be giving away more than ever in the next month with multiple giveaways per week! We'll have lots of winners, lots of fun and lots of freebies!

For this giveaway, five lucky winners will each receive a voucher good for up to $15 off a Butterball turkey! Plus, Butterball has some great new resources for making this your tastiest Thanksgiving ever!  Here are some more details about their Golden Thursday promotion from the folks at Butterball:

Golden Thursday

Butterball is launching Golden Thursday™ on November 15, the week before Thanksgiving, to offer tips, advice & recipes to help make the holiday shine!

With family members coming together to celebrate the highly-anticipated Thanksgiving meal, holiday cooks everywhere spend hours preparing for the big day. To help ensure it's a meal that will be remembered, Butterball® is sharing expert advice earlier this year to make your Thanksgiving Day shine – where to find savings, go-to holiday recipes that are sure to please and ways to access Butterball's expert advice via Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Butterball Cookbook Plus™ app, Butterball.com and 1-800-BUTTERBALL.

Butterball® Turkey Talk-Line® : The 50 professionally trained turkey experts at the Butterball® Turkey Talk-Line® are ready to talk turkey! The experts at the Butterball Turkey-Talk Line can help new cooks and seasoned pros alike put the golden touch on holiday celebrations by sharing new recipes, providing tips on thawing and cooking methods.  You can reach the hotline at 1-800-BUTTERBALL.

Butterball cooking app: Butterball has just launched a new app called "Butterball Cookbook Plus - Recipes for Thanksgiving & Every Day Occasions."   Download the Butterball Cookbook Plus App for iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch® from the App Store HERE to get easy access to recipe ideas, how-to videos, upcoming Butterball promotions and cooking advice at your fingertips. The app costs $4.99.

For access to all these helpful resources, go to Butterball.com HERE.   

Butterball Turkey Giveaway

To enter to win one of the five FREE turkey vouchers, leave a comment below about your favorite way to cook a turkey or let us know your favorite holiday side dish. 

I will randomly pick the 5 winning names on Thursday, November 15th at 2:00 pm and will post the winning names soon after 2:00.  This is a quick giveaway so you receive your turkey vouchers in time to use them for Thanksgiving.

Good luck everyone!

My thanks to Butterball for hosting this generous giveaway and providing the free turkey vouchers!!

 

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Our family loves fried turkey with sweet potato casserole and corn pudding. Thanks!
Rene8488
November 14, 2012 12:12 p.m.
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Favorite side dish is oyster dressing. How I wish my Grandmother was still here to make this for our family. No one can make it taste like hers. It goes great with a Butterball Turkey
cindyfaulkner
November 14, 2012 12:10 p.m.
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My favorite dish is a cranberry jelly I make every year. It's just sweet enough for a desset but a little tart to eat as a side with our dinner.
vjeanss1
November 14, 2012 12:05 p.m.
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favorite side would be the stuffing we do it two different ways traditional stuffing and baked stuffing
youngsy209
November 14, 2012 12:02 p.m.
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Favorite side dish is: green bean casserole with onion flavored, crispy noodles on top that my daughter, Francesca brings over. It is soooo good.
dmzac
November 14, 2012 11:56 a.m.
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I love, love, love Hashbrown Casserole with my Holiday meals. Of course that means by January I am in desperate need of a diet :)
Click to view my profile teddybear199
November 14, 2012 11:53 a.m.
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You just can't beat a classic slow roasted turkey. I pull up the skin and massage the bird with olive oil, fresh sage, rosemary, thyme and garlic. Put a whole onion into the cavity while it roasts. I boil the giblets for my Grandmother's old fashioned gravy with boiled eggs and pimentos. My dad eats it like a soup he loves it so much. I also do the "dressing" and bake it in a pan separate from the bird. Everyone else brings sides and my Mom makes a congealed cranberry salad with cream cheese that is a huge hit. The meal is not complete until you have a slice of my pecan pie which I am told is the very best they ever ate. I love to cook.
devilblue
November 14, 2012 11:49 a.m.
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We love the taste (and smell!) of smoked turkey, but we don't have the patience to watch the smoker all day. So we stuff it with apples and oranges and bake it (in an oven bag) for a while to get it nice and brown and partially cooked through. Then we put it on the smoker outside for about 2 hours. mmmmmmmmmmmmm! Thanks for the giveaway, Faye, and Happy Thanksgiving!
Click to view my profile j3434
November 14, 2012 11:49 a.m.
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We bake our turkey in the oven stuffed with onions and apples. Our favorite side dish would have to be cornbread chicken dressing
lumbeechic2001
November 14, 2012 11:48 a.m.
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I love Turkey day it just makes my mouth water from the thought. I like to let my Turkey marinate in vinegar and seasonings for a day and then I cook it in my rooster over the aroma and taste are awesome. My sides are usually stuffing with sausage,onions,green pepper and celery.Sweet potatos topped with brown sugar and pecans. Collard greens with smoke neckbones and pigtails. Potato salad rice green beans and anything else I can come with I usually serve. My favorite place in my house is my kitchen I love food.
jocorri2075
November 14, 2012 11:47 a.m.
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I put pats of butter under the skin of the turkey so that it continually bastes from the inside :) And, I LOVE green bean casserole!! Yumm!
bdmutchler
November 14, 2012 11:46 a.m.
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I like to dry brine my turkey the day before, store in fridge overnight then rinse and season and roast. Best turkey ever! We like creamed onions as a special side dish
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November 14, 2012 11:44 a.m.
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I roast my turkey in a pretty traditional manner...I'm thinking of trying Alton Brown's brining recipe this year though. Wish me luck!

My favorite sides are...ummm...all of them! Yeast rolls, my sweetie's homemade stuffing made with sausage, apples, cranberries and fresh herbs, sweet potato casserole, homemade cranberry sauce, and more!
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November 14, 2012 11:44 a.m.
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My fav way to cook a turkey is fried and with a side of my broc& cheese casserole!!
mzcheresem
November 14, 2012 11:43 a.m.
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I love an old fashion roasted turkey glazed with butter and honey with cornbread stuffing at its core!
xfile951
November 14, 2012 11:40 a.m.
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Rub the turkey with mayonnaise to get the spices to stick and to have a golden brown crusty skin.
beachblues1
November 14, 2012 11:37 a.m.
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I love homemade cranberry sauce!
nceducator79
November 14, 2012 11:31 a.m.
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Broccoli and cauliflower casserole is delicious. Also, my candied yams, yum, yum!
dsmith399
November 14, 2012 11:30 a.m.
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My favorite way of cooking a turkey is to let someone else cook it. When it comes to a favorite food I love the dressing/stuffing.
margaretcovert
November 14, 2012 11:28 a.m.
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Our Favorite Way to cook a turkey- Is with Cajun Season and then we put it in the deep fryer. It is so delicious and Juicy!
dleggett1687
November 14, 2012 11:27 a.m.
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I LOVE putting the turkey on the grill and adding some very flavorful seasonings!! It would taste the same though without my grandma Smith's dressing and homemade cranberry sauce. YUM YUM!!! Brian D. Smith Happy Thanksgiving!!
bdsmith91711
November 14, 2012 11:25 a.m.
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My favorite way to cook a turkey is to inject it with some cajun seasoning and then deep fry it. Oh my goodness it is a taste like no other. We did this last year at my church when we served the community Thanksgiving dinner and they loved it.
katlynandabbysmom
November 14, 2012 11:24 a.m.
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I love the fried turkey with stuffing on the side. YUM!!!!!!!!!!! I also like to cook turkey breast in the crockpot, put it on in the morning and its done by supper.
muchie25
November 14, 2012 11:19 a.m.
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Mexican Rice is a favorite side dish of my family. It is an old Southern Living recipe.
jtaylor3
November 14, 2012 11:18 a.m.
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We have started a new family tradition based on compassion after learning about the abuse suffered by turkeys at Butterball plants in North Carolina.
Carrboro-resident
November 14, 2012 11:14 a.m.
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I love baking the turkey with fresh herbs out of my garden (sage, rosemerry, thyme)and butter salt and pepper. Give it such a good flavor.Got to have the green bean casserole to go with it.
argalleryart
November 14, 2012 11:13 a.m.
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In the past couple of years I have started "brining" my turkeys and oh my, it does make a difference. I do include a touch of soy sauce to add depth of flavor and color.

Our favorite dish is Mashed Potato Casserole. It's mashed potatoes with cream cheese, sour cream, some melted butter, green onions, garlic salt or powder, and grated cheese on top.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
pwinans
November 14, 2012 11:11 a.m.
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I love when the family holiday turkey is cooked in the deep fryer, I love the crunchiness of the skinand even warmed up itis still delicious!
lgdoby
November 14, 2012 11:11 a.m.
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roasted turkey with stuffing made with beef- my grand-mother made it this way & it's delicious!!!
jcrphny
November 14, 2012 11:10 a.m.
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I love it smoked!!!!! Also we have pineapple casserole, mashed potatoes, gravy and of course stuffing!!!!! YUM!!!!!
dixiedaisy02
November 14, 2012 11:07 a.m.
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Deep fried all the way! As far as a favorite side dish, that has to be the dressing. Whether it is an all bread stuffing like my maternal Grandmother made, or a beef, veal, and mashed potato stuffing like my paternal Grandmother made....it is all good to me!
RileyQuinnsMom
November 14, 2012 11:02 a.m.
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Deep fry that bad boy after rubbing margerine all over it and using spices to marinade. Green beans casserole and fresh mashed potatoes and gravy!
aewagner87
November 14, 2012 11:02 a.m.
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I season my organic/natural turkey with a paste made from a tbs.Cavender's Greek seasoning, two tbs. of any "leafy" herb like ground sage, and a tbs. of olive oil.

It's bake on 350 degrees for an hour 1/2 till done. My clue is when the meat falls of the bone.
piety409
November 14, 2012 11:00 a.m.
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One one way..Roasted...
ProzacDispenser
November 14, 2012 10:59 a.m.
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i love fried turkey with black eyed peas and red gravy that my great-grandmother passed down the recipe for years ago. I can't wait for my turkey day coma!!
ecuaoii
November 14, 2012 10:59 a.m.
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I loosen up the skin and stuff seasoned butter . I serve it with cranberry sauce.
mlangworthy2
November 14, 2012 10:58 a.m.
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I rub butter all over the skin, then rub some garlic over it with a little bit of lemon juice and my dads special stuffing recipe inside! yumm i can taste it now
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November 14, 2012 10:54 a.m.
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I like to cook my turkey in the reynolds turkey bags. Makes it realy juicy. Lately, though I love a deep fried Turkey. Amazing flavor.Love to have broccoli cheese casserole with my turkey dinner, easy to fix and well loved.
grovesbarbara
November 14, 2012 10:54 a.m.
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I roast my turkey breast down, then flip it to get brown, it is much juicer this way. Serve it with whipped sweet potatoes with a little orange juice and my special spices. Happy Turkey Day !!
lenoreherbert
November 14, 2012 10:51 a.m.
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About 10years ago, my co-workers deep fried a turkey and it was the best I have every ate. So now, fried turkey is what I like to serve during the holidays.
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November 14, 2012 10:50 a.m.
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We smother our bird in butter and herbs and bake it in the over. One of our favorite sides is fried brussel sprouts.
gwenhwyfar
November 14, 2012 10:48 a.m.
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I enjoy cooking my turkey in a baking bag because it tends to be more moist and not dry. Also enjoy cooking my sweet potato yams with my special spices.
sewing1255
November 14, 2012 10:45 a.m.
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We always get a Butterball turkey and I assist my 93 year old Mother with basting the turkey and cooking it the old fashioned way in the oven. I know I won't have too many years left with my Mother so I am trying to make this an extra special Thanksgiving. My favorite side dish is Pepperidge farm dressing.
wandahearne
November 14, 2012 10:44 a.m.
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*roasting bag
carolinagal78
November 14, 2012 10:44 a.m.
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I like to cook a turkey breast in a roasting bad. It helps keep it moist. My favorite side dish is sweet potato/yam souffle. I can't wait (:
carolinagal78
November 14, 2012 10:43 a.m.
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Our favorite way to cook a Butterball turkey is to deep fry it in peanut oil. After cleaning the turkey, my husband drys the turkey inside and out with Bounty papertowels and then rubs the Butterball turkey with cayenne pepper. He does not add salt or black pepper to the turkey. (With all the cayenne pepper believe it or not the Butterball turkey is not "pepper hot". It is delicious!!!
janicedickens
November 14, 2012 10:43 a.m.
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my favorite way to cook a turkey is on the grill
joseykatie687
November 14, 2012 10:41 a.m.
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We cook our turkey on our Holland grill.. opens up room in the oben for all the sides!
sheilairwinhomes
November 14, 2012 10:41 a.m.
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I good and very tasty way to cook a whole turkey or chicken is in a (brown paper) grocery bag. Oil the inside of the bag and season turkey to taste. 350 degrees. Turkey browns so evenly. This way of cooking a chicken or turkey was found in the Southern Living magazine about 30 years ago. My mother and I still cook in paper bags. *Note... bag will NOT burn.
sgadams
November 14, 2012 10:40 a.m.
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My favorite side dish is the broccoli and cheese casserole my aunt makes.
mmfm76
November 14, 2012 10:40 a.m.
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