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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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My favorite way to cook the turkey is on the Grill with charcoal and apple wood chips. I soak it in brine overnight, and roast it in the grill most of Thanksgiving day. This is great because it keeps my oven available to cook the sides, and also keeps less people in the kitchen!
laciebee
November 14, 2012 10:39 a.m.
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nothing fancy for us, just plain old roasted turkey - YUM!
dawnl39
November 14, 2012 10:38 a.m.
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COLLARD greens with hot vinager is my favorite side to a great turkey.
alisonalieu
November 14, 2012 10:37 a.m.
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My favorite way to cook a turkey was to show up at by brothers house and enjoy the turkey he had cooked and the family and friends in attendance. It will be different this year as my brother passed away a few weeks ago after a battle with cancer.
colemanrk
November 14, 2012 10:36 a.m.
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My favorite side dish is baked mac and cheese with crumbled bacon.
bg4110
November 14, 2012 10:32 a.m.
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My favorite holiday side dish is green bean casserole!
tcrowley122
November 14, 2012 10:30 a.m.
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with butter and rosmary and squash caseroll on the side!
mirandaelaine
November 14, 2012 10:29 a.m.
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Favorite side dish - sweet potato casserole!
abbysmom07
November 14, 2012 10:29 a.m.
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My favorite way to cook a Butterball Turkey is when someone else cooks it!! LOL

I will buy and my sister will cook it :)
MngoneShopin
November 14, 2012 10:29 a.m.
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I like to put my turkey in the oven after I have basted it with a little butter on top. My family likes a good ole fashion turkey. We always get a Butterball turkey.
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November 14, 2012 10:28 a.m.
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Best way to cook it is in the oven after injecting it with butter and spices. And what's Thanksgiving without pumpkin pies
payton87
November 14, 2012 10:24 a.m.
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our favorite side dish on thanksgiving is.... homemade egg salad! yes, a huge bowl with rolls, there is not a bite left ever year!
arlenekelley
November 14, 2012 10:24 a.m.
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My favorite way to cook a turkey is either deep frying or baking in the oven. I haven't ever stuffed the turkey before putting it in the oven, but I may just have to try that this year. My favorite side dish is my mother in laws stuffing. Its a tradition for me, my sister in law, niece and mother in law to fix the stuffing together. Its absolutely delicious!!
Click to view my profile Jen11
November 14, 2012 10:23 a.m.
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Thanksgiving would not be the same without my moms homemade stuffing and candied yams! Yummm, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. :)
cmmassengill
November 14, 2012 10:22 a.m.
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My hubby cooks the turkey, which for me is the BEST way! He does the stuffing too and then I do the rest of the meal. He swears a minimal approach is best....salt & pepper and butter on the bird...wrapped in a good tin foil tent with half the stuffing in the bird and half out. It comes out perfect every year!
sisstrsuz
November 14, 2012 10:21 a.m.
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What is Thanksgiving Turkey without a sweet potato casserole?! Yummy!
jharris323
November 14, 2012 10:21 a.m.
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Oh, my very favorite way to cook a turkey is to fry it with cajun spices, like I used to do with my dad. :) Since we do not currently have a fryer, I roast it slowly with an herb butter compote rubbed into the meat under the skin. My favorite side dish is my mom's dressing, which I make from scratch every year, from the cornbread to the biscuits that go into it. Usually, two pans of cornbread, since one always disappears before making it into the dressing!! My grandmother and I were laughing about that the other day.
thomasrd1
November 14, 2012 10:21 a.m.
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Our favorite way is to slow roast the turkey. So many good recipes for Thanksgiving but a favorite is Pumpkin Chocolate Chip bread.
mupchurch85
November 14, 2012 10:20 a.m.
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About 15 years ago, I saw a show the they brine-d a turkey... From that point on, that is how I have fixed mine and I have never tasted any better. My favorite side is the dressing... Like my mother, I fix mine as a side dish and do not "stuff" it in the bird. The bird cavity is saved for apple, onion and herbs...
bookwisemarsh
November 14, 2012 10:19 a.m.
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We cook our Turkey is deep frying. The night before I take a flavor injector and inject butter and my special blend of spices. That makes for a very flavorful and moist inside. Favorite side dish is the cornbread stuffing my Grandmother has been making since I can remember, Just brown and serve its the best.
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November 14, 2012 10:19 a.m.
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My favorite way to cook the turkey is roasting in the oven. I love getting up early and preparing my favorite side which is the homemade stuffing - simple but delicious. I love the smell of the turkey that spreads throughout the house. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and I would love to win a Butterball turkey so I can make more of my homemade stuffing. By the way, thank you for helping me save money.
lesliek01
November 14, 2012 10:17 a.m.
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I like to make Cheroset as a Thanksgiving side dish. It is traditionally a Jewish Passover dish, but the flavors are wonderful with the traditional Fall/Thanksgiving dishes. It's basically, chopped apples, walnuts, honey, cinnamon, and sweet wine or grape juice. It is great by itself....but I like to eat it with goat cheese and bread.
rachel6
November 14, 2012 10:16 a.m.
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We love to fry our turkeys, but oil is so expensive we don't do it often! It's hard to pick a favorite Thanksgiving recipe but my husband's sweet potato pies are the best!!
jtpajones
November 14, 2012 10:14 a.m.
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First, I soften my butter and then add my seasoning to it. After that, I rub my turkey on the outside and under the skin with the butter mixture and then I place it in a browning bag and let it cook slowly. It is so juice and tender.
meharris0604
November 14, 2012 10:14 a.m.
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Our favorite way to cook a turkey is by slow roasting our turkey & spending time with the family. And of cource don't forget the pumpkin pie-I'm hungry all ready.
ashchrismel
November 14, 2012 10:12 a.m.
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My favorite Holiday side is Stuffing, I can remember having my God Mother teach me and my sisters how to make this side by scratch. We would roll out sleeves up and get to work with putting every thing together. And the most fun part is making a mess and Eatting it after it was done! The Turky is grilled, my father pulls his grill out early in the AM and grills the etire turkey it comes out so jucy and tender melts in your mouth with that gilled tast! Yummooo
sherrybullock2U
November 14, 2012 10:10 a.m.
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My favorite way to cook a turkey is to put it on the grill and cook it, then if it is not all eaten you can make turkey barbeque.My favorites side dish is candied yams and collared.My favorites dessert is homemade pecan pies. When I make my pecan pies I always have to make extra so that my relatives can take one home with them.
nbjb02
November 14, 2012 10:08 a.m.
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We have tried over the years to prepare our turkey different trendy ways. But the FAVORITE for my kids and solider is to stuff it and cook it slow (baste it hourly) just like Grandma used to do. Our favorite side dish is Grandma's Sweet Potato Casserole. YUM
cacwyo
November 14, 2012 10:07 a.m.
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My favorite side dish, hmmmm....that's hard! I like so many! I guess I would have to say sweet potato cassarole. So sweet and yummy!
aloflin
November 14, 2012 10:06 a.m.
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My favorite part of Thanksgiving Dinner is Dessert. Especially my Mom's Strawberry Delight, which is similar to cheesecake, but easier to make. So delicious! This year we are going to my sister's house in TN for Thanksgiving and my parents are going there too. It's the first Thanksgiving since my sister's husband passed away and we are going there to surround her and her kids with love and support. It would be great to show up with a turkey in hand.
carrieblanc
November 14, 2012 10:06 a.m.
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I just put my turkey in browning bag with butter and let cook, I love homemade potatoe salad & collard greens, Mmmmmmmmmm Good!
patriciacarter
November 14, 2012 10:05 a.m.
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We barbeque our Turkey on a Wilmington Grill. Get up around 5or six and put it on. We fill the grill with water and steam cook it. It is the pretty brown turkey and so moist. Then I take it up and chop it like barbeque. We use my special sauce and pour it on and mix it. We always have the regular Turkey and the Barbeque Turkey. My kids always ask for the Barbeque Turkey with my sauce (Ketchup, brown sugar, vineagar, garlic, salt and pepper, butter and bring to a boil and add a few more spices) .
tbphilli59
November 14, 2012 10:04 a.m.
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Deep frying is a great way to cook your Thanksgiving turkey!! My favorite side dish is the green bean casserole, YUM!!!!
roslyn2
November 14, 2012 10:02 a.m.
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I always brine my turkey overnight in vegetable stock and kosher salt. Next, rinse and dry, removing the innards. Then, I heat a pot of water almost to boil. Sitting the turkey in the sink, I pour the hot water over the turkey- this pulls the skin in tight, making for a juicier turkey. Then, I bake until the little timer pops up! My favorite side dish is giblet gravy, so save those innards!
ecumuse
November 14, 2012 10:02 a.m.
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I love the fried turkey!!!!!
ali817959
November 14, 2012 10:02 a.m.
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Our traditional Thanksgiving dinner consists of oyster dressing, cranberry salad, fresh green beans, sweet potato casserole, homemade rolls, and pumpkin pie. However, this year we are fixing roasted cornish hens, macaroni/spinach muffins, green beans, and hot rolls. Of course, we can't forget the pumpkin pie!
snoozin97us
November 14, 2012 10:00 a.m.
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Turkey is great any way it is prepared or even cold the next day for sandwiches. We prefer it baked in the oven with Grandma's love and attention to every detail. We really look forward to the giblet gravy that only Grandma can fix!!! umm, umm, umm All the side dishes just add to the great taste of the complete Thanksgiving Dinner!
cppwn
November 14, 2012 9:58 a.m.
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I can't pick just one side dish, so here goes: mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, and turkey... If turkey was a side! :)
ashleeregister
November 14, 2012 9:57 a.m.
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My all time favorite thanksgiving dish is sweet potato pie. It is so yummy. I like making my family baked macaroni and cheese with 4 different types of cheeses.
tawandaharris
November 14, 2012 9:55 a.m.
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I fix my turkey with Butter, sage and rosemary stuffed in the cavity. Then continue to baste with butter while it cooks. My favorite side dish is a sweet potato casserole with brown sugar and pecans crumbled on top.
tarheelgirl0510
November 14, 2012 9:54 a.m.
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I still use the Reynolds Browning bag. After a good washing the turkey and placing patties of butter inside the old bird, I put more on the breast area and cook in oven. No stuffing in bird. I prepare my stuffing as a side dish and a favorite is giblet gravy.
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November 14, 2012 9:53 a.m.
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I have ALWAYS loved stuffing but my new favorite is Pumpkin bars!

Thank you so much for the chance to win!

Good luck to all!! :)
4intow
November 14, 2012 9:52 a.m.
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I love turkey any way. I always look forward to the fresh cranberry sauce too:)
tinaewchiro
November 14, 2012 9:49 a.m.
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One of my favorite side dishes is a cranberry salad. You add a box of red jello with warm water, Canada Dry Cranberry Ginger Ale and a 1/2 cup of pecans. The warm water and Cranberry Ginger Ale will be the same amount stated on the jello box. Mixed all ingredients together and chilled for 2 hours. Afterwards, one can place the chilled Cranberry Ginger Ale Jello on a piece of lettuce as a side dish. This could be a desert or a side dish. (michelledavis20)
michelledavis20
November 14, 2012 9:46 a.m.
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deep fried turkey injected with italian salad dressing is the best! Favorite side dish is 5 cup salad or baked macaroni & cheese! Mmm..my mouth is watering already!
heylilliza
November 14, 2012 9:46 a.m.
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My favorite is fried turkey With Ukraniun mushroom dish on the side .
conservativepatriot
November 14, 2012 9:45 a.m.
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I love the traditional baked turkey with all the trimmings. Even better, I love a turkey sandwich the next day!
knowles7806
November 14, 2012 9:40 a.m.
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I love to brine the turkey like my mom and grandma did. I soak it overnight in salt water in a huge pan in the fridge or if it's chilly enough outside I just cover it in the pan and soak it outside on the screened-in porch. It makes the moistest turkey ever!!!
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November 14, 2012 9:36 a.m.
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My 2 favorite side dishes are corn pudding and collard greens.
adarcus2005
November 14, 2012 9:32 a.m.
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I always cook my turkey, the old fashion way, rub it down in plenty of butter, then cover it with a cheese cloth, that has been rubbed in plenty of butter then cover the turkey, and baste every hour. I cook it at 300 slowly, the aroma is out of this world, then prepare the mashed potatoes, with the dressing, and vegetables..HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE
vincentwilliam794
November 14, 2012 9:30 a.m.
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