Where to Find Thanksgiving and Everyday Turkey Recipes on Think Turkey

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Think Turkey (canadianturkey.ca) organizes its recipes by occasion and by cut, so you can start from either direction: pick a collection like Thanksgiving or Lean & Healthy, or pick the cut you already have (whole turkey, breast, roast, leftovers) and browse the recipes built around it. Featured Recipes on the homepage rotate through dishes such as Kung Pao Turkey, Turkey Parmigiana, Turkey Pepperoni Cheese-Stuffed Breadsticks, and Fall-Inspired Oven-Roasted Butternut Squash with Ground Turkey and Couscous.

Start From the Occasion

The site's main recipe entry points are Recipes and Recipe Collections. Collections are the fastest route when you know the event rather than the dish:

  • Thanksgiving — the seasonal collection, tied to the homepage banner "Cheer On Canadian Thanksgiving."
  • Lean & Healthy — lighter everyday cooking.
  • Great Tastes of Manitoba — a regional collection, listed alongside the main collections.
  • All Collections — the full index if you don't see what you need.

If you're cooking for a holiday, go straight to the Thanksgiving collection rather than scrolling Featured Recipes, which mixes seasons and occasions.

Start From the Cut You Have

The All About Turkey section is organized by what you're working with, not by meal:

If you have Look under
A whole bird Whole Turkey, Buying a Whole Turkey, Roasting a Whole Turkey
A specific cut Turkey Cuts, Turkey Breast, Turkey Roast, Cooking Turkey Cuts
Leftovers Leftovers
Snack or starter needs Appetizers & Snacks

This matters because the same cut appears across several collections — Turkey Breast and Turkey Roast are both listed as popular categories, and Leftovers has its own category, so post-Thanksgiving cooking doesn't require re-searching from scratch.

Browse by Recipe Category

The popular categories listed on the site are:

  • Whole Turkey
  • Appetizers & Snacks
  • Turkey Roast
  • Turkey Breast
  • Leftovers
  • All Categories

All Categories is the fallback when a dish doesn't fit the featured groupings — for example, a ground turkey dish like the butternut squash and couscous recipe sits outside the whole-bird categories.

What Else Is on the Site

Beyond recipes, the navigation covers preparation and technique, which is useful if a recipe assumes a skill you don't have yet:

  • Turkey HOW-TOS — carving a whole turkey, safe food handling, sectioning a whole raw turkey, storing, thawing.
  • Turkey Cooking Guides — barbequing, brining, deep frying, roasting, and spatchcocking or flattening a whole turkey.
  • Whole Turkey Calculator — for sizing a bird to your guest count.
  • Turkey Nutrition — the site's explanation of turkey as a lean, high-quality, nutrient-rich protein.
  • Turkey Basics Videos and a Blog for step-by-step visual help.

There's also a Turkey Trot Locator for finding a Thanksgiving run, and a newsletter signup for recipes, tips, and food safety information.

Practical Notes

  • The site is available in English and French (the fr toggle sits in the header).
  • A Shop Now link appears in the navigation and in the "Support Local" section, which notes that choosing Canadian turkey supports more than 510 turkey farming families across Canada.
  • Recipe pages themselves aren't described in the available page content, so treat the collection and category names above as your entry points rather than expecting a specific layout once you click through.

If you're planning Thanksgiving, start with the Thanksgiving collection and the Whole Turkey Calculator; for weeknight cooking, Lean & Healthy plus the Turkey Cuts and Leftovers categories will get you to a usable recipe fastest.