There’s less than a week to go until 2011 Thanksgiving Day and we know how many of you are looking forward to sharing the day with family and friends, no doubt gathered around the table enjoying a great meal together. You might want to begin looking at some Thanksgiving recipes now and we have rounded up some of the very best Thanksgiving recipe selections to help make your day go smoothly.

Whether you intend to be doing the bulk of the cooking yourself, or whether you’re fortunate enough to have been invited over and want to take a dish along with you, you’re sure to find some great ideas among these recipe selections. Firstly we’ll start with tasteofhome.com that will help you plan the perfect Thanksgiving dinner. Just looking at the traditional turkey for example there’s advice on cooking it, stuffing it and also carving the bird. There are also sections on turkey leftovers, the top 10 pumpkin dessert recipes and Thanksgiving treats, videos, Thanksgiving centerpieces plus an awful lot more to give you ideas.

Over on foodnetwork.com a Thanksgiving section includes all the usual traditional dishes and items such as vegetable side dishes, 50 mashed potato recipe ideas, cranberry sauce twists and basics such as green bean casseroles, 100 mac and cheese recipes, a Thanksgiving breadbasket and sweet potato casserole. At the top of the page we’ve linked to you’ll find a Thanksgiving Planning Calendar with daily tips to what you should be doing when.

Next there’s myrecipes.com and as well as the obligatory turkey dishes you’ll find on-the-go holiday potluck sides, 5 fantastic fall pies including warm apple-buttermilk custard pie and pecan cheesecake pie, slow cooker Thanksgiving recipes and also some modern takes on Thanksgiving recipes if you’re after something a little different. For instance there’s a turkeyless Thanksgiving, Hawaiian Thanksgiving menu and even a Thanksgiving on the beach menu.

Our last selection comes from allrecipes.com and here you’ll find all the recipes you’d expect along with Thanksgiving appetizers, a how to make gravy video, vegetarian Thanksgiving ideas (including a tofu turkey!) and some top Thanksgiving desserts including easy Oreo truffles, soft gingersnaps, pumpkin-pecan cake roll and much more.

Hopefully then, we’ve given you just a small taste (excuse the pun) of the many recipes available online and there should be something here for just about everyone. You might also be interested in our free Thanksgiving printables activities for kids article. All that remains to say is Happy Holidays and happy eating!

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