EASY THANKSGIVING TURKEY | how to cook and carve the BEST turkey recipe

Hi friends! How many of you are cooking your FIRST ever turkey this year? If so, you've got this!! Don't be intimidated by cooking a turkey, it's much easier than you think. And remember that you can find the printable recipe and directions on my website. I can't wait to see all your turkey photos on social media. Remember to tag me! xo - Lisa

i'm a vegetarian, never cooked a turkey in my life. i followed this step by step last year and my guests said it was the best turkey they'd ever had. watching again to use this year :)

So I used this recipe again this year and it turned out just as good as last time. This is truly a simple yet fantastic recipe. The whole family raved at how well it turned out. Thank you again, now it's time to look at your other recipes!

THANKYOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! I had been completely terrified, for at least the last 2 months, about making my very first turkey (at my advanced age, LOL) and YOU and your video made it spectaclur!! My 27 year old son, who has NEVER liked turkey absolutely LOVED it! He even came over yesterday to tell me the left-overs I gave him were even better the next day! I want you to know I must have looked at hundreds of recipes and watched at least the same in videos and yours was the best. I didn't change a thing. We couldn't be with the other 30 or so family members we always celebrate with, but you helped make this little pod of 3 (me, my husband and our son... plus 1 always hungry doggie and 2 hungry, hungry kitties) very, very thankful, happy and very full! BLESS YOU! Oh...I forgot to mention that my 13lb turkey only took 2 1/2 hours at 325 on Convection/Roast. It couldn't have been juicier!

I’m a new college grad and my mother trusted me to make the Turkey this year. I was freaking out but came across this video and she thought my Turkey was store bought! If you guys are contemplating trying this recipe this year, JUST DO IT! You will not regret it! Thanks so much for your help!

Did this last year and it was my first time ever cooking a whole turkey. It turned out wonderfully! Can’t wait to do it again!

I cooked my first turkey Christmas 2020. Look forward to trying this recipe this year. Appreciate that you put the carving technique in the video. Thanks a bunch!

I’ve always come back to this recipe and it always goes well each year when we host thanksgiving!

This is my first year ever cooking a turkey. I signed up to do it for work. Thank you so much for posting this video. Now I'm much more confident I won't mess up.

This is such a great recipe! As a mother of two, cooking is usually chaotic. This preparation was fast, and I even went out for a walk while the bird was cooking! Got a lot of compliments for this turkey + gravy. You made my Thanksgiving easy this year!!

I made a turkey for the first time this Christmas and I followed your recipe to a tee, and it turned out great. Love your stuff!!

Followed this exactly today. Best turkey ever. I don’t usually eat the white meat but today I could have eaten all of it. So moist. Perfect recipe for sure. Turned out picture perfect! Thank-you!

I see I’ve came to the right spot😩 it’s everyone’s first time including mine.. trying this for tomorrow 🤞🏼

This has to be the best and most detailed video! Thank you from a young adult whos mom never taught her ❤️❤️

I followed this video step by step last year and it was amazing! Everyone loved the Turkey. Now I came back to it to have another successful thanksgiving dinner 😊

My family is grateful for you! We usually buy a pre-cooked turkey package somewhere online, drive out on the morning of, wait in line and pickup a pre-cooked turkey which we end up reheating for a couple/few hours, and spend the rest of the morning frazzled, assembling sides and sweating through it all. So it's quite stressful for us each year. Your recipe gave us the confidence to make our own turkey from raw/frozen and it came out GOOD and it was so much less stress this year since we followed your instructions and bought the turkey several days ahead to allow it to thaw properly.. we didn't have to drive anywhere or read any last-minute instructions. And, I love how much we've minimized on packaging and trash; so many benefits. I also ended up patting the turkey dry with a bunch of linens rather than paper towels to reduce even further (since we don't own paper towels, kinda had to improvise). The kids raved about the turkey; that's how good it was! Thank you!! I've saved this recipe and we will do it again next year. We wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving to you, Lisa, and your entire family! xoxo, Maureen

Lisa always whipping up a sweet and savory option. I love it 🤩

I followed this recipe over the weekend for my boyfriend and I, it was my first time cooking a turkey and it came out excellent! Now I'll be making it for my family on Thanksgiving 🧡

This was my first ever Turkey and it came out great! Thank you for such and easy tutorial. Everyone loved it!

It’s my first year hosting Thanksgiving. I love how informed this video is ❤ Definitely earned a subscriber!