Thread by @lifesafeast

My friend @electroboyusa reminded me that Thanksgiving is just around the corner and we were toying with the idea of an all-orange-infused meal (it will be orange season, after all).

So I thought I'd recommend some recipes from my book Orange Appeal for those who have it...

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Start with a salad dressing: orange mustard vinaigrette, blood orange hummus vinaigrette, or creamy herbed buttermilk citrus dressing.

Or a quinoa salad with oranges, grapes, pecans, cranberries. Or the orange, red onion, fennel, carrot salad. Or a simple Sicilian orange salad.

Try Michael's spiced cranberry relish or the sweet & spicy caramelized onion, raisin, orange compote with ras el hanout. Or orange fig sauce or blood orange rhubarb compote to change things up.

Vegetables with orange, you ask? Well we've got these amazing orange-braised endives. A surprising pea & shiitake orange risotto (yep). And my orange version of Vichy carrots.

Bread. Yes, there is bread. My traditional orange cranberry walnut loaf. Or there's Stacy's orange rosemary boule. Or the wonderful orange, onion, olive focaccia. Or orange, date, pecan muffins.

Main? Want something smaller than a turkey? Orange rosemary wedding day chicken, sweet & sour marmalade glazed baked chicken, or oven-baked orange stuffed chicken with orange-soy gravy. Right?

Vegetarian option? Okay. I love my zucchini & spinach quiche with orange, dates, and feta.

And dessert. What's Thanksgiving with dessert? My version of an Italian Pine Nut Tart. My special chocolate orange layer cake. Oranges in spiced wine syrup. And the orange, ricotta, chèvre tart in an orange-almond crust...

...although, hell, more dessert, right? I love the odd, intriguing rye spice cake with orange glaze & marmalade whipped cream. I also love the orange curd tarlets. And marmalade brownies for the kids.

That's it.

Well, unless you have a copy of Orange Appeal in which there is more.

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I absolutely forgot to mention the stunning Moroccan spiced orange salad which is a beautiful dessert, flavorful, refreshing, healthy, light!