Thanksgiving Recipes: Turkey, Pies, Green Beans, Vegetarian & More From Celebrities

Looking for the perfect ways to cook your favorite traditional -- and non-traditional -- Thanksgiving dishes? Hollywood has you covered!

Sure, show business has plenty of personal chefs and event catering, but most people out in Hollywood didn't exactly grow up in the hills of Los Angeles. They had Thanksgivings with their families out somewhere else in America, gathered around the table digging into homemade meals like the rest of the nation. And plenty of stars still love to cook, and you better believe they learn from the best -- imagine being able to call up Anthony Bourdain or Martha Stewart on a whim?

Hey, just ask Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

We've compiled some of the best recipes sent out by stars over the past few years, including unique takes on turkey, potato salad, pies and soups.

Gwyneth Paltrow's Whole Roasted Turkey

Neil Patrick Harris' Ooey Gooey Bars

Marilyn Monroe's Stuffing

Christina Hendricks' Creamy Pecan Pie

Miranda Lambert's Raspberry Lemon Yogurt Bread

Sheryl Crow's Roasted Potato Salad

Dolly Parton's Cream of Vegetable Soup.

Oprah's Pomegranate Martini

Ted Turner's Applesauce Cake

Alicia Silverstone’s Moroccan Couscous With Saffron

Marisa Tomei’s Autumn Vegetables With Goat Cheese and Pumpkin-Seed Oil

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Comments

[Mort]

02:39 AM on 11/25/2011

I wouldn't trust Christina. She's just putting up a big front.

[colin72]

01:20 AM on 11/25/2011

"What Are They Eating For Thanksgiving?"

I'm going out on a limb and say Marilyn isn't having her stuffing.

[Mort]

02:39 AM on 11/25/2011

No, but the worms are!

[colin72]

03:05 AM on 11/25/2011

Nicely done.

[HC says]

03:30 AM on 11/25/2011

Marilyn is eating dirt. Like Mozart, she is decomposing.

[LenP]

11:29 PM on 11/24/2011

what is huffp'o's obsession with celebrities on Thanksgiving? Are they THAT out of touch with how badly the 1% are hurting?

[HC says]

03:31 AM on 11/25/2011

Aren't we all supposed to care what Arianna and Al Sharpton are doing every day?

[Marturia]

08:39 PM on 11/24/2011

Gwynnie's roasted turkey today, high colonic tomorrow.

[Mort]

02:38 AM on 11/25/2011

With friends like her, who needs e nem as!

[Marturia]

07:37 PM on 11/25/2011

Ba dump bump!

[gala1]

04:27 PM on 11/24/2011

I can vouch for Marilyn's stuffing being Sicilian in its origin.
Having lived in San Francisco near that Beach Street house in the Marina, I know for certain it's a West Coast adaptation of a very similar stuffing my NY Sicilian grandmother used to make. But she used cooked rice instead of sourdough.
Not only that but the herbs called for are more SF than Sicilian.
Italians in SF tended to follow the Northern Italian lead in their cooking --probably from neighbors-- which invariably calls for rosemary.Sicilians elsewhere rarely if ever use it.Which is why NY Italians are always homesick for NY food when living in SF.
Also Northern Italians lean more toward ground beef while Southerners would have preferred pork. We used sausage.
I am positive that Marilyn got this from some contact with the Dimaggio's and someone in SF-- a more experienced cook- --wrote out the recipe which she probably copied out in her own hand while there.

I never imagined I'd be getting the blueprint of the recipe for Grandma's stuffing from Marilyn Monroe. Now if I can only re-tool it to being New york Sicilian it will be wonderful.
I am sure this is good, but to be truthful old-school Italian food in San Francisco was never that great to anyone who grew up on New york Italian cooking. As time went on and the food revolution happened, San Francisco Northern Italian started turning into New York Southern Italian. Thank God..

[Kali03]

09:04 PM on 11/24/2011

That's so interesting. My folks are Sicilian and were up in Berkeley and yes, the stuffing is just as you describe here. I don't think there was ever any Northern Italian influence though, because my relatives were country as a chicken coop and cooked the same way they did at home in Palermo and Trapani.

[NealtheDeal]

01:57 PM on 11/24/2011

My cat ran under the couch when Dolly's picture popped up.

[BobLaughlin]

01:27 PM on 11/24/2011

Nothing beats Twinkies. Washed down with Wild Turkey from a dirty shot glass.

[mia8485]

01:36 PM on 11/24/2011

Everyone should be thankful for something, Bob.

[Kali03]

09:04 PM on 11/24/2011

Sho nuff.

[wedgie]

05:57 PM on 11/24/2011

It's not dirty anymore once you put the Wild Turkey in it.

[Mikeeee]

01:00 PM on 11/24/2011

I cannot believe the number of people criticizing others recipes. Do none of you understand what Thanksgiving is about? It's about being thankful for what you have and making the best of the day with what you have.

[GraniteSkyline]

02:28 PM on 11/24/2011

Ok. I am thankful for Ramen noodles.

[hattie54]

03:34 PM on 11/24/2011

I love them dry in Chinese chicken salads but they're high in fat!!! wow

[Mort]

02:42 AM on 11/25/2011

I'm grateful for all my fans!

[Chuck Pope]

12:31 PM on 11/24/2011

Before you all judge these people too harshly it's good to remember they are not known for their culenary skills.

[stape45]

12:28 PM on 11/24/2011

A double order of Marisa, please. To go.

[MarcoEsquandolas]

12:23 PM on 11/24/2011

you had me at Christina Hendricks's creamy pie

[joenp3]

11:59 AM on 11/24/2011

Stick of butter in cleavage, squeeze around turkey, slowly rub up-and-down.
MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm trrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrkeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

[huffsandpuffs]

11:59 AM on 11/24/2011

Im soooo sick of Marilyn Monroe........

[belgarde1]

11:35 AM on 11/24/2011

I didn't care for the ingrediant list of Marilyn's stuffing so I will stick to my family's favorite. Apples, sausage, cashews your normal herbs and of course the bread cubes or store bought stuffing with turkey or chicken broth. ummmmmmm

[AsISaid]

12:20 PM on 11/24/2011

Yours sounds a lot like mine - I use chopped walnuts instead of cashews. I also add small broccoli tips, carrots sliced very thin, some home fries (small cubed), and raisins or currants.

[transe]

02:53 PM on 11/24/2011

well, if you used sausage instead of the livers and ground beef. and i would replace the raisins with craisins, it wouldn't be bad. i use pecans, sausage, apples or cranberries in mine. i use bread cubes too.

[CPAwADD]

10:56 AM on 11/24/2011

I tried the couscous. It was so-so.

[Mort]

02:44 AM on 11/25/2011

He-he