Cheesy and Tasty Thanksgiving Appetizers

Serve your guests more than one turkey this year! Arrange your favorite antipasto ingredients (we love seeded crackers, plenty of cheese, cured meats and grapes!) in the shape of a turkey, and let everyone gobble it up! [MUSIC] How to make a Thanksgiving turkey cheese plate.

Forget about the store-bought cheese log or cream cheese-filled celery stalks your sister makes - a creamy, garlic-herb turkey-shaped cheese ball is the savory appetizer your family will ask for every year. Rolled in crunchy, toasted almonds, this little guy deserves to be the star of Turkey Day.

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A dip and crudités platter is ideal for Thanksgiving because everything can be prepped in advance. Here, master chef Jacques Pépin shows how to trim vegetables like broccoli, carrots and bell peppers.

Great Balls of Cheese , a new cookbook by Michelle Buffardi, offers 50-plus recipes for incredibly creative balls of cheese. Some recipes from the book are included below. (The other recipes are sourced from various websites). If you like what you see, check out the cookbook here.