My Single Mom Life

I never use a recipe when I cook a turkey, I just wing it (ha!) and add whatever I fee like adding.
This years bird was spectacular, and the boys said I need to do it like that again for Christmas.
Ooops!
No recipe!
Honestly, I didn't really measure anything, but here's what I did.

One 20 pound turkey*
1 plastic lemon juice lemon
approximately 1 cup of margarine
approximately 1 cup Merlot
1 cap full of Mrs. Dash original

Remove neck, giblets, throw away (gag)
Rinse out the turkey
Grab by ass and neck, and place breast side up in the roasting pan
Squeeze contents of entire lemon into cavity
Take cap full of Mrs. Dash and throw inside the cavity
Melt the margarine in the microwave
Pour in the Merlot and stir.
Pour butter and wine mixture over and inside the turkey
Lightly cover with foil and cook at 400 degrees for 3.5 hours (cooking time will vary on size of bird) basting every 20 minutes.

That's it.
I never ever, stuff the inside of the bird. It causes cooking times to increase, and the blood of the turkey ends up in the stuffing. (yuck)
It came out so damn moist and flavorful, OMG yummy!
It has a sweet and tangy, but salty flavor, mixed with all the flavors of the Mrs. Dash. It was seriously fabulous.
I forgot to take a pic of it, but it had a gorgeous golden brown color, the skin was crusty on the legs, wings, and tip of the breast meat.
The skin also had a wonderful sweet flavor from the wine, margarine and spices.
It was terrific!