Friday, November 23, 2012
Don't let your Turkey Day leftovers go to waste. Make them over into something yummy!
The meal you spent weeks planning and preparing for is over. The dinner devoured, the guests gone, the house is re-cleaned and straightened (maybe). You made way too much food, and your fridge is packed with Tupperware. Or, perhaps, you didn't host, but were sent home with a grocery bag full of plastic won ton soup containers with mashed potatoes, gravy, turkey and cranberry sauce. Either way, you've just literally had your fill of Thanksgiving dinner, so how to put those leftovers to good use without heating up just another turkey dinner? Open-faced turkey sandwich - This is a personal favorite from my childhood. We always had open-faced turkey sandwiches, drizzled with gravy. It's so simple and comforting. You can either toast the bread …
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Adorn your turkey dinner table with festive, but affordable, decor.
Thanksgiving is about being grateful for what we have, so a flashy, ornate centerpiece on your dinner table would seem out of place. In my humble opinion, this is a bit over-the-top. More appropriate for the occasion would be simple decor, with natural colors and elements, something you can put together without trips to six different stores. Raid the pantry - Place a pillar candle in a vase. Around the candle, layer beans, rice, corn or other dried grains for colorful stripes. Halloween leftovers - If you have any pumpkins or gourds left over from Halloween (uncarved, of course. Your Jack-o-lantern probaby doesn't look or smell that great by now), they'll do nicely on your Thanksgiving dinner table. Hollow out a large pumpkin and stuff it …
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Because it's such a traditional holiday, Thanksgiving is an easy one to do on a budget.
The least costly way to do Thanksgiving on a budget? Eat at someone else's house. All kidding aside, it's possible can host a turkey dinner for family or friends, where the wishbone is what's breaking, not your bank. Epicurious has a plan to help you make Thanksgiving dinner for eight people, on a budget of $80 or less. Helpful hints from this plan can be adapted into any Thanksgiving meal, including buying things like herbs and produce in season. You'll get more for your money, and the stuff you're buying will be fresher. Buy whatever you can at a farmer's market. Also, know that a supermarket turkey is just fine! This time of year, grocery stores offer huge savings on the fall-weather fowl - I've seen turkey prices as low as 37 cents a …
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Gobble gobble!
Today, many people will celebrate a day of many thanks for the things we are blessed with in life and in this country. So, here is a special holiday-edition of 5 Things (facts come from the Wikipedia page for Thanksgiving): 1. The influence - "According to historian Jeremy Bangs, director of the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum, the Pilgrims may have been influenced by watching the annual services of Thanksgiving for the relief of the siege of Leiden in 1574, while they were staying in Leiden." 2. Conflicts - "The claim of where the first Thanksgiving was held in the United States, and even the Americas has often been a subject of debate. Author and teacher Robyn Gioia and Michael Gannon, of the University of Florida, have argued that the …
