Posts tagged: thanksgiving
How To: Organize Your Thanksgiving.
By Chrisjob
AOL's DomestoBlog ShelterPop has created a very helpful Countdown to Thanksgiving checklist to help you spread the amount of work over the next few days and to guarantee you won't forget anything! So, sure, they presumed you started three weeks ago, and you may have - but whether you've already got your placecards set or are headed to the grocery store this weekend to plan your menu, take these tips from Judy Ketteler with you.
For Example:
Mond » READ MORE
How To Deep Fry a Delicious Bird
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Photo Image: Instructables
Now here's how you should deep fry your turkey next week! I wouldn't wish our turkey frying fiasco on anyone. Just think shrunken head and D-R-Y. The reason for our turkey day flop » READ MORE
DIY Indian Corn Place Cards
By DIY Maven
These clever Indian corn place cards look like they're made using a glass vase, but they're not. They're actually constructed of clear pastry bags, which makes them a perfect take-home treat for your Thanksgiving guests. Here's what you'll need to make 'em.
Elegant and Eclectic Thanksgiving Tablescapes You Can Do Yourself
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Photo Images: Bobbi Fabian
Look, Thanksgiving deserves its three weeks of November all to itself. Nobody's horning in on Christmas' time. Thanksgiving is a less stressed, better version of Christmas. It's like the delicious appetizer before Christmas. The decorating and preparation is calmer, more understated, elegant, dignified and poised. Erinn Valencich over on HGTV shows us that Thanksgiving decor has gone way beyond pilgrims and turkey statues. If you want to get in the mood, just take a look at these sophisticated tablescapes that will inspire you to get Autumny creative. I'm doing the top one with the white pumpki » READ MORE
DIY Thanksgiving: 15 Early House Prep Tips
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Don't get caught like this--table centerpiece is ready and the wall is still being painted--Yikes!
We're not even to Halloween and, from past experience, it's time get my Thanksgiving (House Projects) To Do list in order. Every year I'm caught at the last minute trying to spruce up the joint and make the most outstanding tablescapes (in the words of Sandra Lee) the world has ever seen.
We're five weeks out. There's plenty of time, if well planned, to whip the house into an entertaining mecca that will meet even your highest expectations. » READ MORE
Turkey Origami
By DIY Maven
Skip the meat and pass the paper! This Papercraft Turkey dinner pattern is available in a PDF. A color printer is a necessity for 'authenticity's' sake. Go here for the assembly instructions and to view the original source, check this out. Via.
Fold A Napkin Turkey
By lilybeeMartha appears to love her some turkey effigies, (check out her hilariously brilliant turkey baby costume). These elegant little fowl would make an inexpensive, effective centerpiece.
Made from 3 linen napkins and some tinfoil, the instructions are really clear and easy to follow. Though I'm thinking that an iron and some spray starch would be needed to get the edges » READ MORE
The Day After, Fixing Common Thanksgiving Stains
By lilybee
You know the person at big family gatherings like Thanksgiving, (or my Aunty M's christmas bash) who can't be trusted not to score a messy direct hit on cherished linens, upholstery or carpet? The person you kind of wish you could put at the kid table complete with a drop cloth?
That person would be me. Hi. Sorry.
Luckily I come quipped with knowledge of how to deal with spillage disasters. » READ MORE
How To Make Perfect Mashed Potatoes.
By Chrisjob
I gotta admit: I appreciate the smells of sage-infused dressings and carmelized sweet potatoes and spiced cranberries, but every year at Thanksgiving, it's the mashed potatoes which occupy at least half of my very-stretch stomach.
So whether they'll fill up the vegetarians in your family, or you just need a place to use up all that gravy, perfect mashed potatoes are easy and obtainable for any home cook.
- Proper Preparation
- Flavor Twists
- Kee » READ MORE
Turkey Alternatives
By DIY Maven
If a recent news conference by a certain future ex-Alaska governor has you horrified--especially with Thanksgiving next week--I thought some turkey alternatives might be in order. Follow the jumps for recipes of these ideas:
Standing Rib Roast
Ham
Crown Roast of Pork
Boneless Beef Rump Roast
Roasted Duck
Italian Roll
Steaks, including rib-eye, t-bone, porterhouse and filet mignon.
If the video has put you completely over the edge and you’ve finally d » READ MORE
DIY: Real Simple Centerpiece Ideas
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Forget about ordering a floral arrangement for Thanksgiving. Look around your house, in the pantry, at your bowls to find simple and pretty vessels to fill with fruit, water, river rocks, flowers or even a branch from a leaf-barren tree. This arrangement allows everyone to see across the table while either enjoying the family, or self-righteously analyzing each other. We do a little of both.
What you need:
- large shallow bowl
- river r » READ MORE
How To: Make Perfect Cardboard Pillow Patterns
By ModHomeEcTeacher
If you're planning on whipping up some custom throw pillows it can be such a time saver to make cardboard pillow forms in varying shapes and sizes. I have an entire set of these under my work table so I don't have to re-measure each time. For the sake of the reader's eyes, I covered a large piece of cardboard with green paper so you don't have to look at brown cardboard.
In order to make the perfect knife edge pillow, there are a few tips. » READ MORE
Curbly Recession Busters: How To Spruce Up Your Own Digs For The Holidays
By ModHomeEcTeacher 
It's the time of year you turn a critical eye to the interior to see what needs to be spruced up. Preparing for a packed house on Thanksgiving is a sure fire motivator to plow through a To Do list in record time.
This year you may want to rethink the outlay of money to get the house looking top notch. You can save loads of dough by doing most jobs yourself. If, for some unknown reason, you don't really know how to do some of thes » READ MORE
Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!
By bruno
Just wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving. Hope you're DiY-ing it up today. We're just about to get started with our turkey (using a time-tested Martha Stewart cranberry glazed turkey with cornbread stuffing recipe).
Ken's got turkey carving tips, IslandGirlSalvage writes about a turkey day table; anyone else have special tips for the occasion?
Easy, Green Ways to Save Gas This Thanksgiving.
By Chrisjob "Fueling the family car this Thanksgiving holiday promises to be costlier than ever before. Making matters worse, it comes at a time when much of the economy is beset with uncertainty. With millions of people headed for Grandma's...or to the mall on shopping errands...gas mileage and gas dollars (not to mention carbon emissions) can add up fast.This makes Thanksgiving an ideal time to try out a few perfectly painless green tricks to help save so » READ MORE
Make a Homemade Thanksgiving Dinner in ONE HOUR!
By DIY Maven
Domino gives us all the details on how to make a from-scratch turkey dinner with all the trimmings in one hour. The menu, which serves 8, includes:
- Thyme-roasted turkey
- baked sweet potatoes with maple-pecan butter
- sausage-date stuffing
- lemony steamed broccoli
- cranberry sauce with clementines and walnuts
- 10-minute sundae
And their choice of wine to accompany your 1 hour meal? Red Zinfandel.
For a shopping list, kitchen prep and step by step instructions,
Use Up That Candy Corn....Make Candy Corn Turkey Cookies!!
By DIY MavenYesterday we used up our leftover Halloween candy with some yummy beverage recipe ideas, none of which included that candy corn leftover from our Candy Corn Challenge attempts. But now, thanks to Pillsbury, we have some great cookie recipes perfect for Thanksgiving!! Each are made with Pillsbury’s Create ‘n Back refrigerated sugar cookies, pre-packaged frostings and, of course, candy corn!
Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies (Makes 16 cookies.)
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How to Make Candy Corn 'Fondant' Decorations
By DIY Maven
Have you heard the Curbly’s Candy Corn Challenge cut-off has been extended to October 29th?? In my continued effort to rally interest in this fabulous and profitable competition, I set my thinking cap straight and got to work fashioning something fashionable out of that quintessential Halloween confection. (Also, I didn’t want to be labeled ‘all talk and no action’ on the candy corn crafting front.) Anyway, here’s my idea for candy corn ‘fondan » READ MORE
Pumpkin House Numbers
By DIY Maven
Looking for a tasteful alternative to the old jack-o-lantern this holiday season? How about carving your house numbers in pumpkins? Very cute! Carving instructions available at sunset.com.
What Are You DIYing for Thanksgiving?
By brunoI'm curious to know what everyone's up to for Thanksgiving. If you're cooking, decorating, making or baking something interesting, post it in the comments. Let's see if we can get up to 50!
I'll be making cranberry-glazed turkey and apple-raspberry pie. And helping a friend repair a Powerbook!
What will you be doing to celebrate Thanksgiving?
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