Thanksgiving Planning

Archive for November, 2009

Hi there! You can find more Thanksgiving songs and activities for preschoolers, young children and kindergarteners over at http://www.youtube.com/user/CullensAbcs#grid/user/02210EE1B75D8901

The Turkey Paint Chip activity is a simple art activity with free paint chips. You can even go on a special trip with your child to get some paint chips.

Art gives your child a chance to express themselves through their imagination. Art allows children to explore and understand their world through creative experiences that emphasize the process of art, not the product. When your child is creating there is no right or wrong way, only their way. (Art instruction does not have specific guidelines for children to follow like a craft.) Art allows your child to be free in their creative mind.

Cullen’s Abc’s creates free preschool videos to support children’s development at home and in the classroom. Find more free preschool videos at our YouTube channel!

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Learn how to when decorating for Thanksgiving from a home décor expert in this free Thanksgiving video.

Expert: Matt Cail
Contact: www.homepaintings.biz
Bio: Matt Cail is an artist who works in oil, water color and acrylic paints, among others.
Filmmaker: randy primm

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Tips on how to present a cooked Cornish hen; tips, trick and more in this free online cooking video taught by an expert chef.

Expert: David Postada
Contact: www.thebigeasycateringcompany.com
Bio: David Postada is the chef and owner of the Big Easy Catering company in Santa Barbara, CA.
Filmmaker: Diana Bacon

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Learn the ingredients for whipped sweet potatoes, a traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner recipe, in this free cooking video.

Expert: Lori Schneider
Contact: www.figscatering.com
Bio: Lori Schneider is a chef and owner of Figs Catering in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Drew Noah

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To make memorable Thanksgiving place card holders, either tie name tags around champagne glasses, stick menu cards into pine cones or write guests’ names on autumn leaves. Create place card holders, that can second as keepsakes or party favors, with tips from an event coordinator in this free video on holiday parties.

Expert: Lori Randall
Contact: www.SimplyDevineEvents.com
Bio: Lori Randall established Simply Divine Events after working as an event producer in Tampa, Fla. managing dozens of corporate affairs throughout the state and across the country.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

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See I am always stuck with the little kids for holidays,birthday…etc.
anyway is there any fun games
and i dont mean tag and hide and go seek

Thanks Jazzy

monopoly, the game of life, jinga, bingo,dominoes…..

like a hand turkey, indian hat, piligram hat, anything for the holidays too.?

www.Crayola.com is a really great place, they’ ve got print-outs for any occasion!

I really need help any Ideas recipes, I have no cooking skills scared Its not gonna come out right, I just got married and wanna impress my husband Please help…..

email me for more… I have from soup to desserts… these recipes are really easy to do… don’t be discouraged.
ShariPamperedChef@si.rr.com

Rosemary-Herb Roasted Turkey
Ingredients:
1 thawed, frozen or fresh turkey, 12-18 pounds
1 large lemon, sliced
1 large onion, cut into wedges
2-3 fresh thyme sprigs
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons Rosemary Herb Seasoning Mix

Directions:
1.Preheat oven to 325°F. Remove neck and giblets from body and neck cavities; cook and reserve for use in stuffing or gravy, if desired. Rinse turkey inside and out; pat dry with paper towels. Lift wing tips up toward neck, then tuck under back of turkey. Place lemon, onion and thyme inside body cavity. Tie ends of legs together with cotton string. Place turkey, breast side up, on rack in Roasting Pan.
2.Brush skin with oil using Chef’s Silicone Basting Brush. Sprinkle with seasoning mix. Roast turkey 3-4 hours or until Pocket Thermometer registers 180°F in thickest part of thigh and juices run clear. (To prevent overcooking, loosely cover breast with aluminum foil when turkey is about two-thirds done. Check for doneness about 30 minutes before turkey is expected to be done.)
3.Remove turkey from oven; let stand 20 minutes. Using Meat Lifters, carefully remove turkey from Roasting Pan to Reversible Bamboo Carving Board. Cut string from legs and discard. Carve turkey using Carving Set.
Confetti Potato Cakes
Ingredients:
1 cup water
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/2 cup whole kernel corn
1/2 cup diced red bell pepper
3 green onions with tops, thinly sliced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 3/4 cups instant potato flakes

Directions:
1.In Classic Batter Bowl, microwave water, milk and butter on HIGH 2 minutes or until butter is melted and liquid is hot. Add corn, bell pepper, green onions, salt and black pepper; mix well. Stir in potato flakes.
2.Meanwhile, heat Double Burner Griddle over medium heat 5 minutes or until hot. Lightly spray griddle with vegetable oil using Kitchen Spritzer. Drop 1/4 cup potato mixture onto griddle; gently flatten with Nylon Turner. Cook potato cakes 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden brown, turning once.
Buttery Dill Carrots
Ingredients:
1 pound baby carrots (about 3 cups)
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 tablespoon snipped fresh dill weed or 1 teaspoon dried dill weed
1/8 teaspoon salt

Directions:
1.Place carrots and water in Large Micro-Cooker®. Microwave on HIGH 6 minutes or until carrots are crisp-tender; drain.
2.Add butter, dill weed and salt; toss gently. Serve immediately.
Yield: 6 servings

Black Bottom Banana Cream Pie

½ package (15 oz) refrigerated pie crusts (1 crust)
1 container (12 oz) frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided
1 package (6 oz) semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 ½ cups cold milk
1 package (5.1 oz) vanilla instant pudding and pie filling
½ tsp rum extract (optional)
2 medium bananas, sliced, divided
Strawberries for garnish

1.Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Let pie crust stand at room temperature 15 minutes. Gently unfold onto lightly floured surface. Roll to 11 ½ inch circle using lightly floured Baker’s Roller. Place crust in Deep Dish Pie Plate, pressing dough onto the bottom and up the sides. Prick the bottom and sides using pastry tool. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown, cool completely.
2.Place 1 ½ cups of the whipped topping and chocolate morsels in Small Micro-Cooker, uncovered, on HIGH for 30-45 seconds; stir until smooth. Remove 2 Tbsp of the chocolate mixture into a Decorator Bottle for garnish, set aside. Spread remaining chocolate mixture over bottom of pie crust using All Purpose Spreader. Place crust in freezer while preparing pudding.
3.Pour milk into Classic Batter Bowl. Add pudding mix and rum extract; whisk 1 minute or until mixture begins to thicken. Fold in 1 ½ cups of the whipped topping.
4.Slice 1 ½ bananas, arrange over chocolate mixture in crust. Spread pudding mixture over the bananas. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
5.To garnish pie, squeeze chocolate mixture onto pie in a decorative design. Fill easy accent decorator with remaining whipped topping. Pipe rosettes at edge of pie. Garnish with remaining ½ banana and strawberries.

Cooks Tips
•For a colder serving temperature and easier cutting refrigerate pie 1-2 hours
•When placing refrigerated pie crust in the deep dish pie plate, evenly ruffle edge of crust inside the pie plate for picture perfect results. To keep crust from slipping down the sides of the pie plate during baking, firmly press edge of pie crust to fluted edge of pie plate in several places

Tool Tip
•Use the Egg Slicer Plus for slicing strawberries and bananas

This year is my first time cooking Thanksgiving dinner at my home. I would like it to be a memorable experience for my family but I am all out of ideas other then the usual turkey and stuffing and mashed potatoes! I looked online for recipes but nothing seems to be easy! I don’t cook for myself, I eat takeout day and night so I really need dishes that wont be too difficult and ones that taste good. Thanks in advance,
Jessica
Baklava is made with walnuts or pistachio nuts…I looked it up, anyway can you substitute it with fruit? Sorry to sound so ignorant but cooking is not my thing!
Maple Glazed Carrots well that sounds yummy!

Green Bean Casserole is a good and easy dish, the one with the french cut green beans, cream of mushroom soup and those Frenchs’ french fried onions. Go to the store and look at the onion can and they will have a recipe.
Then on to sweet potatoes, you can just bake them and serve them with butter, or you can get the canned ones. mash them well, add butter and cream ( or milk) and a bit of brown sugar. bake and enjoy ( do NOT put marshmallows on top please)
Creamed Corn is easy, and there are some brands that come frozen in chubs, those you can just putinto the pot and cook. You can add some fresh black pepper and a bit of butter to taste.
Creamed SPinach is a tradition at my house. I make mine from scratch, but birds eye and green giant both make a very good creamed spinach also.
take a minute and get yourself a better homes and gardedn , southern living or some sort of women’s magazine, they are going to be loaded with recipes this time fo year. If you are a non cooker. then there’s nothing wrong with buying premade and just heating and adding your own seasoning..semi-homemade is accpetable. If you really cant step up and cook, then most local grocery stores have “meals” that you can buy precooked, just heat and eat at home. and you dont have to tell anyone either.
One thing that always helps a meal is good bread. again tradition at my house is pillsbury crescent rolls. just the smell of those bring me back to dinner at momma’s house.
good luck

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What parts of the parade you like seeing? I like watching the cheerleaders in the parade.

Well this year I’m in it so that could be a little tough. But every year up to this 1 I have watched it. But I’m going to record it so I can watch it l8r. But u better watch me- I’m in the macy’s’s great American marching band. It’s gonna be awesome!