Thanksgiving Planning

Archive for November, 2009

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Learn how to oven bake turkey stuffing, 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

Duration : 0:1:9

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Making a Thanksgiving centerpiece can include lining the table with autumn leaves, piling up pumpkins and gourds in the center or using the turkey itself as decoration. Create a Thanksgiving centerpiece, using food, platters and foliage, 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

Duration : 0:2:16

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I am headed to a Thanksgiving dinner with some friends. We’ll have the usual pumpkin pie and apple pie, but I have been asked to bring another dessert. Since there will be at least 8 kids under the age of 7, I wanted to make my dessert something fun that they would enjoy. Perhaps some fun cupcakes or cookies….but I would like ideas for decorating them to make them kid-friendly, fun and creative. Thanks!
I think cupcakes or cookies are definitely the way to go…thanks!….how about any creative ideas for decorating them?

These are fun & easy & kids love them
These delightful little turkeys, with chocolate and caramel bodies, striped chocolate cookie feathers, and candy corn beaks, make wonderful little treats for kids to make as place settings for the holiday table.

Ingredients
Microwave
Bag of candy corn (beak and eyes)
Bag of caramel candy squares (body)
Bag of Dove chocolate (base/feet)
Bag of striped chocolate cookies (tail and feathers)
Thanksgiving cupcake liners
Microwavable plate
Cooking Instructions
Unwrap a piece of Dove chocolate to use as the base of the turkey. Place it on a microwavable plate.
Unwrap a piece of caramel and stick on top of the Dove chocolate bar for the turkey’s body.
Take a piece of candy corn and push it down on top of the caramel (pointed end out). This will make the turkey’s beak.
Take another piece of caramel and push it down on top of the first caramel to make the head of the turkey.
Break off the little white tips off two pieces of candy corns and push them both into the top of the caramel for the turkey’s eyes. (see photo)
Take one striped chocolate cookie and apply to the back of the body to form the turkey’s feathers.
Put the turkey in the microwave for a about eight seconds just so that the candy and cookie can fuse together. (Watch this! Not too much time or it will melt.)
Place your turkey int the freezer for a few minutes to help it "set up" quicker.
Serve your tasty treat on Thanksgiving cupcake paper.

I am in charge of bringing the desserts this year and I was wondering if you had any suggestions other that the usual Pumpkin Pie?

I have the best Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe! Check it out here at Food and Wine:

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/pumpkin-cheesecake-with-pecan-praline-topping

I have made this recipe several times and it always turns out beautifully.

Please note that you will need a springform pan and that you will need to make it ahead of time. Optimally, the day before. It requires a few hours to drain the pumpkin puree and then several hours to bake. It also requires you to refrigerate it overnight so that it can set.

Good luck! Have fun!

I went to the store to get maybe a couple nice table cloths or even candles and I could not find anything for decorating the table for thanksgiving. The stores only have decorations out for Christmas now. I need an idea on what to use. I want to make this dinner very special. I will have many many guests.

oooooooooh i luv these Q’s!!!!! First Get a long brown table cloth then layer on top of it a short golden,red,or yellow table cloth. then decorate it with those weird looking festive vegetables. Put some fake leaves on there 2. Also its cute if you trace hands and write what ur thankful for inside the fingers then make the hand look like a turkey and then you spread them out on the table and ur done.

This year I will be spending Thanksgiving home alone. My family and friends have already made prior arrangements in which it is not an option for me to be included, so it will just be my cats in me.

So far I am thinking that renting a couple holiday themed movies might be fun, and cooking will definitely be fun – I would love some ideas for which movies, and what should I cook that will be reasonable for one person? What other activities will make me feel not as lonely? I’m used to having big family events, so this will be difficult.

I know there is a lot of time to go until Thanksgiving, but planning early will not hurt anything!
Fireball: err of course I want to go see them, it just is not an option (as mentioned in my original details).

Sorry to hear that but why weren’t you invited? I think it’s rude of your family to just pass over you like that and honestly would tell them so. Besides that i would just order some Chinese or buy myself a nice lobster tail call up a single friend and maybe drink up a bottle of wine or two. Good stuff! Have the friend bring a nice game and a movie with her and you can maybe make some snacks to munch on all night….I love to make potato skins but something fancy like stuffed mushrooms will work or even cold shrimp and cocktail sauce. Deviled eggs are a must and only take a sec to make.

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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

Duration : 0:1:13

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Learn how to make a decorative edge on the crust of a pecan pie tart, a 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

Duration : 0:0:51

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Learn how to thaw a Thanksgiving turkey for a traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner 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

Duration : 0:0:43

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Decorating a living room for Thanksgiving requires eliminating pastel colors and floral scents and replacing them with deep autumn colors and cinnamon aromas. Create the feeling of fall, using pine cones, gourds and pumpkins to decorate, 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

Duration : 0:1:48

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