Thanksgiving Planning

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My family is coming to visit me in NYC, my brother his wife and 3 kids. I only have a small dinner table round with 4 chairs, and there will be like 8 of us. what should i do?

have an adults table and a childrens table that way the adluts can sit in the chairs the kid can sit in the tv room or at a seperate flod up table

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Learn how to cook sausage for 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 : 0:1:16

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Learn how to cut and boil potatoes for garlic mashed 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

Duration : 0:2:1

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What type of dishes are a part of this holiday? Thanks for any answers.
Just because I am a man doesn’t mean I can’t cook.

This menu gives some excellent ideas & recipes:
gourmet-food-revolution.com/thanksgiving-dinner-menu.html

Learn how to season a Thanksgiving turkey under the skin 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 : 0:1:54

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…so no cheese, meat, and cracker platter. We’re already planning on having a vege platter. Thanks!

You can try this dip. It is pumpkin, so it is festive, too!

Sweet Pumpkin Dip

4 cups sifted powdered sugar
2 – 8ounce packages cream cheese, softened to room temp
1 – 30ounce can pumpkin pie filling
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger

Combine all ingredients and serve with vanilla wafers or gingersnaps. It even goes well with fruit.

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Learn how to add butter for garlic mashed 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

Duration : 0:2:38

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My mom is making the traditional pumpkin and pecan pies so I kind of want to stay away from spice type cakes. I was thinking about some banana bread or even a pineapple upsidedown cake.

I make a rocky road ice cream pie every year and people it’s the first thing gone. If you want the recipe just add details. It’s simple and fast to make.

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Basic ingredients needed to make Thanksgiving turkey soup; find them all in this free cooking video.

Expert: Brandon Sarkis
Bio: Brandon Sarkis has been a professional chef for more than 12 years, and he has worked in Austin, Texas, Columbus, Ohio, and Atlanta, Ga.
Filmmaker: brandon sarkis

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On Thanksgiving afternoon. my oldest daughter will be celebrating with her fiance and his family. My youngest and I will be going to my boyfriend’s family dinner. Afterward, I would like to have a small, simple but delicious dinner for both of my children, my soon to be son-in-law, and my boyfriend. I do not want to prepare anything that is time consuming. No one really cares for turkey, either. I thought about some kind of soup or chowder. If you all have any ideas I would greatly appreciate it. Or any recipes or website addresses.

My favourite home made soup.
Get some cooked chicken breasts from your deli.
Fry or saute one finely chopped onion in a tablespoon of butter until it is translucent. Take out the onions and mix 2 tablespoons of flour with the remaining butter. You will get a thick lumpy paste…not to worry. Over a gentle heat slowly add milk to the flour- butter mix, stirring all the time. Add a little salt & pepper, some fresh parsley. Then when the mix has thickened you can add some cooked potatoes and the chopped chicken. Use a blender to puree the soup and serve….Mm mmmm…sometimes I leave out the parsley and after blending add a can of sweetcorn.
Serve with hot crusty bread and fresh dairy butter.

Happy Thanksgiving…