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jillbcooks 11/20/2009 5:22:00 PM
I am a big fan of hostess gifts—flowers, wine or little treats are my favorites to give for casual get togethers. When invited to someone’s home for more formal meal, a hostess gift is customary. I never expect them, but am delighted when I receive one. The point of a gift is to show appreciation for a host’s thoughtfulness and to “give back” an experience that the host can enjoy later. My favorite things to give are homemade muesli or granola, a book or a plant. My favorite hostess gift that I have ever received was a drawing made by a 4 year old tucked into a frame. Of course it is displayed in a place of prominence in my...
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cookies, scones, truffles, Thanksgiving, danish, hostess gifts, wine
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jillbcooks 11/17/2009 8:00:00 PM
Are you a Black Friday shopper? Up at the crack of dawn to snag unimaginable bargains? I’ve always loved the thrill of holiday shopping and on the day after Thanksgiving, especially. Being out and about, we’d usually catch lunch or dinner someplace, especially if one of us was in from out of town and wanted to go to an old favorite haunt. So, I have only recently discovered the joy of leftovers. As a kid and teenager, I’d rather have pizza than leftovers, but as an adult, I understand the joy of turkey piled on leftover dinner rolls slathered with mayonnaise. When it comes to leftovers, I gu...
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soup, Thanksgiving, turkey ala king, leftovers, Black Friday, turkey
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bethsdish 10/28/2009 11:06:00 AM
It doesn't take much to put together a pretty table, but now is the time to be on the look out for little pumpkins and tiny gourds. They will keep for a while, so you can use them in your entertaining now AND save them for Thanksgiving. Play with the wonderful varieties of colors and match the flowers as well. Be on the look out for antique napkins at estate sales and stock up on hand and dish towels. Go through last years and relinquish the ones that are stained and ratty looking to the rag bin or just throw them out.
It's also a ...
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Thanksgiving
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bethsdish 10/25/2009 8:56:00 AM
THINKING THANSGIVING
Thanksgiving
is my favorite holiday. No presents, no parties, no pressure. It’s all about
the turkey and the great stuff that goes with it. It’s a day devoted to cooking
beloved comfort food; a day to kick back and eat.
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Heidi at Betty Crocker 12/1/2008 12:00:00 PM
I don’t know about you, but I'm still full from Thanksgiving. My holiday was a bit untraditional this year. On the actual day of Thanksgiving, I vegged out on the couch and watched movies with friends and ate frozen pizza. Having spent nearly every waking moment of my time off working on refinishing my built-in, it was nice to be off my feet and good to be in the company of friends.
For those of you following along with my project, here’s currently where I’m at:
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Heidi's Wrong Potatoes, Fresh Herb-Topped Rolls, Thanksgiving
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Heidi at Betty Crocker 11/26/2008 1:21:00 PM
Since my Dad and Helen were doing their own thing with Helen’s family for Thanksgiving, they invited me, my sisters and their families over for a pre-Thanksgiving get together. Once again, decorating cookies and cupcakes was a pre-dinner activity. This recipe--with yellow instead of devil's food cake--was used as inspiration for the cupcakes).
Abigail, Claire, Greta, Morgan and Ian just beginning to decorate:...
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AndiatBettyCrocker 11/25/2008 11:23:00 AM
It’s hard to believe but some folks just don’t like pumpkin pie. For them, you could make a Bittersweet Chocolate-Caramel Tart for your Thanksgiving dessert.
It wasn’t the title alone that made me want to taste this recipe but the close-up photo with three slices of the tart. The crust is a chocolate cookie crust that is topped with a thick layer of homemade soft and gooey caramel and on top of that is a dark chocolate ganache. It’s garnished with a few sprinkles of Fleur de Sel (coarse sea salt). The final result is a wonderfully delicious ...
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bittersweet chocolate, caramel, dessert, tart, Thanksgiving
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Heidi at Betty Crocker 11/28/2007 2:39:00 PM
Today is crazy-busy but here are a few photos from Thanksgiving, as promised:
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rolls, potatoes, Thanksgiving
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Heidi at Betty Crocker 11/26/2007 7:20:00 PM
I'm happy to report that my Thanksgiving meal with the neighbors was a success. Shawn deep-fried the turkey in his backyard and the results were truly magnificent. Amy's mashed potatoes were literally swimming in butter--in a good way and, while my rolls weren't perfect looking, they tasted pretty darn good. For some reason I'm not able to post photos from home, so you'll have to wait until Wednesday for visual proof. I made the cheesecake and it, too turned out scrumptious. It wasn't as hard as I'd imagined. The water bath made me super nervous. I was worried that I hadn't wrapped the foil high enough around the sides of the spring form pan to keep the water out. My fear grew when I...
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Heidi at Betty Crocker 11/21/2007 12:35:00 PM
I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling stuffed just thinking about all the food I’m going to eat in the next few days. In addition to hosting Thanksgiving, my neighbors Amy and Shawn are planning a Pie Party on Friday. They’re encouraging everyone who attends to bring their leftover desserts. Talk about a sugar rush. I’m toying with the idea of making the Pumpkin-Caramel Cheesecake featured on the cover of this year’s Betty Crocker Thanksgiving magazine. I was lucky enough to get a taste of this cheesecake when the r...
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