Thanksgiving Tips for a Romantic Holiday Season

About a week before Thanksgiving, avoid serving chicken or turkey.  Stick some spicy items in the family’s diet such as homemade chili, hot dogs, and tacos.  By the time Thanksgiving rolls around, they’ll be ‘in the mood’ for bird.

When stuffing celery, let the cream cheese stand for about half an hour before you begin filling the stalks.  As the cream cheese cools to room temperature, it will soften, making it much easier to spread.

When making dressing, avoid adding hot broth to your crumbled cornbread mixture.  It will create a ‘gummy’ dressing and if you’ve chosen to include dried parsley in your dressing, it will give off a green hue.

Use stale or toasted bread when assembling dressing.

When creating appetizer trays, experiment with the different flavored cream cheeses.  For example, if you are stuffing celery try using plain, pimento and jalepeno cream cheeses for variety.  Butter crackers can be topped with pineapple, strawberry, vegetable or blueberry cream cheese.

Purchase pitted olives to save time and headaches!

Cook your giblets and cornbread the night before Thanksgiving.  You’ll not only save time, but the seasonings will explode through the food.

When adding salt and pepper, play it safe and measure with a spoon before adding to your dish.

Whenever possible, use fresh vegetables.  For example, fresh green peas will literally melt in one’s mouth; fresh beets have a much better flavor than canned.  

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