Making Thanksgiving Dinner Using Only a Food Box
I just received my Thanksgiving Food Box from a local church, and decided that this year I would try and make a complete Turkey Day Dinner for about 8 people from only the food in the box.
A German-American Thanksgiving
Many immigrants from different countries that arrive in America make Thanksgiving festivities to fit in with their own cultures. I think that is wonderful. We are free in this country to celebrate Thanksgiving any way that is special to each of us.
Here are two of the turkeys I raised for Thanksgiving. I have recently had them butchered at Tabor Homestead in Berwok, ME. They were all over 20 pounds and the big tom turkey I kept for myself was 31 3/4 pounds!
Think Outside the Bird: Ideas for Cranberry Sauce
You can use canned cranberry sauce for the following ideas but I make my own and it works just as well. I absolutely love cranberries so I've naturally done all the ideas listed.
Blessing Our Food on this Thanksgiving Day
For centuries, peoples of all religions and countries have said their own special prayers for the blessing of their food, before a meal to give thanks for the food and other good things in their lives and on their tables.
Here is my favorite recipe for Thanksgiving. Take 2 cups of counting your blessings, 1 1/2 cups of correcting your mistakes, 1 1/2 cups of forgiveness . . .
Thanksgiving: Circle of Thanks
My husband and I have started our own family tradition that gets everyone involved. We gather in a circle and one of us starts by telling what we are thankful for, this gives everyone an example of what to do.
Add Pumpkin Pie Spice to Coffee Grounds
I love the Pumpkin Spice Flavored Coffee that is sold at this time of the year. But, drinking too many of them can really put a hole in my pocket!
My husband and I now live in a apartment. Our children are all grown. We knew this year in order to see our kids, I had to organize a gathering. I decided it was time the children shared in the work.
I would just like to wish one and all a very Happy Thanksgiving and God Bless. Editor's Note: Thanks Theresa. The staff at ThriftyFun would like to wish all of our readers a Happy Thanksgiving as well. I hope everyone has a fun and restful holiday.
Thanksgiving Trick - A Joke. One year at Thanksgiving, my mom went to my sister's house for the traditional feast. Knowing how gullible my sister is, my mom decided to play a trick. She told my sister that she needed something from the store.
These passed twelve months were quite a year. They added inches to my rear. Another terrific poem by Doggy.
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A German-American Thanksgiving
Many immigrants from different countries that arrive in America make Thanksgiving festivities to fit in with their own cultures. I think that is wonderful. We are free in this country to celebrate Thanksgiving any way that is special to each of us.
Think Outside the Bird: Ideas for Cranberry Sauce
You can use canned cranberry sauce for the following ideas but I make my own and it works just as well. I absolutely love cranberries so I've naturally done all the ideas listed.
Blessing Our Food on this Thanksgiving Day
For centuries, peoples of all religions and countries have said their own special prayers for the blessing of their food, before a meal to give thanks for the food and other good things in their lives and on their tables.
