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Category Archives: Holiday

Christmas ‘08 — Putting it All Together — Plus a request

The great thing about having holiday traditions is that people expect to have the same thing they ate last year. So no experiments, no stress … and no taking pictures of the whole process for me. Everything I made for Christmas was something I did on the blog during the year. And please check out the [...]
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How To Make Smooth Cranberry Sauce

Sure, you can do classic cranberry sauce, with the whole berries still in it. It’s just so very grown up. But if you’re like me, when someone says “cranberry sauce” the picture in your head has rings around it, left by the can you just opened. And you can almost hear that slurpy sound as it [...]
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How To Make Cranberry Sauce

This is another one of those recipes that’s so easy you wonder why we buy this pre-made. Two ingredients and 15 minutes work, and it’s better than anything in a can. Courtesy of my mother-in-law, Nancy.
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Classic Kids’ Thanksgiving Feast

It’s taken years of practice, but I finally thought I was ready to do the full classic Thanksgiving feast for the girls. It turned out not to be as hard as I was expecting.
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Ree’s Thanksgiving Week Planner

I’m going to have another recipe up shortly, I promise. But if you’re pulling together your plans for next week, you have to take a look at Ree’s Thanksgiving schedule. Even if you don’t use the exact same recipes, or even the same dishes, it’s a great example of how to pull off a seeminly [...]
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