Serve your friends and family turkey this year in a nontraditional way by baking and decorating these turkey cupcakes. Turning ordinary and very blah chocolate cupcakes into feathered birds requires only some chocolate icing, candy corn, and sprinkles.
Sick of the same old turkey sandwich? If you're looking for a change of pace in your sandwich repertoire, try this easy-to-make and delicious Vietnamese sandwich.
Thinking pasta is too heavy for your new diet? Think again. Pasta can provide a healthy meal rich in fiber and vitamins. Follow these steps to make healthier choices for your next pasta dinner.
There are those who prefer Thanksgiving leftovers to the actual official meal, much like people who prefer cold pizza over hot. I'm definitely in the latter camp. There's something luxurious about enjoying your perfectly cooked turkey and stuffing while wearing sweatpants and not having to make small talk with your weird uncle who drinks too much.
There are many ways to carve a turkey. Some swear by the tried-and-true traditional method with a carving fork and a sharp blade, and others would be lost without their electric knives. Regardless of your preference in utensils, you can't just go hacking away at it if you want to end up with all the right pieces.
Got relatives coming over for Thanksgiving? While entertaining - and sometimes trying not to strangle - loved ones is hard enough on Turkey Day, when those relatives only speak a foreign language, things get plain awkward.
You probably decorate your dining room table for Christmas, but what about Thanksgiving? We realize that the big turkey, mashed potatoes, and various other sides take up most of the room on the table, but that doesn't mean you can't add some non-edible flavor.
Learn this fun holiday craft that's great for kids! This pinecone placards make a great Thanksgiving decoration for the table. Follow along to learn how to make Martha Stewart's cute Thanksgiving turkey pine cone placards. All you need are pinecones, corn husks, and stems of gourds.
Hummus is a popular dip that is big in the United States and comes from areas like Greece, Turkey and the Middle East. This tasty dish is easy to prepare and Dede will give you an interesting twist on this normal dip. Enjoy with pita, chips, veggies or anything else that needs a little something extra.
Don't give up turkey gravy just because you're cooking for a gluten-free diet. Use these tips when preparing this Thanksgiving favorite. Gluten-free diets are proven to help digestion and ease a variety of ailments. This gravy will make your gluten-free meal savory.
Don't let your roast flop about untied. Tie a chicken properly so that it roasts to perfection. This skill is very useful to start with and transition to larger birds like the Thanksgiving turkey.
Thanksgiving is almost near and everyone's scrambling around for turkey and stuffing recipes. But if you're expecting guests with coeliac disease, then you're going to have to play it safe. Use this stuffing recipe that abides to a gluten-free diet, but just because it's gluten-free, doesn't mean it won't taste great! Trust us, you won't even tell the difference!
By now, you've stuffed yourself with enough cranberry-soaked turkey to last you until next year. Still, there's a formidable amount of leftovers, and you're kidding yourself if you think you won't be craving them when you wake up tomorrow with a food coma/hangover.
With Christmas coming up in a little more than a week, it's prime time to start thinking about how you'll be adorning your holiday table. While we know you're probably focused on getting together the perfect menu, what good is sumptuous turkey and beautiful sugar cookies if they're arranged messily on the table?
It's like the hand turkey, but with a Christmas theme! Make a Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer with your children! You will need craft foam, pom poms, non toxic craft glue, markers, googly eyes, a paper back and safety scissors.
This guy looks a little nervous - as well he should be, for it's Thanksgiving season and someone might be wondering how he'll taste in a deep fryer! All you need is some paper, pencils, ink pens and an eraser!
Serve your rolls and bread sticks in style! Take a basket and turn it into a Thanksgiving-themed breadbasket. You will need a basket, a glue gun, googly eyes, food safe skewers, a wooden spoon, scissors, colored construction paper and a block of florist foam.
This is a great project, especially for older or preteen children. You will need flatnose pliers, needlenose pliers, wire cutters, gold bugle beads, seed beads, a large bead for the body and 24 gauge jewelry wire in bronze or copper.
Thanksgiving should officially be known as the holiday of comfort food. After all, it's night impossible to get through the occasion without gaining at least five pounds from all the turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, apple pies, etc.
Want something that will both keep your children occupied while you're busy cooking Thanksgiving dinner, while still getting them into the spirit of the holiday? Here are some great ideas for art and craft projects you can give your kids, like turkey tags and paper napkin rings.
Learn how to make gravy with roux. Preparing smooth and savory gravy is easier than you may think. The trick to avoiding lumps is to use a roux as a thickener for gravy. To prepare the gravy, you'll need broth (turkey, chicken or a combination of broth and water), fat separator, roasting pan, all purpose flour and roux.
If you've ever tried steamed Chinese buns at a dim sum restaurant, you'll recoqnize the light and tender dough. Here, ground turkey is used for filling to enclose the rich taste. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make Chinese steamed buns.
One translation of “wonton” means “swallowing clouds” and has always been one of my favorite all-time food translations (and properly made a very accurate one). Chef John is having the family over today and wonton soup is on the menu! He will be doing it with ground turkey instead of the pork you’ll see in the recipe clip.
Celebrity health food chef Bethenny Frankel cooka for celebrity A-listers such as Paris and Nikki Hilton, Mariska Hargitay and Anne Heche. Today she makes a delicious grilled quesadilla, vegetarian panini, and a grilled turkey sausage dipping sauce.
Halloumi with pomegranates and mint a new take on grilled cheese. Can be cut up and used as an appetizer. Made in Cypress, Greece and Turkey.
In an ongoing effort to improve its services and become more accessible to users from all regions, Facebook has released a streamlined version of its social media app. Though the leaner Facebook Lite is only officially available in Turkey for now, there's a simple workaround you can use to get the app in any country.
Ready to start your journey into the world of Magic: The Gathering? If so, there's no better place to start than with this five part tutorial. This tutorial comes straight from the pros at Magic and teaches you everything you will need to know about the Multiverse. So, go get some cards and get ready to dive head first into the Magic universe.
With T-Day on the horizon and approaching rapidly, you are probably in one of two camps. The one that is eagerly awaiting the holiday feast with barely-contained drool. Or the one that involves breathing heavily into a paper bag while worrying about your lack of oven and stovetop real estate, while also bemoaning the lack of multiples of you to get all the prep work done.
Elie Krieger from Food Network bakes up a scrumptious chicken pot pie. Her version will give you a healthy boost because she added extra vegetables and cut down on the fat. This southern dish is sure to warm up tummies everywhere and you can customize the ingredients based on your family's tastes. For example, you may want to use turkey instead of chicken, or possibly beef. Maybe your family likes different vegetables. This particular recipe uses chicken, onions, carrots, celery and green bea...
In Turkey, near the Syrian border, the Hairy Bikers demonstrate the best way to build and cook the perfect doner kebab. Brilliant recipe clip from BBC food-lovers show 'Hairy Bikers Cook Book'.
Thanksgiving is coming up in a matter of weeks, which means all your time will soon be occupied by stuffing your mouth with turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce.
You don't have to stress out about hosting the perfect family Thanksgiving dinner! You can make a fun and engaging centerpiece just from things you can find around your house, and this video shows you how to make a fun turkey centerpiece, or flowers on a gourd.
Learn how to prepare wild rice and cranberry stuffing balls to eat with a roast and use the remainder of the stuffing to stuff a small turkey or chicken. This recipe is easy to prepare and delicious to eat. To prepare wild rice and cranberry stuffing balls you will need the following ingredients: 1 Tbs. olive oil, 50 grams butter, 2 chopped onions, 2 large chopped rosemary leaves, 100 grams cooked long grain rice, 50 grams dried cranberries, 100 grams chopped, dried apricots, 175 grams fresh ...
Meat thermometers are an important tool in the kitchen. Professional chefs use meat thermometer to measure the doneness of a cooked steak, turkey, chicken, and many other meats. Watch this Kitchen Utensils how-to video to learn about the different meat thermometers out there.
Improve your knife skills with the how-to video. Watch and learn how easy it is to use a carving knife and fork to cut any type of roast. Carve a beef, turkey, chicken, or pork roast. When carving always cut across the grains of meat. Use the fork to stabilize the meat on the cutting board.
Easy to make and loaded with vitamins, you won't believe how delicious this warm spinach salad is. Hard-boiled eggs, turkey bacon, and a tangy homemade dressing top it off.
Discussing the technique of cutting a turkey quill pen, with reference to the bamboo pen. These quills can be used to write calligraphy. Part of the Tools and Techniques of Calligraphy series.
Just because it's barbeque doesn't mean it has to be unhealthy. In this video Bethenny Frankel shares with you her recipes for a great post-skiing barbeque including: grilled turkey sausage with dijon dipping sauce, grilled goat cheese and sundried tomato pesto, panini's and grilled cilantro pesto chicken quesadillas.
If you love cheese and butter and meat, you can't go wrong with the Monte Cristo sandwich! This ham and turkey grilled goodness is like grilled cheese on steroids.
This is a video showing how to make low carb green bean mushrooms. She starts by cutting five mushrooms into really small pieces. She is mimicking cream of mushroom soup because it has a lot of salt and carbs. She then adds the mushrooms into a skillet with 2 tablespoons of butter on high heat. Now she pours in 1. 5 cups of heavy cream. Then she pours in 3/4 of a teaspoon of garlic salt. She then reduces it until it is thick. She then adds pepper to the mixture. She now adds a 28 oz. can of g...
