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This week has been very busy for us. Between work and tending to an ill pet, we found ourselves running behind in our preparations for Thanksgiving. We decided to postpone it until today. Or, maybe you celebrated a day early. We always make a large meal from scratch. This means we must work for several evenings beforehand. Since we didn't have the time, we cooked yesterday and celebrated today. It worked since it is just us and my parents. They are very flexible. We have always enjoyed ...

If you're looking to enliven your holiday staples, skip the recipe overhaul and think minor tweaks with greenery.

Fresh herbs are a fast and simple way to enhance tried-and-true recipes, even ones already heavily seasoned with dried herbs. Switching to fresh can give a dish a whole new feel and flavor.

``Fresh herbs offer a dramatic difference in flavor and texture,'' says David Kamen, an instructor at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y.
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I've been playing with my new pressure cooker this week and I am LOVING it! I used to hate to cook chicken because it seemed to take so long to cook and I was usually in a hurry to get something on the table. But thanks to the miracles of pressure cooking, I've discovered I can have chicken on the table in 20 minutes!!

Earlier this week I took a family pack of chicken drumsticks I'd bought on sale out to thaw. Once thawed, I divided it into two batches (probably would have been ...

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