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A Tasty Holiday Tradition -- Every year, right after Thanksgiving, I fill my grocery cart with delectable goodies that will fill my kitchen with wonderful smells. It's the time of year when I bake, and bake, and bake some more.
**Article includes recipes for Irresistible Peanut Butter Cookies, Super Easy Chocolate Fudge Brownies, Foolproof Dark Chocolate Fudge, Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies, Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies and Mom's Peanut Brittle.
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At Thanksgiving, Tap into Abundance -- Many of us live in a state of ‘scarcity’ thinking. We find it incredibly easy to imagine the worst happening. We also feel extremely justified in feeling that way because we are bombarded daily with extremely negative and disturbing news. All of this negativity confirms our belief that, well, that life sucks and then we die.
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How To Improve Leftovers -- It is almost the day after Thanksgiving. By Friday, you will have a refrigerator loaded with leftovers, your favorite dish will be gone, and you may wish you had bought a larger bird. Regardless, it is time to think about eating enjoyably during the entire holiday weekend while getting meals back into healthy balance.
**Article includes recipe for Turkey Salad With Cranberries And Pecans.
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Harvest Abundance Wreath -- Harvest time is a great time to celebrate the wonderful bounty that comes from our gardens. To bring a little of this into your décor, try making this beautiful harvest time wreath to celebrate your harvest all season long.
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Preserving Thanksgiving Memories for Scrapbooking -- Last year our family tried out a new way to preserve Thanksgiving memories, and the result was truly a treasured keepsake. A day or two before Thanksgiving, my daughter and I used a turkey rubber stamp to make place cards for all of our family members. We colored the place cards with colored pencils and wrote people's names on them with a metallic gold pen.
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Get Ready for Fall Fun! -- Put down the remote control and get ready for some serious fall fun with your family. Go for a nature walk! Collect leaves, small twigs, nuts, colorful rocks and other items to decorate for fall.
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Not-so-scary Halloween Treats -- There's more than one way to create two classic Halloween treats: popcorn balls and candy apples. And some of these recipes aren't that complicated.
**Article includes recipes for Old-time Popcorn Balls, Caramel Popcorn Balls, Pink Popcorn Balls, Chocolate-Caramel Apple and Cinnamon Apples.
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Harvest Home Decorating -- Using the abundance of nature at this time of year can make for some unusual containers for seasonal floral arrangements too.You can push pieces of florists foam into holes made in pumpkins or gourds or try hollowing out crinkly cabbages, or gourds and stuffing them with pre soaked florists foam before arranging a selection of berries, grasses, seed heads, curly willow, wired tiny pumpkins, oranges, pomegranates or whatever you can get your hands on.
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Quick and Easy Halloween Decorations -- There is no need to spend lots of money decorating your house for Halloween. These quick and easy decorations use items you may well have around the home.
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Plan a Halloween Party they'll never forget! -- Have you noticed that Halloween isn’t just for kids anymore? It can be a great night for the whole family and particularly if you want an alternative to trick-or-treating. Throwing a Halloween Party is a sure fire way to get both adults and kids excited about Halloween.
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