Friday, November 20, 2009

how2heroes - One Awesome Resource for All Your Thanksgiving How-Tos


So many dishes to prepare for Thanksgiving and so little time, right? I definitely recommend you make your life easier and hit one great destination for all your recipes and how-to instructions: how2heroes. Whether you're a pro at preparing your spread or need some help with the turkey and gravy instructions or making the perfect pie, how2heroes can help you out with their Thanksgiving how-to videos and recipes. Experts and home cooks from all corners of American from Plymouth Rock (Indian Pudding) to New Orleans (James Beard Award Winning Chef Frank Britsen's Pecan Pie) show you how to make their favorite dishes your guests will want to gobble up.

Here are some of the highlights I recommend trying:

Cider-Brined Maple-Glazed Turkey (hint: brining is the KEY to the MOST MOIST TURKEY EVER!)
Cornbread, Pecan & Prosciutto Stuffing
Twice Baked Potatoes
Ginger Cranberry Sauce
Guaranteed Pumpkin Pie demonstrated in King Arthur Flour's test kitchen
Pecan Pie
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Maple Bread Pudding

Hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving and have some leftovers for one of the tastiest stuffing leftover dishes I've ever had that Annie Copps from Yankee Magazine shared with us. They're called Egg Nests. And you basically take your extra stuffing, line some muffin tins with it, crack an egg inside each one and bake. A-ma-zing!

And if you ever wondered how this great food holiday began that we are all so thankful for, watch The History of Thanksgiving presented by Plimoth Plantation's Colonial Foodways Culinarian, Kathleen Wall.