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Plan Your Thanksgiving

Get Organized: First start in the pantry. Arrange all of your canned/dry goods in categories. Put all tomato based products together, canned veggies, soups, beans, etc.

Start The Inventory: Write down exactly what you have and the quantities of everything in your pantry, freezer, and refrigerator

Start Planning: Once you have your inventory go through some recipe ideas. Take notes.

Make A Shopping List: Create a list for the items needed.

Write Out A Calendar: You can schedule when you will prepare menu items or you can just make a list and cross them off as you prepare them.

Start Thanksgiving dinner today – bit by bit and it will be a breeze come Thursday.

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Pumpkin Powder

Have you ever heard of pumpkin powder? I hadn’t either until my recent ongoing pumpkin quest lead me to this nutritious item. What is it for and What is is all about? Well, let me tell you. Dried pumpkin powder can be used to replace some of the flour in breads and baked goods to produce some interesting foods.

Here is what you do:

  • Replace up to 1/4 c of flour with dried pumpkin powder in your favorite recipe.
  • In your pasta recipes, start with 1 T of pumpkin powder and adjust according to the intensity of flavor you are looking for.
  • Use dried pumpkin powder as a natural colorant to foods.  This is especially helpful if you are trying to color yogurt coating for dog biscuits. See my post on pumpkins for pets from a few days ago.

Where to your buy it? Pop on over to Barry’s Farm. They have it for sale for around a dollar an ounce.

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