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Time-saving Thanksgiving tips

Hosting Thanksgiving this year?

Huff Post has some great time-saving Thanksgiving tips:

Don’t peel your potatoes  Boil them with the skin on then put them straight into an ice bath and the skins will slide right off.

Don’t make a whole turkey  A turkey breast is faster and easier to make.  Each one will feed up to four people.

Preheat your roasting pans  Leave them in the oven while you’re preheating it and things will cook faster.  (It’s especially good for roasting vegetables.)

Make gravy in your blender.  Instead of stirring and simmering, you can thicken it and get all the lumps out with a blender.

Use store-bought ingredients to your advantage  For example, most people expect green bean casserole to be made with cream of mushroom soup so making that from scratch probably isn’t worth it.

What are your Thanksgiving cooking time-savers?

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