Moore

Each year at Thanksgiving, my family discusses what we will make for Thanksgiving dinner. Some of us are traditionalists, who shudder at the thought of anything but turkey with all the trimmings. Others are more adventurous -- especially me, since I did not grow up in the United States and I am not beholden to memories of Thanksgiving Past. I am always ready to try something new, and I believe much to the fury of the traditionalists that Thanksgiving is a great time to experiment with the menu. And so it came to pass, last year, that I won the fight about the Thanksgiving menu, and, with the reluctant approval of the traditional family members, was given a free rein in the kitchen. And that s how the turducken Thanksgiving began. What s a turducken you say. It was quite a task but well worth the trouble. I started the Wednesday before Thanksgiving by purchasing a 12 pound organic turkey, a 6 pound duck and a 3 pound fresh chicken. I carefully boned each one leaving their structure intact. You must cut carefully, especially the turkey, if it is to look...

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April Fool s Day is the perfect day to have fun with the meals you serve. Surprise your family on April 1st with these fun meal ideas. Fake Hot Dogs And French Fries Your kids will love fake hot dogs and French fries for lunch this April fools day. Peel a banana and spread peanut butter all over it to give it the appearance of a hot dog. Serve it in a hot dog bun with some strawberry preserve drizzled over the hotdog to make it look like ketchup. For the fries, peel some apples and cut them into sticks resembling fresh fries. Roll them in a cinnamon and sugar mixture and bake them for 8 to 10 minutes in a preheated 400 F oven. Serve with a side of strawberry preserve as fake ketchup. What a fun lunch. Fool everyone in the family with these fun dinner and desert ideas. They won t believe you are actually serving cake for dinner and spaghetti for dessert. Your Family will be in for a big surprise with this meatloaf cake. Prepare your favorite meatloaf and bake it in two 9-inch cake pans. Reduce the cooking time from what you would usually cook it since the...

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cities are already reporting their first cases of flu, and now is the time to prepare your flu-fighting arsenal. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC guidelines for the 2006 2007 season cite three key flu-fighting tools: vaccination, use of anti-viral medications and good hygiene practices. To help make these guidelines work for you and your family, a new Web site--fluFACTS--provides in-depth flu information and interactive tools with the help of the animated characters from the new movie Happy Feet. Vaccine is the number-one way to prevent flu. But if you do find yourself feeling ill, the Happy Feet penguins demonstrate three simple steps to fighting flu: Step One: Learn the FACTS of Flu Is it cold or flu. Flu symptoms are different and more severe than a cold. An easy way to tell the difference between cold and flu are remembering the following F.A.C.T.S.: 8226; Fever usually high 8226; Aches usually severe 8226; Chills fairly common 8226; Tiredness moderate to severe 8226; Sudden onset. The flu usually comes on very quickly and some describe...

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