Archive for November, 2009

The $5000 Charity Cookoff Grand Prize: Ready, set, vote!

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

We've been giving away $1000 a day to charity throughout the month of November. Every winning lens from the Squidoo Thanksgiving Cookoff for Charity is now eligible to win the $5000 grand prize for the charity it supports. But only one takes the cake, and it's up to you to decide who that will [...]

Top Ten Turkey Companions

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Turkey is the traditional center stage at Thanksgiving feasts across the country, but while we're all reaching for the wishbone, let us not forget about the other superstars at the table - our favorite side dishes!
BrandyT cuts right to the chase and shows us the Top 10 Holiday Side Dish Recipes. I'm hungry just [...]

Thanksgiving Dinner with our Troops

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Thanksgiving is so close I can almost smell the traditional dishes we love to eat: mashed yams, green bean casserole, and jellied cranberry sauce. While we're chowing down on our holiday favorites, boutiqueshops reminds us that dinner for our troops can be a far cry from comfort food.
Thanksgiving Dinner With Our Troops explains how [...]

Happy Eco-Friendly Thanksgiving!

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Doesn't it defeat the spirit of the holidays to be wasteful at Thanksgiving? This year, your turkey day can be delicious AND "ecolicious," as our very own lensmaster by the same name teaches us in 20 Plus Ways To Have A Tasty Eco-Friendly Thanksgiving Meal.
"Your Thanksgiving meal with your family should be filled with [...]

Charity Cookoff: Weekend Winners!

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

On Saturday and Sunday we had some weekend Cookoff winners you might have missed.
There's the very clever My Top 10 "Top Chef" Guest Judges lens by KarateKatGraphics, which wins $1000 for Save the Children. "Giving thanks... for a food show to look forward to on Wednesday nights. 'Top Chef' helps me through the midweek homework [...]

Thanksgiving Treat Dog Food Recipe

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Okay, this is a dog food recipe I wouldn't turn my own nose up at.
It's packed with turkey and cranberries and all.
Read the story of Sydney and her special diet.
As lensmaster azpoppy starts off:
"My dog Sydney is half Australian Shepherd and half Belgian Shepherd (Tervuren type). I trained her to be a [...]

Beauty Treatments… with Thanksgiving Leftovers?

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

That's right.
When you're done eating Thanksgiving dinner... put it on your face!
A whole new spin on how to use leftovers.
Here's how pumpkins, cranberries, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes and green beans can be used as DIY beauty treatments. There's even a recipe for a turkey fat mask... but that's only for the more adventurous among [...]

Savory Roasted Sweet Potatoes (and $1000 for JDRF)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Sure, the recipe on this lens sounds pretty good. But no matter how savory or sweet, it's not about the potatoes. Not really.
Here's the backstory and confluence of events.
Christene wanted to enter a lens in the Cookoff, to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
But she doesn't cook! (Says she).
So she thought: I don't have to [...]

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