Quick Tips
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Each month we'll give you tips and tricks to make your home life easier. You'll find everything from cooking shortcuts that save you time to simple ways to keep your house clean.
Cooking Tricks
Salt Sensibility
If you are buying any prepared foods for your Thanksgiving dinner, be sure to read all of your food labels—sodium can hide in unexpected places, partly due to its use as a preservative. Cold cuts, salad dressings, cookies, and soups all can contain high amounts of sodium.
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Entertaining Advice
Thrifty Thanksgiving Centerpiece
Nature provides a host of options to adorn your holiday table—for little or no money. Gather colorful fall leaves, fanciful gourds, branches or berries, and a handful of buckeyes. Then place a large, unscented white candle in the center, and arrange your seasonal pieces around it like a wreath.
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Time-Saving Tips
Turkey-Day Table Tricks
Simplify Thanksgiving entertaining by setting the table the day before. Consider the tiniest details—will you be using Grandmother's silver gravy boat? Polish it and set it on the table. Include everything—plates, napkins, silverware, glassware, coffee cups, serving utensils, butter dish, bread basket, and salt and pepper shakers. Finally, arrange your centerpiece. Voilà! You're ready ahead of schedule.
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Household Hints
Bring Autumn Inside
With a few simple changes, you can bring the look and feel of fall inside your home. If your living room is done in neutral colors, consider adding throw pillows or an area rug in autumn hues of rich red, rusty orange, or gold. Cozy up the couch with a throw blanket, and warm and brighten your space with a few seasonally scented candles.
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