Revisit my post from last year, Turkey all the time!

Enjoy these 10 dish ideas to eat up your Thanksgiving favorites without getting bored.

Breakfast: Turkey-Egg Biscuits
Layer leftover turkey, fried eggs, cheese, and even gravy inside warmed biscuits.

Lunch: Turkey Wraps
Roll turkey, mustard or mayo, and chopped spinach in to a whole-wheat wrap.

Afternoon Snack: Pumpkin Pie Treats 
Top leftover pumpkin or apple pie with whipped topping and leftover cranberry sauce.

Dinner: Turkey Shepard’s Pie
Combine stuffing, gravy, chopped turkey, and vegetables in a 2 or 3 quart baking dish. Top with mashed potatoes or pureed sweet potatoes. Bake at 325F until warmed through.

Late-Night Snack: Turkey-Cranberry Sandwich
Using leftover biscuits or bread, stack cheese slices and turkey then top with cranberry sauce. Serve cold.

Breakfast in Bed: Biscuits & Jam
Toast leftover biscuits and top with cranberry sauce or sweet potatoes.

Next-Day Lunch: Hot Turkey Sandwiches
Simmer turkey and gravy in a small saucepan. Spoon over biscuits or a layer of stuffing. Top with mashed potatoes and more gravy.

Super Snack: Sweet Potato Pie
Puree sweet potatoes with maple syrup, cinnamon, and butter. Pour into a prepared pie crust. Bake until warmed through and golden brown. Top with whipped topping or cranberry sauce.

Dinnertime Side Dish: Loaded Mashed Potatoes
Stir leftover corn, peas, and other vegetables into mashed potatoes. Top with butter or gravy.

Dessert For Two: Pie Crust Mix-Up 
Scoop pieces, crust and all, into champagne flutes or dessert dishes, mixing flavors. Create layers with whipped topping and cranberry sauce or sweet potatoes.

Do you have tons of subscriptions to magazines? Well, in most cases you can cancel those subscriptions, because most magazines are placing content online, free of charges. If you subscribe to any food or cooking magazines, consider checking out their websites. Here are my favorite food magazines, in Internet form:

Real Simple: Not only a great online recipe collection, but other tidbits about cleaning, storage, organizing, and other nifty household tips.

Everyday Food: All of the recipes from the magazine, plus other Martha Stewart publications such as Martha Stewart Living, Body & Soul, and even the now debunked Blueprint.

Food & Wine: Quite a pricey magazine subscription, I’ve found most recipes available online along with all the wine advice you will ever need.

Eating Well: Great healthy recipes without the publication price. Like many food and cooking websites, this one offers free email newsletters as well.

Cooking Light, Southern Living, Sunset and more are all part of the awesome recipe collection on MyRecipes.com (Real Simple is also part of the recipe network).

Newspapers also publish great local recipes, the best way to find these hidden gems is to use a news search engine like Google News and type in the search criteria “recipes” or a specific recipe you are looking for like “soup” or “casseroles.”

In case you have not seen or heard, the Food Network now has a magazine publication, but most recipes are still available online for free.

Once again, our friends over at MyRecipes.com have everything you need to celebrate the holidays. Looking to give gifts of food this year? Check out these ideas:

Gift-Worthy Holiday Jams, Spreads, & Sauces: Pick a traditional flavor like apple butter or cranberry-orange marmalade, or give them something unique like sun-dried tomato jam or peachy barbecue sauce.   

Gifts from the Oven: Gingerbread people, pound cake, biscotti and more!

Give the Gift of Candy: Sugared cranberries, candied orange rind, fudge, and other easy-to-make goodies to give as gifts.

Heartwarming Breads: Find the perfect baked goods to bring to family dinners or potlucks, such as flaky dinner rolls, cranberry-sweet potato quick bread, and orange-pecan muffins.

Are you fretting over the cost of a traditional Thanksgiving smorgasbord? Once again, I scour the Internet so you don’t have to, so fret not! MyRecipes.com has everything you need to low-cost holiday entertaining. A few cost-saving articles to check out:  

Money-Saving Appetizers

Budget-Friendly Holiday Side Dishes

Looking to break tradition and try something new this Thanksgiving? Read up on Fresh Takes on Thanksgiving Menus, including a turkey-less menu and a Thanksgiving menu for two.

Finally, complete your turkey day by finding the Perfect Wine for Thanksgiving, then saving some money with the Top 20 Wines Under $20.

When it comes to selecting cooking oil, there are lots of choices: vegetable oil, canola oil, sunflower seed oil, sesame seed oil, and more. But the one that stands far above the rest is olive oil, for its virtue both in and out of the kitchen.

Olive oil has been touted for it’s heart-healthy benefits, but new research also suggests that polyphenols in olive oil may inhibit the bacterium that causes most stomach ulcers (ReagAge.com). Looking to add a little olive oil to your diet? Try this simple recipe from Eating Well magazine:

Herbed Extra-Virgin Olive Oil

3 tbsp fresh chopped herbs (such as thyme, rosemary, marjoram or chives)
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Combine all ingredients in a small bowl. Serve with bread for dipping, or saute with veggies for a quick and easy side dish.

When olive oil isn’t providing a healthy boost to your insides, it can offer a beauty boost to your outsides. Here are some low-cost, all-natural personal care ideas from Vital Juice Daily:  

Hands and feet: Rub a generous amount of olive oil on your hands and feet-cover with gloves and socks. Wake up with silky soft digits!

Nails: Soak dry, brittle nails in a cup of olive oil for 10 minutes. Rub the excess into your cuticles to help seal and repair.

Skin: Apply after a bath or shower, while skin is still moist. Wrap yourself in a terry cloth robe, if possible, before jumping into bed to avoid greasing your sheets.

Lips: Dab some on rough, chapped lips to smooth dead skin.

Hair: To repair split ends and give your mane new shine massage a few tablespoons into scalp and hair before shampooing. Cover with a shower cap and leave for 20 – 30 minutes.

Face: Dab a little on a Q-tip and wipe debris and makeup away.

Want your olive oil to work just a little bit harder? Check out this article on 25 Alternative Uses for Olive Oil, including fixing a stuck zipper, conditioning leather and stopping a throat tickle.  

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