20+ Tools for a Better Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving, a holiday to celebrate the Indians helping the Pilgrims survive in the new world, has come to mean much more. Now a time for family, unofficial kick-off to the holiday shopping season, and a general time of relaxing for pretty much all Americans. Enjoy our 20+ tools for cooking, dieting, shopping for bargains and more.

Cooking

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Butterball.com - Get tips for making the perfect Thanksgiving turkey from the biggest seller of turkeys in the world. They also offer a free tip line by phone or email to make sure you cook it safely. For fun, check out this clip from the West Wing of how much fun calling them can be.

CookingCache.com Thanksgiving recipes - Over 250 Thanksgiving recipes from everyday folks and their families.

FoodAndWine.com Thanksgiving Recipes - Food & Wine magazines recipes for various dishes and themed complete menus for the entire meal.

FoodNetwork.com Thanksgiving - The hugely popular network dedicated to all things food brings up tips and suggestions for all parts of the meal.

MarthaStewart.com Thanksgiving - It's hard not to think of Martha Stewart when you think of family events. Has decorating tips as well as recipes and menu suggestions.

Recipezaar.com Vegan Thanksgiving recipes - A collection of 196 recipes for vegetarians and vegans who wish to find alternatives for the traditional foods.

ThanksgivingRecipe.com - Section of AllRecipe.com dedicated to all things Thanksgiving, including how to plan a menu.

General

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Apples4TheTeacher.com Thanksgiving Page - Stories about the origin of Thanksgiving, classroom activities, coloring pages and more.

Clip-Art.kaboose.com Thanksgiving clip-art - A selection of clip-art you can use on invitations, social networking pages and wherever else you may need to.

eHow.com Thanksgiving tips - Tips on setting the table, making place cards, folding napkins and more.

FamilyFun.com Thanksgiving decoration ideas - A large collection of Thanksgiving decorating ideas for this special family day.

Holiday Dieting

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CampShane.com Holiday Tips - Some hardline rules you follow to remind yourself "the holidays" is six weeks long, and how to survive them.

RD.com Six Holiday Dieting Tricks - Six easy tips for maintaining your diet during the holidays from Reader's Digest.

UltimateFatBurner.com Twelve Dieting Tips -Twelve steps you can take to make sure you don't totally destroy your diet with too much holiday goodness.

Shopping

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(for those unfamiliar with the term "Black Friday", please see this handy explanation)

BFAds.net - One of the best known sites for collecting together the"Black Friday" ads, presents all the sales by list or actual scans of the ad fliers.

BlackFriday.DealsPl.us - Not only does it show you the ads, it allows you to vote on whether or not they actually are a good deal.

BlackFriday.GottaDeal.com - All the usual suspects are accounted for, and even promises to deliver the ever allusive Wal-Mart ads.

BlackFriday.info - Besides just providing the usual ads, you can also make yourself a shopping list to get ready for the insanity.

BlackFridayAds.com - A little simpler than the other sites, but a nice collection of ads and has a countdown to the madness.

DealTaker.com Black Friday info - Keeps track of online specials as well as the usual brick & mortar type sales.

TheBlackFriday.com - Large collection of ads with some from much smaller merchants.

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