Thanksgiving on the farm.

Unlike many years ago, we get our turkeys from a store.  My grandmother raised turkeys and they can be mean so I decided raising them were not for me.
So in this post, I am gonna share my favorite classic recipes and cool ways to decorate for the holiday.
I am gonna start with one that is easy yet taste sooo good. Candied Yams "This is a simple and quick way to enjoy a Thanksgiving favorite! Canned yams or sweet potatoes may be used."

1 (29 ounce) can sweet potatoes
1/4 cup butter, cut into pieces
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cup miniature marshmallows

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Place sweet potatoes in a medium baking dish. Distribute butter pieces evenly over the sweet potatoes. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Layer with miniature marshmallows.
3. Bake in the preheated oven 25 minutes, or until sweet potatoes are tender and marshmallows have melted.

Another recipe is the easy Beginner's Turkey with Stuffing

12 pounds whole turkey

1 (6 ounce) package dry bread stuffing mix
1 cup water
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped onion
4 slices toasted white bread, torn into small pieces
   salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoonsvegetable oil

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Rinse turkey, remove giblets and place in a shallow roasting pan.
2. Prepare stuffing according to package directions. Mix in water.
3. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat, and slowly cook and stir the celery and onion until tender.
4. Mix celery, onion, and toasted bread pieces into the stuffing, and season with salt and pepper. Loosely scoop stuffing into the turkey body cavity and neck cavity. Rub the exterior of the turkey with vegetable oil.
5. Loosely cover turkey with aluminum foil, and roast 3 1/2 to 4 hours in the preheated oven, until the thickest part of the thigh reaches 180 degrees F (85 degrees C) and the interior of the stuffing reaches 165 degrees F (70 degrees C). Remove foil during the last half hour of cooking to brown the bird.

This craft was found on FaveCrafts and just looked lovely on my table last year. I plan to make anouther this year.

This lovely centerpiece from Krylon is sure to be admired by friends and family at Thanksgiving dinner. Find this craft project and 29 other decorations, table accents and more in the Thanksgiving Crafts eBook.


Materials:

• Krylon Indoor/Outdoor Paint - Bauhaus Gold (#51801)
• Krylon Indoor/Outdoor Paint - Georgia Clay (#53531)
• Krylon Glitter Spray - Glistening Gold (#401)
• Krylon Easy-Tack™ Repositionable Adhesive - Clear (#7020)
• Krylon Short Cuts® Aerosol Paints - Gold Leaf (#SCS029)
• Krylon Indoor/Outdoor Primer - Gray (#51318)
• 1 trailing silk ivy plant
• 18" artificial pine wreath
• 6" clay pot
• 6" × 6" green candle
• 9" diameter metal candle saucer
• 1 or 2 wired stems with berries
• 1 orange maple leaf garland
• Oak leaf picks – 2 yellow & 1 multicolor
• 24 yellow and orange fall flowers
• (2) 9" × 12" sheets .005 acetate
• Crafty Magic Melt® glue sticks
• Glue gun with needle nozzle
• Small wire cutters
• Fine line permanent marker
• Craft knife
• Self healing mat

Instructions:

1. Shape wreath into oval, measuring approximately 14" × 9" by squeezing wire form.
   
2. Trace oak leaf and maple leaf on sheets of acetate. Cut out. Apply Easy–Tack to back of stencils. Let set for 5 minutes.
   
3. Stencil candle with Gold leaves. Let paint dry 30 minutes before removing and relocating stencil. Use tip of craft knife to scratch veins in leaves. Set aside.
   
4. Spray clay pot with Gray Primer. Let dry. Spray with Bauhaus Gold and Georgia Clay for a mottled finish. Let dry. Spray candle saucer Gold. Let dry. Turn clay pot upside down and glue candle saucer to top. Set aside.
   
5. Spray wreath lightly with Bauhaus Gold and Georgia Clay, leaving some green areas. Let dry. Set aside.
   
6. Lightly mist flowers and leaves with Gold Leaf paint. Spray all flowers and multicolor oak leaves with Glistening Gold Glitter. Let dry.
   
7. Assemble centerpiece: Place candle on upturned pot in center of wreath. With wire cutters, cut: (2) 16", (4) 12", (2) 6" and (4) 4" lengths of ivy; cut flower stems to 4" to 6" lengths, maple leaves with stems from garland, and oak leaves from picks. Arrange ivy with longer lengths at ends of wreath and shorter lengths along sides. Arrange flowers, berries and leaves on wreath. Refer to photograph for suggested placement. When satisfied with arrangement, glue all elements to wreath.

This is it for this post. I post more reciepes before Thanksgiving.