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How is your Thanksgiving Dinner prep going? The Morning Thing is here to help!

On Monday’s show, The Morning Thing kicked off Thanksgiving Week with some great insight from CookingLight.com.


We shared 7 Thanksgiving dishes you should always make ahead and 6 dishes that should never be made ahead of time.
Check out the list HERE.

We also found a list of common Thanksgiving mistakes and how to avoid them. Click HERE to see the list.

Our prayer for you is that you will find joy and peace for this Thanksgiving. It will be a different holiday for many of us, as 2020 has brought on many unique challenges. The Morning Thing is here for you every weekday from 6am -9am to encourage you, inspire you and give you a good start to your day!
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at WNZR!

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The 10th annual Turkey Trot returns on Thanksgiving morning!

WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Scott Burgess of We Run MV about the 10th Annual Turkey Trot.

Scott shared details about this year’s event and how the team has worked hard to protect participants and volunteers.

New COVID-19 procedures will be followed including 3 different start times.

Click HERE to hear the conversation.

We hope to see you and your family on Thanksgiving morning in the Chapel parking lot at Mount Vernon Nazarene University.

You can stay connected to the FFTH calendar in a few ways online:

Website – www.foodforthehungrycares.org
Facebook – Food For The Hungry of Knox County
Twitter and Instagram – FFTH Cares

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The 9th Annual Turkey Trot is coming on Thanksgiving morning!

WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Scott Burgess with We Run MV about the 9th annual Turkey Trot event.
Click HERE to hear their conversation.

Event takes place on Thursday, 11/28, Thanksgiving morning
Registration opens up at 8am
Race starts at 9am
First place trophies will be given out to the first female, male and dog to pass over the finish line.
No entry fee. Participants are asked to bring food and dollars to support Food For The Hungry.

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Teach Your Kids to be Grateful

Today on the Morning Thing, in preparation for Thanksgiving, we talked about how to teach your kids to be grateful. Parents, it starts with you. Model this for your kids and turn them to God, the ultimate model for how we should live our lives. Check it out HERE. As always, thanks for listening!

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The Turkey Trot is tomorrow!

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Where will you be on Thanksgiving morning? We hope to see you at the Turkey Trot to benefit Food For The Hungry of Knox County! WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart, Samantha Scoles from the Mount Vernon News and Marty Trese of Knox Pages had a chance to chat with Scott Burgess from We Run MV about this fun event!

Click HERE to hear their fun conversation.

 

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Thanksgiving Prep – are you ready for the big day?

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Are you ready for Thanksgiving??!!! Don’t worry, we found some Thanksgiving Menus for beginners to experts. www.allrecipes.com features a Game Plan for both the Easy Menu and the Advanced Menu. They are a GREAT resources for recipes and SO much more!

Check it out HERE!

Easy Menu
Keep it simple and classic		 Advanced Menu
Add new twists to the traditional meal

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Game Plan for Easy Menu

The trickiest part of preparing a holiday meal is the timing. The key is to make as many items ahead of time as you can, and reheat them on Thanksgiving Day.

1 to 2 Weeks Ahead:

  • Make a shopping list; beat the holiday rush.
  • Make and freeze Yummy Yam Casserole (omit topping).

2 Days Before Thanksgiving:

  • Place turkey in refrigerator to thaw (birds larger than 12 lbs. will require 3 days to thaw).
  • Make cranberry sauce.
  • Bake pecan bars. Cool completely; slice bars. Store tightly covered with plastic wrap in a cool, dry place.

1 Day Before:

  • Toast almonds for green beans in ungreased skillet over med. heat until golden and fragrant. Transfer to a bowl or lidded container. Cook bacon for green beans, if using; crumble and mix with toasted almonds and refrigerate.
  • Make mashed potatoes; store in the refrigerator.
  • Make stuffing; store in the refrigerator.
  • Prepare Pumpkin Cream Pie.
  • Set the dining room table. Include serving dishes for gravy, dinner rolls, butter, and green beans, plus serving utensils.

The Night Before:

  • Place Yam Casserole in the fridge to thaw.
  • Prepare Easy Turkey Gravy; store jar or container in fridge.

Thanksgiving Morning:

  • Remove an oven rack, if necessary. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Roast turkey as directed. Remove from oven and let stand for 30 minutes before carving.
  • Add pecan topping to yam casserole.

1 hour before dinner:

  • Increase oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Replace oven rack. Bake the mashed potatoes, the stuffing, and the yam casserole.

30 minutes before dinner:

  • Wrap dinner rolls in foil. Place in oven to heat.
  • Warm gravy in saucepan over medium-low heat.
  • Melt butter for green beans in a large skillet over medium heat.
  • Cook beans until tender. Stir in almonds and crumbled bacon and cook until heated through.

Last Minute Finishing Touches:

  • Transfer gravy, rolls and green beans into serving bowls.
  • Carve the turkey and arrange meat on a warmed platter.

 

Game Plan for Advanced Menu

1 to 2 Weeks Before:

  • Make a shopping list; beat the holiday rush.
  • Make dinner rolls; proof for twenty minutes, then freeze. When firm, transfer rolls to plastic freezer bag.
  • Make pastry for pecan pie (use recipe of your choice). Chill dough, then roll out and line a nine-inch pie shell. Freeze until firm. Wrap frozen dough and pan with plastic wrap and store in the freezer.

3 Days Before:

  • Thaw turkey in refrigerator.
  • Prepare and bake cheesecake crust; cool and wrap with plastic wrap. Store at room temperature in a cool, dry place.

2 Days Before:

  • Make chutney.
  • Cube bread for stuffing: use a mix of multigrain, rye, and country white bread for Old-Fashioned Stuffing, or make pumpkin bread for Ibby’s Pumpkin-Mushroom Stuffing.
  • Bake pie shell (see Perfect Pie Crusts for instructions on blind baking). Cool and wrap with plastic wrap. Store at room temperature in a cool, dry place.

1 Day Before:

  • Remove giblets and neck from turkey cavity.
  • Brine turkey.
  • Make stock out of turkey neck and giblets (do not use the liver for making stock, as it can make broth bitter), celery, onion, carrot, and aromatics.
  • Bake cheesecake.
  • Bake pecan pie.
  • Prep veggies for roasting.
  • Toast pine nuts and cook bacon for Brussels Sprouts; store in refrigerator.
  • Make stuffing.

The Night Before:

  • If you have room in the fridge, arrange frozen dinner rolls on sheet pan and thaw overnight in the refrigerator. (Otherwise, thaw at room temperature on Thanksgiving morning.)
  • Set the dining room table. Include serving dishes for gravy, dinner rolls, butter, and side dishes, plus serving utensils.

Thanksgiving Morning:

  • Brush dinner rolls with egg wash.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake rolls and stuffing.
  • Light coals; prep grill.
  • Increase oven temperature to 425 degrees F and roast vegetables.
  • Grill turkey.

1 hour before dinner:

  • Make mashed potatoes. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and rest bowl over pan of simmering water to keep warm.

30 minutes before dinner:

  • Collect drippings from roasting pan under turkey. Make gravy.
  • Prepare Brussels sprouts.
  • Keep stuffing and roasted vegetables warm in a 300 degree F oven.
  • Wrap rolls in foil and warm in oven, if desired.

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The Morning Thing Fave 5 – We are VERY thankful!

The Morning Thing Fave 5 focuses on thankfulness this week!
In honor of Thanksgiving, The Morning Thing hosts share what they are most thankful for this season.

jenna

Jenna Potts – https://soundcloud.com/wnzr/morning-thing-fave-5-jenna-potts-1

dan

Dan Monnin – https://soundcloud.com/wnzr/morning-thing-fave-5-dan-monnin

andy

Andy Krolik – https://soundcloud.com/wnzr/morning-thing-fave-5-andykrolik

rachel

(Guest Co-Host) Rachel Rinehart – https://soundcloud.com/wnzr/morning-thing-fave-5-rachel-rinehart

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Marcy Rinehart – https://soundcloud.com/wnzr/morning-thing-fave-5-marcy-rinehart

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10 things to do the day after Thanksgiving other than shopping! The Morning Thing 11/25/16

It is Black Friday – the biggest shopping day of the year. Millions of people will fight the crowds, their sleepiness and the long lines just to find that very special deal.

If you are NOT one of the brave shoppers, we found a list of 10 things that you can do today instead of shopping. We think that you will love this list and the pictures that are included in the article.

Kaylee Collier wrote this list for www.theodysseyonline.com

Click HERE for the full article.

1. Sleep in.

Thanksgiving dinner is usually the biggest meal of the year. We stuff our faces with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, and all the pie on the face of the Earth. With our bellies this full, you don’t want to be jostled around too much. Rather than wake up at 3 a.m. to fight your way through Walmart, why not just sleep in and let that feast digest? You don’t have to get up early for class, so take full advantage of the sleep opportunities you get over this break before you go back to face finals week.

2. Go get your Christmas tree.

While many people have already decorated their houses for Christmas, I prefer to wait until after Turkey Day to let Thanksgiving have all of its glory. The day after is the official start of Christmas time in our house. We are serious about Christmas trees in my family. We even name them. We will spend the day searching for The One. The Only. The most glorious of all trees to ever exist. We head to the tree farm and search for the tree that is prophesied by Clark Griswold in “Christmas Vacation,” cut it down and take it home. Just remember to check for squirrels. And bring a saw.

3. Watch Christmas movies.

One of the rules in my family is that we are not allowed to watch Christmas movies until after Thanksgiving. We want to make sure we cherish Thanksgiving just as much as Christmas. Plus you get pretty sick of all things Christmas if you spend two months gearing up for it. But after the fourth Thursday of November, it’s game time for Christmas movie season. The day after Thanksgiving is a great day to binge watch your favorite holiday titles like “Elf,” “Christmas Vacation,” “The Santa Clause,” and many, many more. Why fight the crowds when you can experience way more seasonal joy from your couch?

4. Clean.

I know this isn’t the most enjoyable option, but if you host Thanksgiving at your home this year, your house will probably need a good cleaning afterward. Even if you didn’t have your family at your house, it would still be a nice gesture to offer to clean the house of whoever did host your family’s feast. Think of it this way: the quicker you clean up from Thanksgiving, the sooner you can decorate for Christmas.

5. Put up Christmas decorations.

Once Thanksgiving has passed, I officially stop judging people for having their Christmas decorations up too early. Again, no offense to those who do put them up right after Halloween, but I like to take things one holiday at a time. It helps to savor the season. And the turkey.

6. Eat Leftovers

The feeding frenzy doesn’t have to end just because it isn’t Thursday anymore. One of my favorite things about Thanksgiving is that the leftovers of the feast usually last several days after the actual holiday. Turkey sandwiches with leftover stuffing and mac ‘n cheese is a personal favorite Black Friday lunch for me. And I don’t even have to wait in line for it.

7. Make a list. Check it twice.

Unless you’ve accomplished a miracle by getting all of your holiday shopping done before Thanksgiving, it’s a good idea to spend the day after making a list of gifts that you are planning on getting for your friends and family. You can plan out your budget, along with what locations you need to hit and when in order to shop in the most efficient way possible. You can also see if any of the gifts you’re planning on giving are available to buy online (spoiler: they all are) so you don’t have to brave the storm of holiday shoppers any day of the season. Make sure to remember to make out a list of gifts you’d like to receive as well and distribute it to your family as well. They can’t read your mind.

8. Spend time with family members.

They probably already saw you the day before, but chances are they may not have gotten a chance to speak with you one-on-one with a house full of people feeding their faces. Take time to spend some quality time with the people in your family that you haven’t gotten to talk to in a while, especially if you’ve been away at college. I’m sure your mom would love to go get coffee with you. Your dad would enjoy sitting back and watching the game together. And for the love of all that is holy, let your grandma bake you something. It’s the little things that make holiday breaks special.

9. Work out.

Once the food has settled, it’s a good idea to try to exercise off some of those calories you demolished the day before. It could be as simple as a walk around your block or some jumping jacks. Go prancercise. Just try to move in some way to get back on a somewhat healthy track, even though we all know how hard that is to do around the holidays.

10. Study.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Thanksgiving break doesn’t mean you’re done with schoolwork. For me, it actually means the opposite. With finals just a few weeks away, those end of the semester projects I’ve procrastinated on for three months are now due. Work hard now so you can relax later. It’ll be worth it when you come home with a nice, healthy GPA when the semester is over.

 

 

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