Slow Cooker Recipes for After Thanksgiving

Make these tasty slow cooker recipes using your favorite fall fruits and vegetables.

While the Thanksgiving dinner leftovers may last through Black Friday, let's face it — with company around, the leftovers are bound to disappear fast. So, it's best to have a back up plan so you and your weekend guests are well fed. It is, after all, the end of fall, which is the perfect time for warm, hearty meals. What better way to prepare them than by using your slow cooker? Simmer these fall-ingredient (think pumpkins, apples and squash) slow cooker recipes in your pot, and you’ll stay warm into the winter. Apple Crumble Crock-Pot Recipe Ingredients: 4-5 cooking apples, peeled and sliced 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 1/2 cup flour  3/4 cup rolled oats 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 4 tablespoons butter, …

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Thanksgiving Leftovers: What Do You Do With Them?

Share your best recipes for the day after.

Dinner’s done and the only thing more stuffed than the bird is you. Now the question becomes: What to do with all those leftovers? While many say simple reheating is all that’s necessary to have a “day after” feast, others have elaborate recipes for turning Thanksgiving leftovers into gourmet delights. From savory turkey soups to sinfully delicious pot pies and mile-high sandwiches, everyone has their own ideas on what to do with what’s leftover. The Food Network even has an entire recipe collection dedicated to the topic. We’d prefer to hear from you! What are your favorite Thanksgiving leftover recipes? Share them in the comments section orupload them as an announcement.

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First Sandy, Then Thanksgiving: Middlesex Vo-Tech Students Keep Cooking

Students at Middlesex Vo-Tech put their skills to good use during the hurricane by preparing 3,300 meals for storm victims

First it was Hurricane Sandy, and now it's Thanksgiving. No matter what happens, if they can fill a pot or light an oven, students of the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School keep cooking to keep the hungry and helpless fed, no matter what the event. Culinary students and staff at Middlesex County Vo-Tech at Perth Amboy - one of the school's five locations, including East Brunswick, Edison, Piscataway, and Woodbridge - teamed with volunteer chefs to prepare more than 3,300 meals for displaced victims of Superstorm Sandy. Culinary arts teacher Stephen Moir and the Jersey Shore Chefs Association coordinated the effort, which provided hot meals to shelters and nonprofit organizations in Atlantic Highlands, Union Beach and Red …

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Lowe's is Giving Away Free, Family-Style Boston Market Thanksgiving Dinners

500 per store this Wednesday. With no strings attached. Really.

Do you like Lowe's? You're going to like them even more come this Wednesday. That's when 35 Lowe's home improvement stores in New Jersey and New York is spending $1 million fully cooked Thanksgiving dinners they'll be handing to the first 500 customers at each store, starting at 11 am on November 21. The dinners, prepared by Boston Market, are free. There is no income qualification, no strings. And each dinner feeds up to six people. It's an amazing thing, but it's an effort by the company to help customers in areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy, said Lowe's spokeswoman Jaclyn Pardini. "Food is a critical need. We wanted people who have suffered through the hurricane to have a good holiday dinner," Pardini said. The Lowe's giveaway …

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Got a Good Recipe? Share it Here!

Woodbridge, show the world how we do Thanksgiving up right! Let's see your recipes and holiday pix. We'll post them on Patch!

Everyone should have something they're thankful for on Turkey Day. For some people, it's the old traditional staples of canned cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, and candied yams with marshmallows. For others, it's trying something new and different. And for some people, they liked the new stuff so much it's become their new holiday tradition. What recipes are you thankful for on Thanksiving? Post and share them if you have the best dessert in town, or a side dish that is really awesome. If you're shy, email your recipes to me, deborah.bell@patch.com. I'l make sure I post them before Thanksgiving to give other readers a chance to check them out. And if you have a Thanksgiving feature of your groaning board full of T-Day treats, or of …

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ShopRite Lowers Spending Threshold to Get Free Turkeys

It used to be $400. But because of Hurricane Sandy, all you have to do is spend $300 by November 22, and you can get a free turkey for your holiday table.

It's all to help people impacted by Hurricane Sandy. ShopRite has lowered the amount shoppers must spend in order to qualify for a free Thanksgiving turkey, according to Supermarket News.  The traditional ShopRite turkeyfest happens once a year. During that time, shoppers who spend a certain amount of money can pick up a free turkey for their Thanksgiving table. This year, the supermarket recognizes that people who were affected by the recent hurricane probably didn't have food shopping on their minds - especially with areas of central New Jersey not having electricity, in some cases, for more than a week. The free turkey threshold was $400. ShopRite has changed that to $300, Supermarket News reports. The promotion, which runs from …

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Supermarkets Offer Thanksgiving Phone and Twitter Hotlines

That turkey got you baffled? Help is a phone call - or tweet - away.

Culinary artists who want to talk turkey with an expert can find one as close as their smartphone. Two local supermarkets - Wegmans and ShopRite - are offering free help for folks who haven't a clue on how to make a Thanksgiving feast. Both stores receive tons of urgent questions, asking for help in putting dinner together. This year, Wegmans is offering advice via phone, text, and tweet. The chain's Executive Chef Mark Makovec will be on hand live via Twitter in the days leading up to “turkey day.” He’ll answer last-minute questions from 8 am to 5 pm today through Weds., Nov. 23. Questions may be submitted to Chef Mark by tweeting to @Wegmans and using the “#turkey911” hashtag. The Twitter Q&A will also be featured on the homepage of …

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