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PAGE 12 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1994 Christmas company. An unbaked pie can be kept in the freezer for up to two months. 12 days DAY EIGHT using the jam and marmalade recipes on page 32 or spicy nuts recipe on page 40. "There are lots of little things you can throw together if you go to the bulk food store, like Caesar salad mix, or dried tomato pasta sauce," Baird says. "So those are nice things to make for neighbors or peoâ€" ple at work, or to give out as hostess gifts over the holâ€" DAY NINE For example, Baird suggests taking inventory of table setting on day one. Make sure your placeâ€"mats, napkins, candles, and centre pieces are ready. And, perhaps on day six, check all your serving pieces so you‘re not scrambling at the last minute looking for a platter big enough to serve the turkey. *Sometimes things get lost a sisters‘ houses or at friends‘ houses, and you have to get them back," Baird says. "So make sure you‘ve got your platters and your If you have purchased a frozen turkey, this is the day to put it in the refrigerator to thaw. This is an important step, Baird advises â€" a 15â€"lb turkey takes up to three days to thaw. DAY TEN "The next day, I would make my makeâ€"ahead vegâ€" etables which actually last for two days in the fridge," Baird says. "A couple would be the bronze roasted onions (on page 132) and sweet potato and carrot crisp (on page 133). Now you‘ve got your vegetables, you‘ve got your potatoes, you got your cranberry sauce ..." If you‘ve taken care of other details, cooking the turkey, making the gravy, and serving will be all that‘s left to do. DAY ELEVEN *... and the next day, I would make my stuffing." The Christmas Book features several stuffing recipes including an apricot orange wild rice stuffing on page 129, a Pacific Northwest stuffing on page 128, and a more traditional nutty stuffing on page 126. DAY TWELVE "And then, taâ€"da, on Sunday you stuff your turkey and roast it," Baird says. | â€" â€" aB i‘b&‘ great P v..f’f GO0O THINAS DID HAPPEN) Mon.â€"Fri. 10â€"9 starting Dec. 19 Open Sunday Dec. 18, 114 snugglers beautifal colours in fabrics & vinyls d WE SELL CANADIAN 10 Weber #t. N., Wateriee The War Amps _ for Xmas An Invitation (Continued from page 10) bowls, and think about every dish you‘re going to serve because half the flurry at the last minute is tryâ€" ing to figure out what you‘re going to serve the mashed potatoes in and in what you‘ll serve the peas. You might want to label them with those little sticky labels, put them aside, cover them with a teaâ€"towel, and there you go â€" everything is in order." Setting the table the day before Christmas is also a good idea, Baird says. And, most importantly, don‘t try to do everything yourself. No martyrs in the kitchen, please. "Get everyone to help you," Baird says. "Even on & day one, think about what you‘re going to get people h to do. In my family, no one person makes the whole dinner â€" whether its my sisters or my aunts, everyâ€" body brings something and the hostess looks after the _ turkey and the table. The people who are tempted to do it all have got to start making (Christmas dinner) more of a combined family effort." By preparing dishes ahead of time, rather than leaving the entire meal preparation until Christmas g Day, Baird says it‘s more likely that you‘ll add those * extra "little touches" to the meal. x "You‘ll make a little more special meal than you ‘ would if you had to do it all at once." And makeâ€"ahead dishes also mean less mess in the _ 2 kitchen on Christmas Day. ),j "Most people don‘t have a lot of space on top of the stove, so if you‘ve taken care of other things that can be heated up in the microwave or the oven, that leaves the top of your stove free to make your gravy and any green vegetables you might want to prepare." Coâ€"written with Anne Hobbs, crafts director for Canadian Living magazine, the Canadian Living Christmas Book was unveiled in the fall of 1993 as part of Sears Canada‘s $1 million charitable camâ€" paign. The book is sold exclusively at Sears at the accessibly low price of $14.99, and two dollars from each sale supports the charitable campaign. With the sale of 250,000 copies last holiday season, Sears Canada was able to donate $500,000 to chilâ€" dren‘s charities across the country. Besides wonderful holiday recipes, the book is filled with creative craft and decorating ideas, party ideas, and even suggestions for purchasing the perfect Christmas tree. It‘s a veritable howâ€"to Christmas nvuites you to attend our annual Nonâ€"Dinner Fundraiser Saturday, December 24, 1994 sidbssstiontoniacoceccngitith enc acnsier »{deigass gr * «& .. -“fn‘)“‘.“\“ ,;é ZW ’4 Gift Shop tA @\\\w\\mflm Q\Y\S\&i\% T 1 ty Thaks Fipk 1 ie Dob vy ) call 743â€"7564 and help support the Food Bank of Waterloo Region For ticket information on this nonâ€"event please The Food Bank Of Waterloo Region 350 Shirley Ave. Unit #2, Kitchener, Ont. N2B 2E1 _â€"__ Christmas is a time for shatring __ & waTEeRLoo by." 3 FRIENDLY PARKING, OVER 320 STORES & SERVICES Bring a nonâ€" perishable food item for St. Vincent De Paul and receieve a 10% discount on all purchases at Engert‘s Gift Shop. 44 King S. Waterioo 16 King E. Kitchener 200 745â€"5073 46 46 +4