5 Tips on How to Host a Natural Based Thanksgiving this Holiday Season

Jan 6

Thanksgiving is a time to gather with your loved ones, share a meal, and reflect on everything we are thankful for in life. Although this is a holiday many look forward to, hosting can be stressful as well as exciting. That’s why we put together our top 5 tips on how to host a natural-based Thanksgiving this season that will leave you ready to host again next year!

1. Shop Local for Produce

Luckily in November, there is an abundance of local food available. Many local farms and Co-Ops have the ability to order locally grown turkeys, squashes, pumpkins, potatoes, breads, pies, and anything else that your dinner will require. See the resources below to get our favorite Maple Butternut Squash Recipe.

You can also take advantage of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) to support farms in your community. We have added a few links to local New Hampshire and Vermont CSAs in the Resources section of this blog.

2. Upgrade to Non-Toxic Cookware

Hopefully, one day, cookware with coatings that seep chemicals into your food will be a thing of the past. Until then start inquiring about the pots, pans, utensils, and other cookware currently in your kitchen. If you find that they do not meet your expectation of natural cooking we’ve got you covered with our non-toxic DeBuyer Cookware.

The Mineral B Fry Pan is made of carbon steel - 99% iron and 1% carbon, the most natural cooking material praised by Chefs around the world. Lighter than cast iron by a little bit and more heat conductive than stainless steel, this fry pan becomes naturally non-stick after seasoning, without any chemicals or synthetic coating, and gets better the more you use it. Perfect for searing your favorite fillet or folding a French Omelette, you will find yourself reaching for this fry pan every time you are in the kitchen.

The B Bois Spatula combines strong stainless steel with fine beechwood.

The Old Time Classic Masher is designed with a comfortable grip and ability to withstand high temperatures, this tool will help you mash potatoes, crush apples, smash beans, and avocados.

3. Think Twice before using Single-Use Items

We get it, hosting Thanksgiving is a lot of work, and even before you add in all the dishes and silverware to the mix. If you must make single-use items to keep your sanity remember these dos and don’t.

Don’t buy plastic utensils or plastic-coated plates and bowls.
Do look for compostable, made from recycled materials, and other eco-friendly single-use plates, napkins, bowls, and cutlery.
Don’t buy cheap plastic decor
Do buy or gather seasonal decor, such as gords, small pumpkins, pine cones, and beautiful fall leaves.4. Gather for Friends-Shopping for Black Friday

Host a Natural Thanksgiving Toast with Wine

4. Gather for Friends-Shopping for Black Friday

Friends-givings have grown in popularity over the years, but with the pandemic being so hard on small business owners last year we decided to create a different tradition: Friends-Shopping.

The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally a day full of shopping and bargains. This year gather a group of your friends, choose a main street to walk down, and wander into small shops together, and find interesting gifts.

5. Ask your guests to bring their own containers for left-overs

Thanksgiving is a holiday to celebrate the abundance life has to offer and making heaps of food for everyone to enjoy is a wonderful part of that. Let your guest know that part of thanksgiving this year is splitting up all the leftovers after dinner and that they need to bring several containers to take food home. You’ll be surprised at how much easier hosting will be without your fridge packed with leftovers that you couldn’t possibly finish by yourself.

Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving!

From all of us at Interiors Green, have a wonderful Thanksgiving and holiday season. If you enjoyed this article please share on your favorite social media platform. Below are some extras, enjoy!

Resources

Maple Butternut Squash Recipe

One of our favorite seasonal and easily made from local produce is a Maple Butternut Squash. Size dependent, this recipe serves 4.

Ingredients:

1 medium (unpeeled) butternut squash
1 tablespoon butter
2 teaspoons pure maple syrup
Pinch coarse salt
Ground pepper

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
Halve butternut squash lengthwise and scoop out seeds.
Place cut sides up in a roasting pan (to help it sit level, slice a thin strip from skin sides).
Fill each cavity with butter and pure maple syrup.
Season with coarse salt and ground pepper.
Roast until fork-tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour

Enjoy!

Take Advantage of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

If you live in an area with a farm CSA you can get produce from them as well as give them as gifts/. Here are some of our favorite CSA’s in New Hampshire and Vermont:

Meadow Stone Farm https://www.meadowstonenh.com/

Prospect Farm https://www.prospectfarmvt.com/where-to-find-us.html

Mountain Roots Farm http://www.mountainrootsfarm.org/

Bekah Whitney

Bekah Whitney of Ecoteric Marketing is a small business marketing strategist who helps eco-conscious brands unlock their full potential through social media, blogs, and email marketing. Her mission is to enrich small businesses that have a specialized interest in their impact on the environment around them and the globalization of environmentally conscious ideals.

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