When purchasing your spices for the holiday, remember “pumpkin pie spice” is made up of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and allspice. Save yourself some money and purchase only one spice instead of four when doing your Thanksgiving baking.

When carving your pumpkin save the stringy pulp for your compost; remember to remove the seeds so you don’t have a pumpkin patch next year!

When making stovetop popcorn use clarified butter to pop it in. It tastes amazing and has an impressive smoke point of 450˚.

Most any fire pit can be turned into a barbecue pit, allowing you to cook delicious food over either a wood fire or charcoal. All you need is a grill grate, a rotisserie or a tripod.