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How to have a fabulous brunch the day after the big holiday dinner—without feeling like you’re doing any work at all? Try our favorite make-ahead brunch recipe hacks.

Relax and enjoy the party knowing clean-up will be easy thanks to these do-ahead steps.

Make sure your home is guest friendly with these smart cleaning tips.

What should you eat for breakfast or lunch to make sure you save room for Thanksgiving dinner? We've got you covered with these easy ideas that won't ruin your appetite.

Fitting an entire Thanksgiving dinner in your oven—especially if you only have one—can definitely feel like a game of tetris. Find out how to win it with these tips for getting everything to table on time and piping hot.

You spend hours sweeping the floors, dusting the tabletops, scrubbing the bathrooms, and mopping the tile. You light candles, turn on music, and set the food out. Your guests arrive to a beautiful home and head straight to the kitchen to talk to you while you prep the last few bites. As you go to open the fridge you cringe for a moment, remembering how unorganized and filthy it is…67 kids cups, wilted lettuce you bought because you told yourself you were going to start eating more salads, leftovers that were left over weeks ago and

Dinner's done and the dishes are stacked in the kitchen; you're in the middle of cutting four different kinds of pie and scooping ice cream when panic strikes. What to do about coffee? No fear: With a little bit of advance planning and taking stock of what your guests will want caffeine-wise, you can easily prep the perfect mug for everyone at the dinner table—which hopefully will keep your guests awake long enough to help with the clean-up.

Do you ever get so busy cooking your holiday meals that you completely forget about appetizers? This happens in our house all the time and we end up with chips and salsa or a sad cheese plate as our pre-dinner snacking spread. One of my goals for the holidays this year is to come up with as many make-head dishes as possible so I can spend the day-of enjoying my family and friends rather than stressed out and stuck in the kitchen.