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2 Cents: Americans and Holiday Eating

The average American is expected to gain 6 pounds during the holiday season, and a lot of that is because of all the time spend eating food.

It’s time we tend to enjoy, but what about the time we spend cooking it?

Rachel Ray came up with 12 simple tips that’ll help you spend less time in the kitchen this holiday season. Some of those tips including spatchcocking the turkey which means taking out the backbone, cooking a 14-pound turkey in just 2 hours.

Leave potato skins in the mashed potatoes to get rid of that peeling time. Make the dessert in the slow cooker so that you can work on dinner items without taking up oven space and making your side ahead of time.

Click here for more tips.