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HY-VEE SEASONSHY-VEE West Des IA 50266 Moines, West Hy-Vee 5820 Westown Parkway Parkway Westown 5820 Hy-Vee FEASTS—IMPRESSIVE AND EASY HolidayPAGE 16 WHERE THERE’S A HELPFUL SMILE IN EVERY AISLE. OUR CHOICE WINTER SUGARED CRANBERRIES DECOR HOW-TO PAGE 8 IS YOUR FRAGRANT IDEAS FOR A BEAUTIFUL BEST CHOICE. AND FESTIVE HOME PAGE 26 The best beef in the world arguably comes from the Midwest, just like us! We Sweet Star have strict and specific criteria to hand- INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS pick the best beef. That’s how you know CRANBERRY BREAD our beef has the highest standards of PAGE 7 tenderness, quality and flavor. ALL- TIME FAVORITE HOLIDAY COOKIES PAGE 60 Freeze it! Make-Ahead HOLIDAY • 2014 Starters For Quick & Tasty Meals PAGE 38 VOLUME 8 ISSUE 6 HOLIDAY 2014 $4.95 FREE HY-VEE.COM 00 C1 Cover.indd 2 10/17/14 10:09 AM •NEW• GOURMET 0C2-003 TOC_Letter.indd 4 10/14/14 4:47 PM FEATURESCONTENTS 16 HAM FOR THE HOLIDAYS Let the sweet aroma of oven-baked ham draw your guests to the table. 26 THE FRAGRANCE OF CHRISTMAS Decorate your home in fresh scents of cut pine, aromatic flowers and seasonal plants. 32 PARTY BITES Serve our delicious sweet and savory appetizers at holiday events. They look impressive but are designed to be low-stress recipes. 38 MEALS ON ICE Freeze a meal starter, and use it later to create three dierent dishes. You'll save time while adding variety to your family's menu. 46 PAIRED UP Few tastes compare to a well-balanced wine and cheese meant for each other. 48 PERFECTLY PRESSED Serve fluy golden waes overflowing with buttery maple syrup. Find the best scratch recipes, plus ready-in-minutes wae ideas. 56 TEA TIME Relaxation awaits in a soothing cup of tea. Sit back with the world’s most beloved beverage. 60 SEASON’S BEST COOKIES In this cookie-baking season, enhance batches with lemon, chocolate, mint and other flavors. Plus, try our sweet and moist gluten-free bars. 70 HOLIDAY CARDS Personalize gift cards with packaging made from our downloadable designs. King AU PHOTO 0C2-003 TOC_Letter.indd 1 10/13/14 12:48 PM HY-VEE SEASONS VOLUME 8, ISSUE 6 HY-VEE, INC. DONNA TWEETEN VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING/ COMMUNICATIONS MATT NANNEN ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, ADVERTISING RYAN NEVILLE ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, SECTIONS & COLUMNS INTERNET AND NEW MEDIA CONTENTS SARA CANADY DIRECTOR, BRAND IMAGE CREATIVE STAFF: SUSAN 9 BINGAMAN, BRITT BUSCH, SHELLY COLVIN, LINDSEY FUNK, BRIAN 10 OUR BEST: GOERES, HILLARY HALSTEN, TINA 7 IN SEASON: HARDIE, JENNY HUNTER, DAWN CRANBERRIES AT YOUR SERVICE LAUER, MACY MARTINSON, JESSICA These festive winter Meet two employees SWIGART, MINDY VAN GUNDY jewels are bursting with who won this year's GREY DOG MEDIA, LLC INTEGRATED MARKETING tart fl avor and glistening Hy-Vee Legendary ADAM VENTLING: DIRECTOR OF with holiday color. Customer Service Award. BUSINESS OPERATIONS ANDREW VENTLING: BUSINESS DIRECTOR 13 COOKING 101: WANDA J. VENTLING: 9 DIY BLOOMS: EDITORIAL DIRECTOR SEASONAL BUTTERMILK BRITNEY PETERSON: ART DIRECTOR CENTERPIECE WAFFLES LAUREN NORTHNESS: Learn how to create a Made-from-scratch wa e ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR batter turns any meal into STEVE COOPER: EXECUTIVE EDITOR romantic fl oral design in ALISON HERR: MANAGING EDITOR our stylish gold vase. everyone's favorite. LOIS WHITE: EXECUTIVE FOOD EDITOR BRITNI VENTLING: STYLE EDITOR MICHAEL GOSHON: PREMEDIA/ IMAGING DIRECTOR LAUREN CHORPENING, KAITLYN GABRIEL: EDITORS MELISSA AFABLE, NIKI CADE: 7 73 SOLUTIONS IN EVERY ISSUE EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Discover how to save 3 EDITOR’S LETTER LIZ ANDERSON: COPY EDITOR money while making 4 YOU ASKED TRINA KAHL: FOOD STYLIST TOP PICKS RONA JACOBS: shopping easier using 78 HAIR AND MAKEUP STYLIST the Hy-Vee app for your 81 NEXT ISSUE DAN AMBROSE: PUBLISHER smartphone. BILL FRAME: ADVERTISING MANAGER MARY LEMKE: ADVERTISING MANAGER AARON VENTLING: ADVERTISING MANAGER TOBIN BENNETT: DRIZZLED WITH A WARM COVER PHOTOGRAPHER ORANGE-INFUSED SUGAR All products shown in Hy-Vee Seasons are available from local Hy-Vee stores. GLAZE AND TOPPED Please ask our helpful employees if you WITH CRANBERRIES, need assistance locating these products. Prices e ective THIS BREAD TASTES November 21, 2014, through December 24, 2014 SWEET AND TANGY IN (while quantities last). © 2014 by Hy-Vee, Inc. All rights reserved. EVERY BITE. SEE PAGE 7. Printed in the U.S.A. Hy-Vee Seasons recipes are tested by the Hy-Vee Test Kitchen food technologists to guarantee that When you see this icon in the pages they are reliable, easy to follow and ahead, there will be information about good-tasting. a how-to video offered in the digital Please recycle after use. version of Hy-Vee Seasons magazine. 2 SEASONS | Holiday 2014 0C2-003 TOC_Letter.indd 2 10/16/14 10:28 AM ED LETTER CONNECT@ HY-VEE.COM To receive Hy-Vee Seasons magazine at your home, sign up online at About Hy-Vee.com/Seasons. Plus, read all Our Editor: past issues at our website. After more than 20 years of experience in restaurants and country clubs, Chef VIDEO Ron Dillavou started Become a better cook while having working at Hy-Vee fun. Learn helpful kitchen tricks by watching Hy-Vee videos. Find the in Waterloo, Iowa, titles below and more at www.hy-vee. two years ago. He com/resources/videos has trained under • How to Make Ham Gravy • Stuffi ng a Turkey several chefs and • Dressing up Holiday Dishes taken courses at the Culinary Institute of America in New York. He is also an ice sculptor. DEAR HY-VEE READER, In my family, we still have an old-fashioned Thanksgiving. I roast a turkey, my wife does some baking and my mother-in-law serves homemade pie made from scratch. It’s always Digital a fine feast. But many others have neither the time nor the desire to spend so much time in the kitchen. If you're in that group, a precooked Hy-Vee meal offers a tasty choice for the Subscribe to the free digital version of Hy-Vee Seasons for iPad, Kindle Fire holidays. You may have a large family to feed or just need dinner for one or two. Whatever and other digital tablets. Download your situation, let us do the cooking. now from the App Store, Google Play The Hy-Vee staff expertly prepares feasts for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and or Fire Tablet Apps. Kwanzaa. Whether you want a turkey, ham or prime rib dinner, we prepare spreads for any The Hy-Vee website remains a hub of size gathering. The top of the line is a gourmet meal featuring two meat entrees that feeds information. Don’t miss these features at www.hy-vee.com up to 24 people. It comes with nine sides and a choice of desserts. You simply reheat the • Gardening help at “Get Growing” meal according to instructions that come with each box. • The “Health and Wellness Forum” If you’re like me, good food sits at the top of your grateful list. Prime examples come from the delicious recipes in this issue of Hy-Vee Seasons magazine. Don’t miss the amazing waffle ideas in “Perfectly Pressed,” page 48, or the down-home goodness of “Ham for the Holidays,” page 16. We also offer “Season’s Best Cookies” page 60, and stories about cheese FOLLOW US LIKE US and wine pairings, party appetizers and the world’s most soothing drink—tea. Be among those in the Join our FB community know with up-to-the- and discover tips for All of us at Hy-Vee hope you enjoy happy holidays and an exceptional new year. minute tweets about healthful meals and fi nd Hy-Vee specials. exclusive deals. twitter.com/hyvee facebook.com/hy-vee Sincerely, Ron Dillavou, Chef Waterloo #4, Iowa PIN US WATCH US Check out irresistible Learn to carve a turkey side dishes. They’re like a pro. Find this and more pinned at at the Hy-Vee Channel on pinterest.com/hyvee youtube.com 0C2-003 TOC_Letter.indd 3 10/13/14 5:37 PM YOU ASKED ASK US MAG I C How can your department help customers alleviate holiday stress? As they shop IS WAITING for holiday gatherings and general needs, what should they pick up at Hy-Vee? TO HAPPEN. ’TIS THE A: We offer all kinds A: Throughout the A: IF YOU’RE A: Each December SEASON of meat and cheese season we keep the LOOKING FOR we have our biggest trays for any budget. Produce Department crab event of the year. FOR FESTIVE We have seasoned fully stocked with GLUTEN-FREE You will find Hy-Vee MEALS AND roast beef, Black Forest everything you need ITEMS, THERE’S carries everything from NORTHPOLE HOLIDAY ham, smoked turkey, for holiday meals. We NO BETTER the finest Alaskan king COMMUNICATOR mesquite chicken, also offer gift and fruit crab legs to succulent Chat with Santa PLACE THAN and his friends. GATHERINGS. salami and much baskets. Our most snow crab. Don’t THESE HY-VEE more. We also stock popular one is the HY-VEE. WE forget the shrimp and MANAGERS an incredible range of Market Basket, which HAVE THE lobster, too. Seafood is ARE HAPPY cheeses. We’re here is filled with apples, LARGEST always delicious, good when you need a grapes, citrus and for you and easy to TO HELP. quick grab-and-go for pineapple, which are SELECTION cook. Everyone in your a holiday party with sure to please your AROUND AND household will love it! friends or for a special friends and family.