How to Plan a Thanksgiving Meal

Monday

• Create a menu. Click here for some great Thanksgiving Agave Recipes!
• Hand out food assignments (especially recipes needing oven space).
• Clean out the fridge for groceries and leftovers.
• Put your turkey (if frozen) into the fridge to thaw.
• Find all your platters, gravy bowls, electric knife, attachments to your food processor, etc.
• Get tables (leaves) and chairs – table cloths, kiddy table etc.

Tuesday

• Shopping Day! Take your grocery list and go shopping.

Wednesday

• Cook your pies, desserts and rolls.
• Check the TV listing – Game schedules :-)
• Clean your bathrooms – mop floors (ask for family help)
• Set Tables
• Give family members a helping list and delegate!
• Cut up relish tray – make yams, Jell-O, cranberry sauce, etc.
• Chop stuffing ingredients and put in zip-lock bag
• Set out corn bread or bread crumbs for stuffing and cut in cubes (if necessary). Let it stand out all night.

Thursday

• Make the stuffing
• Wash the turkey and stuff it! Put in the oven.
• Make a simple breakfast for the kids (food that requires no dishes or cooking time)
• Start rolls – make bread dough and let rise for first time.
• Work on whatever you didn’t do the night before.
• Take a shower and get dressed
• Cut your tomatoes and cucumbers
• Roll out and shape the rolls – let it raise the second time.
• Peel and cut potatoes (put in a pan of warm water). Start cooking 1 hr. before the turkey comes out.
• Put the rest of the stuffing in and cook for 1 hr.
• When turkey and potatoes are done, get more help!
• Cover turkey and let stand for 10-15 min. after taking out of the oven.
• Put your rolls and yams in the oven.
• Make gravy out of the turkey drippings
• Mash the potatoes (Let someone stir the gravy while you mash potatoes).
• Take stuffing out of the turkey and mix with other stuffing.
• Read this story (The First Thanksgiving) to your friends and family.
• Eat!!!, watch football, Eat, watch more football, Eat (repeat as necessary) 

Friday

       1) You can wake up at 4:00am, go fight the crowds, and battle for a discount, OR...