It’s very rare that I make a complete Thanksgiving Dinner. This year I wanted to give my parents a break from cooking and decided that I would invite them as well as my brother and his girlfriend for dinner. And they accepted! So I’m planning from Monday through Thursday to do a little each day and be prepared on the big day with little or no stress {that’s my hope, anyway}. Here’s my list of make ahead/freezer cooking items I’m making through Wednesday and the last minute items will be baked on Thursday.
I’m planning very simple meals from either the freezer or soup/sandwiches until Thanksgiving. I want to everything to be smooth sailing in the kitchen. We shall see and I’ll keep you posted.
- Deviled Eggs using World’s Easiest Boiled Eggs
- Make Ahead Whole Grain Pie Crusts
- Freshly Baked Pumpkin Frozen and Thawed for Pumpkin Pie
- Homemade Apple Pie using the Apple Crisp Kit method
- World’s Easiest No Peel Sweet Potatoes Mashed for a Casserole
- Southern Cornbread for Stuffing
- Freezer Mashed Potatoes {Peel and soak in water in fridge}
- Pinapple-Orange Salad
- Cabbage Casserole
- Make ahead butterhorns
- Make ahead Gravy
Tentative Thanksgiving Menu:
- Whole Turkey-Thursday
- Mashed Potatoes with Gravy-Wednesay; mash Thursday
- Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallows-Wednesday
- Sage Stuffing-Wednesday
- Cabbage Casserole-Wednesday
- Deviled Eggs-Thursday
- Pineapple-Orange Salad-Wednedsay
- Butterhorns-Bake Thursday
- Homemade Apple Pie-Tuesday; bake Thursday
- Homemade Pumpkin Pie-Monday; bake Wednesday
- Punch with Sherbet-Thursday
- Sweet Tea and Coffee
Do you have any make ahead/freezer cooking items on your to-do list before Thursday? I’d love to hear your plans in the comments below.
