Thanksgiving

Preparing for Thanksgiving: Creating a Cooking Schedule

Preparing for Thanksgiving: Creating a Cooking Schedule

If you’re hosting Thanksgiving and doing most of the cooking, it’s important to put together a cooking schedule ahead of time so that you can make sure you don’t forget anything or end up with room temperature mashed potatoes by the time everything else is ready. Although it can be overwhelming to think about how [...]

Question of the Day: How Do You

Question of the Day: How Do You “Do” Thanksgiving?

I’m really looking forward to Thanksgiving this year! Last year we started a new tradition of having a low-key (but still traditional) Thanksgiving dinner with my mom, step-dad and little sister at their house, and it was a lot of fun. Of course, last year I ruined all of the pies, so they may decide [...]

Countdown to a Stress-Free Thanksgiving

Countdown to a Stress-Free Thanksgiving

The following is a guest post by Shaina from Food for My Family.
Whether it’s your first time hosting Thanksgiving or you’re a seasoned veteran, it’s no secret that success is found through preparedness and organization.  The key is to start planning early so you have everything under control and don’t end up with a Griswold-like [...]

Preparing for Thanksgiving: Thinking Through Your Needs

Preparing for Thanksgiving: Thinking Through Your Needs

To be honest, I’m still in shock that it’s already November, never mind that Thanksgiving is just three-and-a-half weeks away.
But it is, and I got an email from a sweet reader, Jenna, a couple of weeks ago asking if I could please talk about hosting Thanksgiving dinner since I had skipped right to Christmas planning. [...]