How do you avoid stress on Thanksgiving?
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" Here’s a couple tips:
* Make lists for yourself so you remember all the ingredients you need to purchase, and don’t hit the stores too late. You don’t want to end up with the world’s smallest turkey that is supposed to feed 15 instead of 2. I’ve seen estimates of 1-2 pounds of turkey per adult as the suggested serving size. I like to go on the larger size because if I don’t have at least 3 days worth of leftovers to eat afterward, it just doesn’t feel like it was Thanksgiving.
* Plan out your schedule for the day of and day before. Prepare whatever you can in advance instead of trying to get it all done on Thanksgiving Day. Bake pies a day ahead (this will leave your oven free for the bird and other side dishes) and prepare something quick for breakfast that only needs to be shoved in the oven in the morning like a breakfast casserole or cinnamon rolls. I actually keep my recipes and schedule together each year so when I make a new schedule, I don’t leave something out. Remember to read your recipes so you don’t forget to let your rolls rise or thaw something.
* Don’t feel that you have to cook everything yourself! Let family members bring a side dish or dessert. Purchase fresh rolls and side dishes to warm up in the oven instead of making them yourself. You can even have your whole Thanksgiving dinner catered if you can’t get in the kitchen yourself this year.
* Don’t go overboard with your recipes either. Stick to recipes that are easy, that you’re familiar with and that will not take you half the day to prepare. If someone wants to help in the kitchen, LET THEM! Give them something to peel, chop, stir or baste. Or have them set the table, run the vacuum cleaner, etc."
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If you are the one having the family dinner, offer to make just the turkey, and ask each visitor to bring a specific dish so that all the side dishes and dessert will be there. That makes it easy on everyone, and all those attending will still have a good time and not have to over-work, either.
Do the cleaning up of your house in advance (a few chores each day) so that you are not stressed out by feeling that your home is not prepared for company.
Let everyone pitch in after dinner and help clean the tables, do dishes and pots and pans, help put things away, etc. so that very soon all will be tidied up and you won't have the stress a dirty kitchen, table, and counters can present if you have to tackle it yourself.
Relax and enjoy your celebration and have everyone count their blessings.
personal experience
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