Thanksgiving Cooking Schedule

 

thanksgiving cooking post

Thanksgiving Cooking Schedule. We are hosting the Thanksgiving meal at our home this year and for me it is always imperative that I have a cooking schedule. It helps with planning what will cook when, as to not overload the stove top and the single oven that I have. Thankfully, the Hubs had started cleaning and prepping the house over the past few weeks and finished up mostly this past weekend (weekend before). He’s been so awesome since I haven’t had the energy to do too much at 31 weeks preggo! Checkout my hosting tips here.

Monday 

  • Making Caramel Pies and Cheesecake. Both of these can be placed in the freezer until the big day and be yummy fresh when taken out for serving on Thanksgiving.
  • Continue defrosting Turkey in the fridge, this process began on Saturday night due to the size of the turkey.

Tuesday

  • Make Sweet Potato Pies
  • Marinate Chicken Wings
  • Make Brine for Turkey (recipe)
  • Begin defrosting ribs in fridge
  • Prep Apple Pie (freezing to bake tomorrow)

Wednesday

AM

  • Make Mashed Potatoes (stove top)
  • Collards (stove top)
  • Chocolate and Strawberry Cakes (oven)
  • Baked Mac n Cheese (oven)

PM

  • Apple Pie (oven)
  • Punch Bowl Cake (oven)
  • Potato Salad (stove top)
  • Prep Ribs
  • Brine Turkey

Thursday

  • Put Turkey on (oven – 6am)
  • Put Ham on – Warming only from Honey Baked Hams (oven – 10am)
  • Ribs (smoker – Courtesy of Hubs)
  • Fry Chicken Wings (deep fryer)
  • Prep Gravy (stove top)
  • Cook Stuffing (Stove Top) – Easy Peezy and takes only take a few minutes
  • Warm pre-made and pre-purchased foods

Meal served at Noon!

Are you hosting or traveling? Do you put together a schedule for the big day?