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[quote=Anonymous]First, how many ovens do you have, one or two?  If you are like me and only have one, you need to make some things in advance and put them in the oven after the turkey is done and resting (and it can "rest" for quite a while, just cover it with foil).

Agree with the PP on making a menu and a schedule in advance, as well as a very detailed shopping list.

I have gone so far as to order my groceries for delivery just to make sure I have everything.  I inevitably can't find or forget something when I go myself, and then I stress out having to run out again.

So, menu ideas:

* make ahead cranberry sauce, so easy it's stupid, consider adding booze (Whiskey or Brandy)

* pies, buy...or prepare in advance and put in oven while everyone is eating dinner.  I buy a pumpkin cheesecake...it's heavy so people generally don't want a lot of it and it goes a long way.  Or ask a few people to bring a dessert.

*appetizers: cheese board (Costco sells HUGE chunks); Salt and Pepper Kettle Chips (also HUGE bags at Costco), halved radishes, and carrot sticks with herbed dip (dip recipe--Barefoot Contessa).

*Drinks: Costco for wine and other beverages.

* mashed potatoes....consider using red bliss potatoes so you don't have to peel!  So easy, can be done on stovetop while turkey is in, and you can add a head of roasted garlic at the end for variation (just put the garlic in with the turkey).  If you have a big stick blender, it's even easier.

*sweet potatoes of some sort if your family loves them, like mine.  You can make a sweet potato soufle days in advance and just reheat.

*a HUGE spinach salad with bacon, fresh figs, and gorgonzola...very easy.  Mix a simple olive oil/balsamic/shallot vinagrette in the bottom of the bowl, top with spinach and then other stuff, can keep without wilting for 24 hours in the fridge.  Everyone always gobbles up salad surprisingly, a nice change from all of the starch.

*Stuffing/Dressing: make in advance, bake with turkey...my family doesn't go wild for stuffing, so I make a wild rice pilaf with wild mushrooms instead...in advance.[/quote]

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