Made pie crust dough (chilling overnight)
Made cranberry sauce
Have stuffing bread cut and drying out.

That’s about it.

I don’t do anything special with the turkey bc it is just extra work and I can’t tell any difference. I just or it dry, rub it with butter and salt and pepper right before putting in oven

Cranberry sauce
Compound butter
Pumpkin cheesecake
Roasted beets for beet-arugula salad
Browned onion gravy (NYT Umami Gravy)

Lots to do tomorrow, but my mom and siblings are each bringing a dish.

Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving!

Anonymous wrote:Cranberry sauce
Turkey is brining
Gravy is ready to thicken
Bowls are out and labeled
Pies purchased

Wait…don’t you need to cook the Turkey in order to make the gravy?

Cranberry sauce
Turkey is brining
Gravy is ready to thicken
Bowls are out and labeled
Pies purchased

Enjoying a glass of wine while I work on pumpkin cheesecake bars .

Torn bread is drying out for stuffing, thanksgiving slaw is in the fridge. Pie dough is made, but we'll bake the pies in the morning while the turkey is on the grill. For now, turkey is brining. It's the calm before the storm.

Cranberry sauce
Sweet potato casserole (minus topping and baking)
Pecan pie
Pumpkin cheesecake
Coquito (Puerto Rican type of eggnog)

All the rest tomorrow

Also enjoying a drink now

Stuffing
Sweet potatoes
Dip
Spinach Augratin (Ina)
Tablecloth & table leaf on

Made
both pies & brownies
cranberry sauce
cold Brussels sprout/roasted squash/cranberry salad which is gross and maybe I should toss it.
Sweet potatoes parboiled
Cranberry bread
Mushroom gravy
Cornbread for stuffing made and crumbled and stale, insides cooked, ready to mix and bake.

Tomorrow:
Make mashed potatoes
Make carrots & ginger
Green beans
Make sweet potato casserole
Cook turkey breast

Made stuffing, candied yams, Brussels sprouts, pumpkin roll, pecan pie.
Prepped the veggies for soup.

Lol, I just finished a margarita - cheers, OP!

Cranberry sauce is made and in the fridge
Ditto the NYT cranberry curd tart, with some modifications
Pumpkin pies are cooling on the counter
Stuffing has been prepped for tomorrow
Turkey is also in the fridge - planning to put it in at 8:30
Apples are sliced and chilling, as is the caramel sauce. I’ll put the pie in early tomorrow
Dressing is ready for the salad I’m making - will shred the cabbage and assemble tomorrow

That’s mostly it. We have the makings for a great cheese plate pre-dinner. Drinks also cooling. My mom is bringing mashed and sweet potatoes.

Good luck, all!

Mac and cheese is in the pan but not baked. Pumpkin roll done. Pumpkin and mincemeat pies in the oven with fingers crossed.

Turkey is dry brining
Stuffing is prepared to be baked
Made cranberry sauce
Made pumpkin pie and Italian cream cake
Green beans are cleaned and prepped


That's all so far.

dry brined turkey

made cranberry sauce

I guess that's it. Mostly I've been cleaning the house.

Cranberry sauce
Dutch apple pie
Spinach artichoke dip

What have you done so far?

Wednesday evening and I'm sitting down with a glass of scotch. This evening, I have made:

1 apple pie
1 batch of brownies
1 plate of veggie puff pastry appetizers (prepped and frozen to be baked on *Friday* for post-T-day festivities)
1 wrapped brie (en croute, to be slid into the oven and served as an app tomorrow)