How to prepare for Thanksgiving dinner

Thanksgiving dinner can be stressful, and it does takes some work to prepare for it. Of course you can buy already-made food. But nothing compares to a homemade Thanksgiving dinner. Not to mention you also save a lot of money by preparing for the dinner yourself. This guide will help you plan and prepare your Thanksgiving dinner.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Kitchen
• Basic ingredients that you want to serve at Thanksgiving dinner.

1. This classic Thanksgiving dinner consists of roast turkey, gravy, cranberry sauce, stuffing, a side vegetable dish (maybe beans?) and a dessert (sweet potato or pumpkin pie). Shop for the ingredients 4 or 5 days before.

2. 3 days before, make the cranberry sauce and refrigerate. If turkey is frozen, thaw it in the refrigerator.

3. 1 day before, set your table. Assemble your dessert pie and refrigerate. Make the vegetable dish and refrigerate.

4. 5 hours before, prepare stuffing. Stuff the turkey and roast. Bring cranberry sauce to room temperature.

5. 1 hour before, while the turkey rests, make gravy. If you have extra stuffing, bake it. Bake dessert pie. Warm the vegetable dish.

6. Just before serving, transfer everything to serving dishes. Carve turkey. Warm gravy if necessary. And ENJOY YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER! ^^