How to Plan a Thanksgiving Meal

Video Transcript

"So it's Thanksgiving time and you are going to be hosting the Thanksgiving dinner at your home. Well my name is Lori Randall of Simply Divine Events and I'm going to tell you how to create your Thanksgiving dinner and how to plan a menu for that. The first thing you are going to want to do is make sure you plan it ahead, come up with a list and write down a menu of what you are going to be serving. You want to keep in mind your meats, your starches, your vegetables, how to do a nice salad and also take into consideration the guests that are coming and their dietary needs so go ahead and find that out beforehand as you are planning your menu. Also you want to make sure you shop ahead and get there before the Thanksgiving rush and then you might also want to get your platters out. Go through your cabinets and get out all the platters that you might have and make sure that you have enough platters to accommodate all the food and something you can even do is get a little sticky note and stick it on the platters ahead of time and say that this is going on this and that is going on that so that you can kind of make sure you are all planned and organized. You are also going to want to go through your linen closet and make sure that you have a nice linen that might go with Thanksgiving, a nice champagne color, yellow or orange maybe even a Fall leaf pattern linen so kind of stick with your theme. Also you want to go through your dishes and make sure they are all clean. Get your china out and make sure that is all clean and set aside. You might even want to set the table the night before the day of and that way you are not scrambling setting everything up. Also keep in mind that you are going to probably have leftovers so make sure that you have the Tupperware so you can give some guests to take things home or you might want to invite everyone the next day to come back and have maybe lunch and make turkey sandwiches. Make sure that you have your tin foil, your saran wrap, all of that stuff as well when you are planning your Thanksgiving dinner. Best of luck. I'm sure you are going to do great. Again my name is Lori Randall with Simply Divine Events and I just told you how to create your Thanksgiving dinner."