Comments on: Stress-Free Thanksgiving Part One: Planning the Meal http://www.thethriftymama.com/thanksgiving-planning-meal.html Natural and Thrifty™ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:48:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Crystal Collins http://www.thethriftymama.com/thanksgiving-planning-meal.html#comment-77653 Crystal Collins Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:55:15 +0000 http://www.thethriftymama.com/?p=161407#comment-77653 Sounds like a good plan, and you are well ahead of the game!

]]> By: Debbie http://www.thethriftymama.com/thanksgiving-planning-meal.html#comment-77651 Debbie Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:43:45 +0000 http://www.thethriftymama.com/?p=161407#comment-77651 Great idea about preparing and freezing ahead of time! I might try that with a few of my dishes that I know will freeze well. Thanks for the tip. I’m a big time planner too and for me it really removes all the stress to plan ahead. Personally, I don’t think Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any other holiday or event should be stressful at all. What’s the point? These days are meant to enjoy, so if that means writing a list and doing things ahead of time so I can enjoy them and live in the moment instead of frantically rushing around my kitchen or a store, then that’s exactly what I’m going to do.

I just wrote out my menu the other night and have been going through some old and new recipes making my shopping list. I will start buying the ingredients I don’t have yet as they go on sale/coupon, and whatever I haven’t purchased by the 16th I will buy at best price I know. I have the day before Thanksgiving off so I will do the majority of the cooking then and brine the turkey. My husband always gets up early to put the turkey in the oven for me so I can sleep in :) . There shouldn’t be much to do on Thanksgiving day itself, just cook the turkey, make the gravy, and heat everything else up. Then I can eat and relax looking at the Black Friday ads and maybe even have a nap before I go to work at 3:00 p.m. Luckily I work at home so I’m just a few steps away from the feast when it’s dinner time!

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