It’s Thanksgiving week! We’re getting down to the wire and now is when all the big prep starts to take place. Today is my last “free” day, starting tomorrow I’ll be cooking each day all the way until Thanksgiving day.
After that I’m not cooking again until at least Saturday!
Maybe. We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.
This year I’m making my own stock. I use a lot of chicken stock here at the HQ, however we do not eat enough meat for us to keep ourselves supplied with our own stock. I’ve been saving up bones in my freezer so that I would eventually have enough to make stock.
I finally have enough! Whoo!
Here’s a run down of how I’m spending the week:
Monday:
- Work
- School work
Tuesday:
- Pick up turkey
- Make stock
- Chop veggies
- Get wine in fridge
- Prep dinner for today and Wednesday
- Make rolls
Wednesday:
- Make cranberry sauce
- Make pie
- Make stuffing
- Peel and cube potatoes, get them soaking in salted water bath
- Make coffee cake for breakfast on Thursday
- Brine Turkey
Thursday:
- Run
- Cook turkey
- Make mashed potatoes
- Make Collards
- Heat up stuffing
- Make gravy
My poor destitute college daughter may have a chance to work on Thanksgiving, so I might have until Sunday to get my dinner together. I love making my own stock – so good for you! Lots of nice stuff, I love the Thanksgiving dinner time.
Diana, is this good or bad? Good for money but bad because it’s the holiday? I’ve worked retail, I feel her pain.
My sister is hosting the annual food-fest. All I have to do is show up and provide a Penguin full of Sweet and Spicy Sweet Potatoes.
Stress-free living is provided by the fact that I have a paycheck again rather than living on unemployment and savings.
Nice Mike! I’m keeping it simple this year for sure.
I’m hosting part of my family for the first time, then driving out of state for a second turkey day over the weekend. I have a detailed multi-day prep schedule that looks a lot like yours. Being a super type A planner, this keeps things stress-free – I would be an anxious mess otherwise!