{"id":9428,"date":"2009-11-18T11:53:19","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T15:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=9428"},"modified":"2009-11-18T11:53:19","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T15:53:19","slug":"tuesday-tip-thanksgiving-edition-make-ahead-dishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/11\/tuesday-tip-thanksgiving-edition-make-ahead-dishes\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Tip Thanksgiving Edition: Make ahead dishes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ChoppedDue to still being stuck in bed, I did not get a chance to post this week’s Tuesday Tip!\u00a0 So here it is in all its glory a day late. :D<\/p>\n

When I first started making Thanksgiving dinner for Scott and I, I had the silly notion that everything must be made that day.<\/p>\n

It would be fresher tasting! <\/em><\/p>\n

That’s what everyone else does!<\/em><\/p>\n

Isn’t that how Thanksgiving is done?!<\/em><\/p>\n

Eventually I came to my senses and realized that most of the side dishes could be prepped the day before.\u00a0 Saving me lots of time in the kitchen the day of and also my sanity.\u00a0 We discussed last year how veggies can be chopped ahead of time<\/a>.\u00a0 Now let’s talk side dishes.<\/p>\n

Green bean casserole, whether retro Campbell’s Soup style or all out homemade style, can be made the day before.\u00a0 Then all you have to do is store it in the dish you will bake it in, covered of course.\u00a0 When it comes time to heat it up, remove from the fridge a few minutes before so you are not putting a very cold dish into a very hot oven.\u00a0 When the dish isn’t quite so cold, heat it and serve.<\/p>\n

The same goes with sweet potato casserole.<\/p>\n

I have not tried making stuffing ahead of schedule, only because I usually have time for that the day of, however I don’t see why it couldn’t be prepped early.\u00a0 Try it!<\/p>\n

Pumpkin pies?\u00a0 Totally can be made before hand.<\/p>\n

Breads, rolls, and other assorted pastries?\u00a0 Can be made the day before or even earlier!<\/p>\n

Take a look at your Thanksgiving meal list, I bet there’s things on there that you can make ahead that will save you time in the kitchen so that you will have more time for family and friends.\u00a0 Give it a shot!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Due to still being stuck in bed, I did not get a chance to post this week’s Tuesday Tip!\u00a0 So here it is in all its glory a day late. When I first started making Thanksgiving dinner for Scott and I, I had the silly notion that everything must be made that day. It would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-2s4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}