Today is day 2 of the 14 Days to an Easy Thanksgiving. Yesterday you nailed down the guest list and menu. Today you get to plan your date and make Thanksgiving food assignments. This is my favorite part. I love planning the menu and making food assignments. This is when things start to get real and you can work on getting your grocery shopping out of the way. Hopefully, you do this early enough to take advantage of the good sales going on in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving so you don’t have to worry about things being out of stock, or overpriced. NOw
DAY 2 – PLAN YOUR TIME, MAKE THANKSGIVING FOOD ASSIGNMENTS
If you did your “chore” yesterday and got your guest list and menu done for day one, then today should only take a few minutes. If you have your menu laid out, go through and write that list on the Food Assignment Planner Sheet (print it out here) and then you can write the name of the person who is supposed to be bringing it below it. Super Easy! Be sure to assign the most important things to people who you KNOW are going to be there, because you don’t want someone having the assignment for Stuffing and then not showing up, leaving you scrambling at the last minute to provide that. Another thing you will want to do is check up with them 1 week before and 2 days before to make sure that they are still going to be ok with their assignment.
FREE DOWNLOAD OF THIS PLANNER SHEET HERE
As far as planning your day, you need to figure out what time (and date if not on Thanksgiving Day) you are going to eat, what time you want everyone to be there so you are not waiting on “fashionably late” friends and family, and what else you want to do that day. Maybe get family pictures, play games, put up the Christmas tree. Be creative and be sure to have some fun things for the kids to do! We will do over this more in a few days, so just be thinking about it now to get ideas. when you think of something, write it down in the to/notes section of your planner sheet.
Do you like choosing what you will bring, or being told what you should bring?
14 Days to an Easy Thanksgiving –
Day 1: Plan your Guest List and Menu
Day 2: Plan your Date and Food Assignments
Day 4: Shopping Day (Get your Turkey or Ham)
Day 5: Plates, Silverware, and Glasses
Day 6: Tablecloths and Serving Dishes
Day 7: Place Cards and Decorations
Day 8: Pie/Pastry Crust and Thawing your Turkey
Day 9: Stuffing, Cranberry Sauce, and Green Beans
Day 10: Shopping Day + Traditional Thanksgiving Menu
Day 11: Gravy, Onions, & Vegetables
Day 12: Butternut Squash & Greens
