Thanksgiving is less than 3 weeks away! 🗓
Hello Friends! 👋Â
Happy Monday! If you follow me on Instagram, I am doing a special IG live today at 5:00 pm PST with Evite! It is going to be Thanksgiving-focused with lots of easy, approachable tips and strategies to help you get ready for the holidays. As always, feel free to chime in with any questions!
My Thanksgiving class is up and ready to be viewed! You watch on your own time, as many times as you like. The class is only 1 hour and 46 minutes and I have a lot of great tips to go along with the recipes. Here are the recipes for this class. You can purchase the class and not a subscription if that suits you better.
Menu:Â
Chocolate Chunk-Pecan Slab Pie
Citrus and Herb Spatchcocked Turkey
Mixed Greens Salad with Apple and Jeweled Goat Cheese
Parmesan-Crusted Vegetables with Rosemary
Roasted Root Vegetable Stacks
Another reminder that my 2022 Thanksgiving ebook is available! For $15, you will get all my Thanksgiving recipes, tips and tricks, do-ahead strategies and more! You will have everything you need to plan and execute your best Thanksgiving ever.  Click here to access the Thanksgiving ebook.
Here are some of the tasks I am checking off my list this week:
I completed my menu last weekend and now I can get busy. If you have no menu, you can’t start getting ahead. Commit to your menu!
Grocery shopping:Â 90% of your ingredients can be purchased today. This is includes, anything frozen, in a bottle, can or box; all your baking ingredients, dried spices and herbs, nuts, seeds, dried fruit, butter, eggs, most dairy (check exp dates), root vegetables, onions, potatoes, booze, sparkling water.
Order your turkey. I plan on 1 ¼ pounds per person and I love to roast a spatchcocked bird. It is the best and easiest and most reliable method, in my opinion.
Plan your table decor and check your supplies. Look at your linens and check for stains. Check your supply of candles, votives, cocktail napkins and glassware. Order anything you need. I just had a dinner party for which I used all rentals from Social Studies and it was both beautiful and I didn’t have to wash dishes or glassware etc. afterwards. I asked them for a discount code (not an affiliate link - I get nothing) and they provided PAMELA20 for 20% off almost everything on their site. Now I might use them for Thanksgiving too!
Make ahead and freeze: I like to make stock, savory granola, salad vinaigrettes, pie dough and freeze. You can also make stuffing up to the point of baking and freeze it, as well as cranberry sauce and applesauce.Â
Check your inventory of helpful tools and appliances Here's my list of Thanksgiving essentials:
Instant-read thermometer -- the only way to know if your turkey is ready. I like my Thermapen, but this is another great thermometer that you leave in while the turkey cooks and it’s very affordable.
Roasting pan(s) and rack(s) - I go with stainless steel. There’s no need for a nonstick pan.
Fat separator I have linked to my favorite glass one with a strainer by Norpro.
Potato Ricer -- for making the Perfect Mashed Potatoes
Also ask yourself if you have enough pie plates, casserole dishes, pie servers, platters etc. Borrow from a friend if you don’t want to buy more stuff.
xx, Pamela