The Game Plan

The Game Plan
Up to 7 days before serving:
-       Make the biscuits and freeze
-       Do you have low protein bread for stuffing?  If not, make, slice and freeze
 
Up to 5 days before serving:
-       Make the cranberry-orange sauce
-       Assemble the German Apple Cake up to step 3 and freeze
 
Up to 3 days before serving:
-       Make the ice cream
 
Up to 2 days before serving:
-       Dry bread for stuffing
-       Blanch the string beans, transfer to a Ziploc bag and refrigerate
-       Dice the vegetables for the stuffing
 
The day before serving:
-       Assemble the string bean casserole, wrap in aluminum foil and refrigerate
-       Assemble the butternut squash dish, wrap in aluminum foil and refrigerate
-       Assemble the stuffing, wrap in aluminum foil and refrigerate
-       Peel and prep vegetables for Roasted Vegetable Dish
-       Make the Salad dressing
-       Wash and spin the salad
-       Make the smoky shitakes, cool and store in an air tight container
        
Thanksgiving Morning:
-       Bake the frozen German Apple Cake, prepare glaze while it is baking
-       Marinate the mushrooms
 
2 hours before serving:
-       Roast the vegetables and mushrooms – don’t forget to deglaze the pans for the gravy (see recipe for instructions)
-       Make the potatoes; keep warm in a slow cooker set on low
 
1 hour before serving:
-       If the smoky shitakes are not crisp, place in the oven for five to 10 minutes.
-       Make the gravy
-       Take butternut squash with apples, stuffing and string bean casserole out of the fridge
 
45 minutes before serving:
-       Place butternut squash with apples, string bean casserole and stuffing in the oven
-       Assemble the salad (do not add dressing or shitakes until ready to serve)
 
15 minutes before serving:
-       Bake the biscuits
-       Reheat gravy and mushrooms on low simmer and put roasted veggies in oven to reheat

 
SIT DOWN, HAVE A GLASS OF WINE, ENJOY THE MEAL & YOUR COMPANY – YOU DESERVE IT!