The Game Plan
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!
