Below is a daily checklist to getting my Thanksgiving 2019 menu for Thanksgiving dinner on the table at 1:00 p.m. (adjust tasks as you like based on your preferred dinner time)

Saturday/Sunday/Monday:  Grocery Shop (click here for grocery and equipment lists)

Tuesday (when time allows):

• Break down turkey as directed in ChefSteps Turkey Recipe
• Cook Turkey Stock from ChefSteps Turkey Recipe
• Cook Cranberry-Port Gelee and put in serving dish when finished.
• Prepare Turkey Gravy and refrigerate

Wednesday:

• 10:00 – Set table (Unlikely if you live in an RV like me, so remember to ask someone from your family to do on the day of)
• 10:30 — Set up Sous Vide & Prepare Cast Iron Skillet for Browning
• 11:00 — Brown Turkey Legs & Breasts while preparing brine
• 11:30 – Apply brine and bag legs and breasts
• Noon — Put bagged legs in sous vide around noon and refrigerate breasts
• 12:15 — Eat something for lunch 😊
• 1:00 – Follow recipe for Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes (put in crockpot and refrigerate when finished)
• 2:00 – Clean Instant Pot & Follow recipe for Bake Me Some Sugar No-Knead Instant Pot Bread
• 3:00 — Follow recipe for Libby’s Pumpkin Pie.  If making your own whipped cream, be sure to whip and refrigerate.
• 4:00 – Follow recipe for Ina Garten’s Sausage and Herb Stuffing through step #4.  Cover and refrigerate.
• 5:00 – Clean up
• 6:00 – Go out for the biggest bar night of the year OR order pizza and find a movie to stream.  You earned it!
• Midnight – (Give or take an hour) Put turkey breasts in sous vide and go to bed!

Thursday:

• 7:00 — Sleep in or more likely, get up, and walk the dog!
• 8:00 – Make coffee and eat a small breakfast.
• 9:00 – Shower and get dressed.
• 10:00 – Pull butter for table out of refrigerator
• 10:05 – Plug in crockpot, place pot of cold mashed potatoes, and turn on high for reheating mashed potatoes. 
• 10:10 – Prepare Butternut Squash for Roasting
• Peel and cube in ½ inch pieces
• Toss in bowl with 1 Tbs Olive Oil  
• Season with kosher salt and ground black pepper (optional — a dash of cayenne pepper) 
• Place in a single layer on ½ sheet pan
• 10:30 – Prep ingredients for Green Bean Casserole
• 11:30 – Preheat Micro/Convection Oven to 400.  When preheated:
• Bake squash on top rack of oven (turning once or as needed) until done (~35-40 minutes).
• Add remaining ingredients to stuffing and bake on lower rack of oven until hot (~30-40 minutes)
• Turn oven off when squash & stuffing are ready.
• 11:45 Prepare Mealthy’s Green Bean Casserole Recipe (Optional:  Substitute ¾ cup Fried Onions for Bread Crumb Topping from recipe)
• Noon – Remove turkey from sous vide
• 12:15 – Brown turkey legs in cast iron skillet (instead of oven) and then finish breasts in same skillet as in the recipe
• 12:50 – Warm Gravy in saucepan on stove
• 12:55 – Put Cranberry Gelee and wine/drinks on the table (wondering what wine to serve? Click here.
• 1:00 – Give THANKS!

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