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Stress-Free Thanksgiving Dinner Planning & Timing Guide With Recipe Links

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All right! Thanksgiving’s just 3 days away, and if you’re the one on the hook to make Thanksgiving dinner, it’s time to flip the action switch to on – without making yourself crazy.

First, if you haven’t yet gotten all the ingredients you need to make Thanksgiving dinner, please get to the grocery store today (Monday) or tomorrow (Tuesday), especially if you’re roasting a frozen turkey as frozen turkeys take at least 2 days to defrost properly. To make grocery shopping as easy as possible either click this link or the picture below to download a Thanksgiving Dinner Shopping List Organized By Grocery Store Aisle.

Thanksgiving Food Shopping List Organized By Grocery Store Aisle

Next, either click this link or the picture below to download the Stress-Free Thanksgiving Planning and Timing Guide so you know in advance what to expect realistically over the next few days, which is all manageable even if you have little to no experience in the kitchen.

Next couple days: fully flavorful and easy-to-make Thanksgiving Day recipes.

Easy-to-Use Thanksgiving Food Shopping List by Grocery Store Aisle

Thanksgiving Grocery List - Step One Banner

Look at it like having to get a high school or college research paper done on time. If you chip away over time, no problem. If you wait til the last second, like I always did – right to the gonging bell, big time stress.

Same with putting together a fully-flavor Thanksgiving dinner. If you give yourself time, and you do have time if you’re reading this 4-5 days before Thanksgiving, you’ll be fine – even if you’ve never put together any kind of dinner before. I’ll help you right here. If, on the other hand, you don’t give yourself the time you need, you already know the answer.

looking down the barrel at Thanksgiving less than a week away

As of this weekend, we’re looking straight down the barrel at Thanksgiving less than a week away. No problem.

The first step: use the next 2-3 days to get what you need from the grocery store. I’ve made it easy for you. Just click this link or any picture on this page to download a Thanksgiving Grocery List Organized By Grocery Store Aisle.

Thanksgiving Grocery List Organized By Grocery Store Aisle.

More Thanksgiving help real soon!

Start Now if Thawing a Frozen Thanksgiving Turkey in the Fridge


If you’re planning to thaw a frozen turkey for Thanksgiving as safely as possible – no matter the size of the turkey – start thawing it now by leaving it in its original packaging, putting it on a plate to catch any condensation and putting it in the refrigerator. As you can see in the picture of the “estimated thawing time” label below, thawing a turkey in the refrigerator takes days of time. After 3 full days of thawing in the refrigerator, I checked my 15 1/2 pound turkey last night and found the bottom was still crunchy frozen.
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Thawing a Frozen Turkey in the Refrigerator

Thawing a frozen turkey in the refrigerator

Just for the fun of it – this stuff is always fun – I got a 15 1/2 pound frozen turkey yesterday evening to find out how long it really takes to thaw it completely in the refrigerator as recommended on the packaging. All I did was put the rock-solid frozen turkey on a plate at 6pm and slide it onto the bottom shelf in my refrigerator, which is set pretty much right at the refrigerator manufacturer’s recommended temperature, probably about 40° F (4° C). Read more »

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