Make It Ahead

Easiest way to make your life easier if you’re making Thanksgiving dinner? Make as much as you can ahead of time. Cranberry sauce, sweet potato casserole, salad, stuffing, pies. So yeah, get going on the sweet potato casserole and cranberry sauce this weekend and freeze it. Same with the pies. Especially if you are one of those baking aficionados and are crazy enough to make your own crust. (The frozen ones they sell in the freezer section are actually pretty good…unfortunately I’ve been spoiled by a crazy Organic Structure who makes amazing home-made pie crust. Secret? Ditch the butter and go whole hog Crisco.)

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Old-school Pumpkin Pie

The best pumpkin pie recipe is on the back of Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk can, as it’s almost identical to our mom’s recipe from Betty Crocker’s new picture cook book circa 1961. Autumn Pumpkin Pie, pg. 351. But if you don’t have this edition (It’s actually quite rare!) Try Eagle Brand’s The Perfect Pumpkin Pie. The only type who won’t be jiving with this old school recipe is the adventuresome Fun, who would do better with vague guidelines and their own twist on this old favorite.

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The Queen Fairy's Mushroom Stuffing

Usually the Pixies’ mom, the Queen Fairy, makes this for an enormous crowd at Thanksgiving, so maybe 3 - 4 loaves of bread, 2 large sweet onions, stick of butter, chicken stock and 2 cartons of mushrooms which makes about a pound of mushrooms.

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The Perfect Turkey

As an Organic Freedom, I’m okay with process and therefore I’ve experimented for a long time to achieve a moist and juicy turkey. I’ve brined it, I’ve stuffed butter underneath the skin and I’ve cooked it upside down and, blah, blah, blah. Organic Freedoms can especially go a little crazy with events that have meaning to us. Fun’s will also keep at it until they are satisfied.

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Don't Forget

Most types will have all the tools they need for a successful Thanksgiving, but for those of you starting out for the first time, especially Organics & Smarts (not as good at the details as Funs and Classics can be) here’s a list of indispensable tools that will save the day.

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