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Tips to simplify
your Thanksgiving
DINNER MENU
Thanksgiving is a
much anticipated
and beloved holiday.
Celebrated on the second
Monday in October in Canada
and the fourth Th ursday
of November in the United
States, Th anksgiving in each
country off ers families and
friends an opportunity to
gather and break bread together.
Food is indeed a focus of Th anksgiving in both Canada and
the United States, and that can be a little overwhelming if not
intimidating for those tasked with hosting the celebration.
Guests might come to expect certain Th anksgiving staples,
including turkey and mashed potatoes. Such expectations can
make it easier to plan a Th anksgiving menu, and sticking to
Turkey Day standard bearers is not the only way to simplify
meal planning on this beloved holiday.
• Accept help, but keep it limited. It’s customary for loved
ones invited to Th anksgiving celebrations to off er to bring a
dish to dinner, and that can alleviate some of the work hosts are
tasked with managing. However, hosts can keep things simple
by asking only a small handful of guests to prepare a side dish.
Once the quota is fi lled, politely decline any additional off ers to
bring food. It can be hard to fi nd space on the table if too many
guests bring dishes from home, and that can lead to hurt feelings
if certain sides are ignored or left on the kitchen counter
due to a lack of real estate.
• Explain your desire to reduce food waste. Another way to
simplify the meal is to avoid succumbing to the temptation
to cook too much food. Guests may expect to go home with
full bellies. Indeed, the Calorie Control Council notes that
Americans consume between 3,000 and 4,500 calories during
Th anksgiving celebrations. Such consumption is not only unhealthy
for humans, but the planet as well. Th e U.S.-based
nonprofi t ReFED, which is devoted to stopping food waste,
estimated that Americans would waste 316 million pounds of
food on Th anksgiving 2024. Hosts who want to avoid cooking
excessive amounts of food, much of which may eventually end
up in the trash can, can simplify meal prep by cooking less and
explaining to guests that they aspire to reduce food waste this
Th anksgiving.
• Keep table settings simple. Unless you’re planning to post
photos of the family meal on Instagram this Th anksgiving, you
can skip the more elaborate formal table settings in favor of
a simple setup you might use on most nights when dining at
home. Polishing the fancy silver and folding cloth napkins in a
way that would impress a seasoned maître d’ is a time-consuming
task that can complicate meal preparation. Keep it simple
with less formal settings, which will allow guests to direct their
focus to the task at hand: eating a delicious, home cooked holiday
meal.
• Purchase a pre-made dessert. It might be tempting to try
your hand at a homemade dessert, but it’s far easier to purchase
pies and ice cream from a local farmer’s market in the
days leading up to Th anksgiving. Th is approach ensures hosts
have it a little easier once the main course has been served and
consumed.
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