Thanksgiving can be a real stressful time of the year. Between hosting, cooking, and trying to grab a hold of extended family, it can leave you restless and miserable. Of all the things that should be happening during this season, feeling this way should not be one of them. I'm sure you can say that you have a handful of things to be thankful for - family, wealth, health, etc. Let us give you 5 tips to help keep your Thanksgiving as stress free as possible: 1. Prepare a budget After Thanksgiving, there's usually an immediate transition into Christmas preparation. Thus, budgeting for Thanksgiving is super important! Planning cannot begin without first giving yourself a budget for how much you want to spend on food, decorations, invites, etc. …show more content…
If you have family or friends coming from out of town, do you need to make accommodations for their stay? A simple call here and there can get that fixed up. In addition, let us not forget that this is also the season for abundant leftovers, so you would need to make accommodations for the meals that need storage after Thanksgiving. This would be a good time to accomplish a bit of your spring cleaning for the fall. Empty out any old food items that have been pushed to the back of the fridge and pay tribute to all those forgotten items that have surpassed their expiration date for months. You'll need that extra space for storage and thankfully, there are also an abundant number of recipes that you can make with Thanksgiving leftovers so this food won't go forgotten like that old package of …show more content…
Generally with Thanksgiving meals, you would only use the herbs, spices and several other ingredients just once a year, so you'll need to raid through cabinets to try to find what you need for your recipes. If done at the last minute, this can be very frustrating and time consuming. Instead, begin looking for ingredients and sorting out the recipes you plan on using in advance and set them aside so they're ready to go when needed. Which spices have you stored away in your cabinet for the past couple of years and which ones should you probably buy again? This will help in starting up a list of items you need to purchase when you go grocery shopping. You can begin buying non-perishable items that will be needed for cooking a week in advance instead of getting it all at once. On your second trip to the grocery store, get the items that have a time-slot on consumption like your fresh fruits. Proper planning will also help in minimizing those multiple small but time consuming trips to the grocery stores that are usually packed and busy during festive seasons like