Thanksgiving Planning Essentials

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Planning Thanksgiving dinner can be complicated, especially with out-of-town guests, new dishes, and complicated shopping lists.

We’ve created a set of printables, and will be expanding more, to help keep the madness to a minimum and help keep your holiday organized, simplified, and less-pressure – so you can enjoy more time with your family instead of working away in the kitchen the whole day.

To print, right-click on the printable to save to your computer, then print.

Food temperatures are based off USDA guidelines, all temperatures are listed in Fahrenheit.

Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page for more of our Thanksgiving ideas and recipes, too!

Thanksgiving Planning Printables

We broke down common tasks for planning an extravagant Thanksgiving dinner so that you’re doing a little bit each day in the lead up to Thanksgiving, making your Thursday much easier. Prep ahead and maximize time together!

A printable Thanksgiving planning sheet.
A Thanksgiving planning sheet with printable templates for organizing holiday tasks.
A printable Wednesday planning sheet for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving morning checklist printable.
Printable Thanksgiving planning checklist.

Thanksgiving Cooking Printables

These printables are handy guides we love to help remember essentials while cooking Thanksgiving dinner!

Thanksgiving planning poster featuring turkey-cooking instructions.
Using a digital thermometer to monitor cooking temperatures during Thanksgiving meal preparation.

Thanksgiving Worksheet Printables

These printables are perfect to fill in and use to plan out your meals and shopping list for Thanksgiving dinner!

Thanksgiving meal planner.
Thanksgiving planner printable.
Thanksgiving planning printable.

If you’re looking for some inspiration for what to serve on Thanksgiving day, we’ve got you covered!

We’re sharing some of our favorite Thanksgiving recipes – from appetizers, potatoes, vegetables, desserts and drinks to the turkey – below!

Thanksgiving Recipes

Turkey:

For more of our turkey recipes, click here.

Appetizers

Potatoes:

Freshly Baked:

Thanksgiving Sides:

Thanksgiving Vegetables:

Dessert Ideas: