Thanksgiving Hosting Planner

What you get

Hosting Thanksgiving means keeping a dozen moving parts in your head for three weeks. This planner puts them on paper: who is coming, what everyone is bringing, when the turkey goes in, and what still needs doing.

It goes past blank pages. The turkey guide gives you USDA thawing and roasting times by weight, how big a bird to buy for your guest count, and how to carve and store leftovers safely. The day-of timeline comes filled in with a worked example you can adjust to your own serving time.

What's inside

• At a glance: date, serving time, guest count, budget and your three priorities
• The countdown: checklists for three weeks out, one week out, two to four days out and the day before
• The menu: every dish, who is making it, oven or stove, temperature and time
• Who's coming: RSVPs, dietary needs and allergies, what each guest is bringing
• The turkey guide: bird size by guest count, fridge and cold-water thawing, roasting chart at 325F stuffed and unstuffed, carving in five steps, leftovers safety
• The day itself: an hour-by-hour timeline with a worked example for a 3pm dinner
• Notes for next year: what worked, what to change, recipes to keep