Ok, so the kid asked could we do the full on tons of family coming dinner, which consists of pasta, tomato sauce (home made), meat balls, sausage, meat rolls, salad, followed by a wash dishes break, then turkey, stuffing, ⁹taters, neep, cranberry relish ( home made) sautéed broccoli, another wash up break and rice kreme and pumpkin pie with coffee, tea, etc.
I said ok, but we eat the pasta @ 1, turkey 7 ish ( damn birds never read the recipe), and desert when ever we have finished exploding.
Everything is ready for the pasta except the pasta itself. Meats and sauce just need heating thru.
Stuffing is made and in a bag, ready to shove up the birds... Neeps boiled into submission, mashed and ready to reheat. Lightly steamed the broccoli so a few min in a Sautee pan and it will be ready. Hubby can do the taters while the bird bakes.. Only thing left is the deserts, and if I make those today I will need to sit up with my shotgun overnight! So early up and baking it is! Just like big family gatherings baking before dawn so the oven is free for the bird, just only 3 instead of a weekends worth for 15 ish guests.