What to do Two Days before Thanksgiving

It is Tuesday before Thanksgiving and your home is a buzz with
excitement. Now is the time for a cool head and to start the
cooking. It may be hard to resist the temptation to taste all
the pies and treats a bit early but you can resist. You may even
be so inclined as to make a little extra for your family to
sample early. This is a sly method of keeping happy forks from
eating the pies two days before Thanksgiving.

Two days before Thanksgiving: 

Now is the time to make pumpkin pie, parker house rolls and the
stuffing for your turkey. You can refrigerate the pies and
stuffing and then pull them out the day of Thanksgiving. 

Stick with making only the pumpkin pie and other non-pie
desserts. This is not the time to make apple or pecan pie. The
crusts of these two pies will not hold up for two days in the
refrigerator. 

If you will be having a first course soup such as pumpkin soup
this can be made two days in advance of Thanksgiving. You can
also make up casseroles and cranberry sauce at this time. 

Sweet potatoes can be prepared at this time and stored in the
refrigerator until Thanksgiving. With the sweet potatoes and
casseroles simply prepare them in their baking dishes and wait
to cook them. They will easily transfer from the refrigerator to
a pre-heated oven on Thanksgiving and give you an almost
seamless meal preparation.