Hellobee Boards Topic: Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 09:30:44 +0000 lindseykaye on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232489 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:21:38 +0000 lindseykaye 1232489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Me! We're staying home this year (and did so last year when LO was 2 weeks old). So it will be our favorite versions of all the dishes we love. Roast turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes au gratin, green bean casserole, parker house rolls, cranberry sauce, mushroom dressing, pumpkin pie and cheesecake brownies! BabyBoecksMom on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232460 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:16:03 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1232460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My mom :-) @Andrea: LOL sandy on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232415 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:06:10 +0000 sandy 1232415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'll be doing most of the cooking. We host and both sets of parents. My mom brines the turkey and we roast it at my place. My mom does almost all of the clean up afterward with my husband...love it! My brother brings rolls and pie My inlaws bring green bean casserole My SIL brings a fall salad I make everything else - mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, corn casserole, stuffing Mrs. Lemon-Lime on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232292 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 11:35:38 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1232292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My parents and myself. We are splitting up prep duties and eventhough some dishes will have a main person cooking them we will all take turns stirring, basting and testing them. mrs. tictactoe on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232263 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 11:24:47 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1232263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We always have two big Thanksgiving dinners, one on Thursday with my parents - my stepdad is a chef, so my mom always starts everything and he ends up stepping in to take over at the end - and another on Friday or Saturday with my husband's family - my MIL likes to do everything from a box, so I usually step in to make real mashed potatoes and my FIL is in charge of the turkey. I've never made a turkey! I need to get on that... HabesBabe on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232222 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 11:13:54 +0000 HabesBabe 1232222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @cmomma17: oh no! what happened, if you don't mind my asking? MIL is hosting this year (we hosted the last two years... being elbow deep in a turkey while pregnant was NOT fun). I'm in charge of sweet potatoes/yam casserole and dessert. Mrs. Pickle on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232210 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 11:11:36 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1232210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I am this year! I'm pretty intimidated. MrsSCB on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232204 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 11:10:02 +0000 MrsSCB 1232204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ H and I will probably cook it together. I've done all the meal planning though, because I'm excited to not have to work for the first time in three years :-) @Andrea: we've gone out for thanksgiving the past few years and I loved it! Some people I know thought it was weird but hello? No clean up! ;-) Smurfette on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232198 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 11:07:51 +0000 Smurfette 1232198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I don't know where we are going to be yet....Why won't my DH call his Dad??? ILoveLettie on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232122 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:48:51 +0000 ILoveLettie 1232122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We're having two Thanksgivings since my husband's parents are divorced and we do Thanksgiving with them. His grandma (dad's mom) does all the cooking on that side; that's a smaller Thanksgiving and earlier in the day. Then we have the HUGE Thanksgiving with his mom's side; his mom is hosting it this year and making the turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. The rest is potluck. I'm having a difficult third trimester so I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to help, but we'll be down there Tuesday night so I'll do as much as I can! I'll probably help make an apple pie (I'm known in his family for making amazing pies). mrs. wagon on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232105 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:45:43 +0000 mrs. wagon 1232105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @looch: ooh what are you doing on the grill?? That's the one piece I'm not using yet! I'm doing the cooking since my parents will be driving all morning to get to our house. My SIL is making some sides and a pie, hopefully. Bao on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232104 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:45:40 +0000 Bao 1232104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have thanksgiving at DH's grandmas and also at my moms. So Grandma and then mom ;) lilteacherbee on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232062 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:32:45 +0000 lilteacherbee 1232062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My mom and my uncle (they live next door to each other) cook together each year and they rotate which house we eat at. This year, we are going to my uncle's house. cyndistar3 on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232055 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:31:22 +0000 cyndistar3 1232055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I will be doing the majority of the cooking. Mil will bring a coulpe sides. lovehoneybee on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232051 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:27:44 +0000 lovehoneybee 1232051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It splits between three of us: D's aunt, who hosts, my MIL, and myself. Aunt does the turkey and two sides and MIL and I split the rest. cmomma17 on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232044 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:25:52 +0000 cmomma17 1232044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My MIL. I got uninvited to my parents dinner, but my mom does the majority of that one :( Dandelion on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232043 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:25:39 +0000 Dandelion 1232043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My MIL...even though we're bringing the turkey. But, we're cheating and ordering one cooked from a restaurant, lol. blackbird on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232042 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:25:24 +0000 blackbird 1232042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ours is potluck style. His uncle does the turkeys (fries them outside) and we all get assigned a category and then we bring it! Done and done. I usually do a vegetable dish and a dessert looch on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232040 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:24:55 +0000 looch 1232040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Me! I have it all planned out so I can maximize the use of the oven, crockpot, stove top and outdoor grill! Andrea on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232034 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:24:12 +0000 Andrea 1232034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The lovely chefs at the restuarant autumnlove on "Who is doing the majority of the cooking for your Thanksgiving meal?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-is-doing-the-majority-of-the-cooking-for-your-thanksgiving-meal#post-1232029 Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:23:09 +0000 autumnlove 1232029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I have no idea because we don't have any plans yet. Maybe my MIL will invite us over the morning of...she is really last minute about holiday meals! :) I'll have a backup Costco rotisserie chicken and some sides if we just stay at home!