Smart Shortcuts for Thanksgiving 2025: A No-Stress Holiday Playbook

Thanksgiving has a way of sneaking up on you. One day you’re browsing recipes, and the next you’re standing in your kitchen surrounded by grocery bags, wondering how you’ll get it all done. 

If you’re hosting this year, the list is daunting: menu planning, shopping, prep work, cooking a multi-course meal, setting the table and somehow keeping the kitchen from looking like a demolition site. If you haven’t started planning yet, it’s not too late. The key is breaking it down into manageable steps and…