Cooking With A Crowd

Divide & conquer to make holiday meal prep easy.

- Emily Hare

Holidays at the cabin are when joyful moments are shared and cherished memories are made. However, the holidays can also be a bit chaotic, if your family is anything like mine.

Our large family has traveled hundreds of miles to gather for nearly every Thanksgiving at my parents’ cabin in northern Wisconsin. The humble, two-bedroom cabin is quickly overrun by 10 adults, five kids, four dogs and a partridge in a pear tree (not really, but it seemed appropriate). It’s crowded and loud, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.

The great thing about having so many people under one roof is that there are plenty of hands available to help prep meals, set the table and wash dishes. On Thanksgiving, we spend all day in and around the kitchen, prepping side dishes and desserts for that evening’s turkey dinner and just being in each other’s company.