guest help: plating food

Cut your kitchen time by asking guests to help you get dishes into the right serving pieces.
Making the Thanksgiving meal is only half the battle. The next step is finding bowls and platters to put it all on.

You'll save tons of time by deciding in advance what dish you want to put in each serving piece.

Then, rope in guests to transfer items from cooking pots to platters. Before guests enter your kitchen, set out your bowls along with the serving utensils you want to use for each dish.

That way you can just point and yell, “Mashed potatoes!” and guests can spring into action.