Whether you just moved into a new apartment and are having your turkey feast there for the very first time, or whether its your first year inviting friends and family over to your place, you might be wondering how you can really make it all go off without a hitch.
To give you ideas for the best way to plan it all out, weve made a list of a few of our favorite suggestions for having Thanksgiving dinner in your apartment. In our last post, we focused on getting things ready for dinner. In this post, well be focusing on helpful clean-up tips.
Leftover Turkey
To save space in your fridge, wed recommend carving up leftover turkey meat and putting it into ziploc bags or space-saving tupperware. Keeping it on the carcass will take up more room than you want, and its harder to deal with later.
Utilize Your Guests
One of the easiest ways to make clean-up that much easier is delegating different responsibilities of cleaning to different guests. Whether that means everyone doing something at once, or tapping in and out of dish washing responsibilities, youll feel a lot less burnt out at the end of the night with the extra help.
Timing Dessert + Cleaning Glasses
Last but not least, wed recommend holding off on serving dessert until youve gotten the dishes from dinner done. Cleaning as you prepared your main dishes should mean all thats left are plates and silverware. Save delicate stemware like wine glasses for the morning. Youll have more energy to wash them and thus less likely to break them in the sink. Apartment Thanksgiving Tips - Part 2
Whether you just moved into a new apartment and are having your turkey feast there for the very first time, or whether its your first year inviting friends and family over to your place, you might be wondering how you can really make it all go off without a hitch.
To give you ideas for the best way to plan it all out, weve made a list of a few of our favorite suggestions for having Thanksgiving dinner in your apartment. In our last post, we focused on getting things ready for dinner. In this post, well be focusing on helpful clean-up tips.
Leftover Turkey
To save space in your fridge, wed recommend carving up leftover turkey meat and putting it into ziploc bags or space-saving tupperware. Keeping it on the carcass will take up more room than you want, and its harder to deal with later.
Utilize Your Guests
One of the easiest ways to make clean-up that much easier is delegating different responsibilities of cleaning to different guests. Whether that means everyone doing something at once, or tapping in and out of dish washing responsibilities, youll feel a lot less burnt out at the end of the night with the extra help.
Timing Dessert + Cleaning Glasses
Last but not least, wed recommend holding off on serving dessert until youve gotten the dishes from dinner done. Cleaning as you prepared your main dishes should mean all thats left are plates and silverware. Save delicate stemware like wine glasses for the morning. Youll have more energy to wash them and thus less likely to break them in the sink.