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1) Plan your meals in advance 2) Measure ingredients ahead of time 3) Check out the local produce 4) Share the load in the kitchen

Here's a look at the top pie types Americans are eating this Thanksgiving: 1) Apple 20% 2) Strawberry 19% 3) Pumpkin 16% 4) Cherry 13% 5) Blueberry  9% 6) Pecan 8% 7) Lemon Meringue 8% 8) Chocolate 5%.

A Thanksgiving Day dinner served to the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935 included: pickles, green olives, celery, roast turkey, oyster stew, cranberry sauce, giblet gravy, dressing, creamed asparagus tips, snowflake potatoes, baked carrots, hot rolls, fruit salad, mince meat pie, fruit cake, candies, grapes, apples.

Tips for Healthy Holiday Eating: 1) Be realistic. 2) Plan time for exercise. 3) Don't skip meals. 4) Survey party buffets before filling your plate. 5) Eat until you are satisfied, not stuffed. 6) Be careful with beverages. 7) If you overeat at one meal go light on the next. 8) Take the focus off food.

Since Bradford wrote of how the colonists had hunted wild turkeys during the autumn of 1621 and since turkey is a uniquely American (and scrumptious) bird, it gained traction as the Thanksgiving meal of choice for Americans after Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.