For most people, Thanksgiving meal prep requires an entire full size kitchen or multiple full size kitchens. In today's blog we will be discussing tips and tricks on how to prepare a Thanksgiving meal with the limited amount of space your RV has.

The Turkey

Everyone knows that the turkey is the key factor for most Thanksgiving Day meals! Now, it may be hard to prepare and carve a full size turkey in your RV's kitchen, but there are other options you can consider:

• Grill a smaller turkey outside using the grill on your campground or a personal one.
• Buy a full size turkey, cut it in half and cook half of it for Thanksgiving and save the other half for later.
• Call and order a turkey fully prepared from a local restaurant or store.
• Be adventurous and prepare your turkey using a dutch oven and a campfire.

The Sides

Since you won't be feeding a ton of people in your motorhome this Thanksgiving, sides will be rather simple. Some options:

• Only make half of the recipe of a side dish so you don't have too many ingredients in your fridge and so that you could possibly work on making two sides at the same time.
• Do potluck style, where you have friends and family who are coming to visit all bring a side or two for Thanksgiving dinner.
• Order some sides from a restaurant or store, like the turkey.

The Desserts

While baking a pie is not always an option — your small oven in your RV will probably be at maximum capacity — you can try making desserts that don't require an oven:

• Buy pies, cookies or cakes from a local bakery a couple days before Thanksgiving.
• Make an icebox cake where all you need to do is stick the cake in the fridge or freezer after you put all the ingredients together.
• Make some Thanksgiving candy!

Where to Stay

Some National and State Parks might be closed on Thanksgiving Day. This generally means that you can stay there if you are already checked in, but the front office and other buildings at the park may be closed. This varies on a park to park basis, so make sure you check with the specific park to see what they will be doing on Thanksgiving Day.

We hope you enjoyed this Thanksgiving preparation post and we hope you have a great holiday with friends and family! Happy travels everyone!