A Holiday Feast

(that cooks in the time it takes to roast the turkey)

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Toasted Pita Stuffing

Pear Cranberry Sauce

Sweet and Savory Corn Pudding

Spinach with Feta and Olives

Pumpkin Sweet Potato Coconut Pie

Orange-spiced Poached Pears

Countdown

3 hours ahead: Begin roasting turkey; start gravy; toast pita wedges; assemble pie; prepare cranberry sauce

2 1/2 hours ahead: Flip turkey; begin baking pie; prepare poached pears

2 hours ahead: assemble roasted onions; prepare stuffing; assemble corn pudding (up to beating egg whites)

1 hour ahead: remove pie to cool; roast onions, finish corn pudding and bake; assemble spinach ingredients

30 minutes ahead: warm stuffing

15 minutes ahead: remove turkey to cutting board, finish gravy; prepare spinach

1 minute ahead: remove baked items from oven; carve turkey and serve