This is how Thanksgiving becomes your Friendsgiving moment

A cheese board is wonderful to prepare and ensures that it can be enjoyed together from the very first moment. While the last dishes are being prepared, you can already start tasting, sharing, and snacking.

Set up small kitchen stations: this allows several dishes to be prepared at the same time and ensures that everyone naturally finds their task.

Choose pots and pans based on the quantity. Enough space makes stirring easier and ensures that ingredients cook evenly and brown beautifully.

Not every dish requires maximum heat. Searing requires sufficient heat, while braised dishes may prefer a gentler heat afterward. Adjust the temperature to suit the preparation method.

Start with anything that needs to simmer, bake, or rest for a long time. In the meantime, there will be plenty of time for side dishes, vegetables, and dessert.

Sometimes something goes wrong, and sometimes a dish turns out differently than expected—and that’s exactly part of cooking together. Take it lightly, taste things together, and above all, enjoy the time you spend together.

Friendsgiving can be wonderfully laid-back. Pans, pots, and bowls go straight to the center, everyone serves themselves, and favorite dishes are shared. A few candles, string lights, cloth napkins, and autumnal branches or decorative pumpkins create a warm atmosphere. 

Friendsgiving is the perfect opportunity to consciously thank your friends. Perhaps everyone at the table shares what they are particularly grateful for this year. Or everyone writes a few personal lines for each other and shares them during dessert.

Anyone who feels like it places small cards on the table. On them, guests can write down the funniest moment they’ve shared, their favorite outing, or a memory that connects them. The cards are read aloud, collected, or taken home as keepsakes.