Can you split the package with a few friends? I love to bake (not great at it but I enjoy it) but endless vegetable chopping is a chore for me. I have friends who hate to bake but will happily do two fancy salads and a grilled vegetable platter at the drop of a hat. And a mostly vegetarian friend who claims that if she ever tried to roast a turkey she’d make everyone sick with listeria.
We split up a fancy package from a caterer a few years ago and it worked out great. We eyeballed what we wanted and kicked in the estimate of what it should cost- split up the order in a friend’s kitchen and each took home what we needed to augment our meal. We had enough leftover cash (people were generous with their estimates) to make a donation to the local food pantry which was purchasing produce to augment the turkeys (donated by a local grocery chain) and dinner rolls/desserts (the family owned bakery— they give to EVERYTHING.) Win win win win.