When preparing your family’s Thanksgiving meal, fitting everything you’re baking inside the oven can be a real challenge and coordinating all the cook times with the right temperatures can complicate things even more. If you’re looking for ways to free up space in your oven and be more energy efficient, using small appliances like slow cookers, Instant Pots and even air fryers can help. If you do choose to use your oven and stove to prepare your Thanksgiving meal, follow these tips to reduce your energy usage:

• Replace warped pans with flat bottomed cookware
• In the oven, use glass or ceramic dishes rather than metal, which will allow you to cook at a lower temperature with the same results
• Only use large burners with large pans and small pans with small burners
• Don’t peek, opening the oven means your oven temperature will drop

Slow Cooker Green Bean Casserole

Throw all the traditional ingredients for green bean casserole in the slow cooker on Thanksgiving morning, and it will be ready by the time dinner is on the table.

We're Thankful For This Crock-Pot Sweet Potato Casserole

We take any chance we can get to free up oven space on Thanksgiving. Like crock-pot stuffing and crock-pot mashed potatoes, this crock-pot sweet potato casserole is every bit as delicious as the one you make in the oven. What kind of brown sugar should I use?

Your Instant Pot Is The Secret To The Creamiest Mashed Potatoes Of Your Life

Is there anything more comforting or satisfying than a big batch of mashed potatoes? They're the ultimate side dish, and let's be honest, would it really be Thanksgiving without them? Make room on the stovetop this holiday by turning to your Instant Pot.

This Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce is Ready in Minutes

This Instant Pot cranberry sauce makes an essential Thanksgiving side dish a breeze to prepare and cook. The sweet-tart ruby red sauce complements a turkey, chicken, or ham dinner with its flavor and vibrant color. It's excellent to serve with the leftovers as well-add it to a sliced turkey sandwich or serve the sauce alongside a turkey and dressing casserole.

Air Fryer Turkey Breast Recipe - Skinnytaste

Air Fryer Turkey Breast comes out so moist and juicy and perfectly cooked with a beautiful deep golden brown skin. And bonus, it cooks in a fraction of the time it would in the oven! Slow Cooker Turkey Breast with Gravy is my go-to when I want a Thanksgiving meal without the fuss!

Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts Are Impossibly Crispy

We independently select these products-if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. The air fryer has become my new favorite weeknight sous chef. It allows me to happily cook up our main on the stovetop while it works away, virtually unattended.

Air Fryer Honey Cinnamon Butternut Squash | Sweet Winter Squash Dish

One vegetable (well fruit) that always gets me in the fall is a squash. It doesn’t matter what kind of squash it is, I’m all for it, including this Air Fryer Butternut Squash with Honey and Cinnamon.

Winter Crunch Salad

Didn't think you could eat brussels sprouts raw? Well you can, especially when they're thinly sliced and tossed in a tangy, mustardy vinaigrette. Add a mess of kale, salty cheese, sweet-tart apple, and crunchy seeds, and you get a borderline addictive salad.

No Bake Pumpkin Mousse Pie

Pumpkin pie has never been my favorite Thanksgiving dessert. I think it's because it can often be pretty bland and boring. Especially in comparison to any show-stopping pies on the dessert table like a double crust apple pie or crunchy pecan pie. So this year I decided I want to put my own spin on pumpkin pie.