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2024 Thanksgiving Menu and Meal Prep Timeline

* image These past few months have been busy for our family, especially since our oldest joined a local swim team. Between juggling our work schedules and balancing school with practices... we're all pretty wiped out. Although it's a lot of work, I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving. Preparing the holiday meal for our family fills my heart with joy, and I can't wait to get started. To make things easier for me, I don't deviate much from  our first Thanksgiving  as a family. The dishes I make are familiar ones, and the recipes for them live at my fingertips. Keeping the same menu year after year means I don't have to spend time researching recipes or planning a new one. Here are my tried-and-true Thanksgiving recipes, as well as my prep timeline for the big day!

Menu Plan: July 14 - July 20

Vintage Wedding Dress - Patti's Petals - Bethlehem, PA | Taste As You Go

Stephen and I stopped into Patti's Petals in Bethlehem to pick up flowers in honor of his stepmother's birthday. While we were waiting for the florist to finish the arrangement, I spent some time exploring the shop and came across this beautiful vintage wedding dress with intricate lace detailing. On the walls were a collection of old wedding photographs, and I loved looking to see what style dresses were in fashion at the time. Such a fun bit of history in an unexpected place.


Michelle Judd Rittler and Bridesmaids - Seymour St. John Chapel - Choate Rosemary Hall - Wallingford, CT | Photo Courtesy Brian Samuels Photography

I thought this little discovery was timely, as I'm getting ready for a Girls' Weekend in New York with my bridesmaids. One of them, Candice, lives in Dallas, so this will be the first time I've seen her since my wedding last August.

I. CAN'T. WAIT.

Until then, here's this week's Menu Plan.

Menu Plan: July 14 - July 20, 2013

Sunday: Lazy Sunday -- Our first non-homemade pizza in months. Half Hawaiian (for Stephen) and Half sausage with mushrooms (for me).

Monday: Grilled Eggplant Caprese

Tuesday: Parmesan-Panko-Crusted Turkey Cutlets with Arugula Salad

Wednesday: Stephen's Choice

Thursday: Taco Night

Friday - Saturday: Girls' Weekend in New York

What's on your Menu Plan this week?

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